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Villanova University to Present Civitas Dei Medal to Michele Dillon, PhD
Villanova University will award the 2025 Civitas Dei Medal to Michele Dillon, PhD, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire. A leading voice in the sociology of religion and contemporary Catholicism, Dr. Dillon is the first social scientist to receive this prestigious honor. She will also deliver a lecture during the medal presentation, scheduled for Thursday, February 13, at 4 p.m.
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Pope Francis Names Trump Critic McElroy as Washington's New Archbishop
January 6, 2025 - Massimo Faggioli, a professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, noted the announcement came on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by rioters who hoped to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. He called it "a statement to the halls of power in D.C. and boardrooms in America".
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Deadly Tornadoes Mark the End of 2024's Extreme Weather
January 5, 2025 - "A changing climate is creating more favorable conditions for the storms that spawn tornadoes, more people than ever are moving into the region, and the most vulnerable people, including the elderly and poverty-stricken, are becoming even more vulnerable," Stephen Strader, a hazards geographer and meterologist at Villanova University, told USA TODAY.
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Scandals, Some Changes in Public Perception Highlighted the Year for Sports Betting
December 19, 2024 - Andrew Brandt, the executive director of Villanova’s Moorad Center for Sports Law, said it’s hard to know what kind of lasting impact these scandals will have. “Porter was an ‘easy’ ban as he was a low-level player that could be sent away as a message to other players,” Brandt said. “The Ippei-Shohei relationship seems to be less about gambling than an issue of trust. ... We will see.”
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Republican Senators Demand and End to Science and Tech Cooperation with China
December 19, 2024 - Deborah Seligsohn, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, said the U.S. stands to lose more if it cuts off science and technology cooperation with Beijing. “The irony is that as China has become our peer, we have so much more to gain from working with Chinese science than we did in earlier eras, and yet at this moment, when we have the most to gain, there is a demand that we shut the door,” she said.
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Wisconsin Police Search for Answers in Rare Case of Female School Shooter
December 18, 2024 - But other factors common to school shootings - bullying, isolation, social media - are not specific to boys. Data also shows an increase in aggression and violence among adolescent girls in recent years, according to Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor of nursing at Villanova University who has studied school shootings.
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