College of
LIBERAL ARTS AND
SCIENCES
DISCOVER YOUR PASSION

The oldest and largest of Villanova’s colleges, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers more than 40 academic programs and cultivates knowledge, understanding and intellectual courage for a purposeful life in a challenging and changing world.
CLAS undergraduate and graduate students can find opportunities for collaborative research and learning with faculty who are dedicated teacher-scholars and among the most distinguished in their fields. From pinpointing a protein that could hold a key to cancer screenings, to testing the impact of industry on local waterways, to critiquing creative writing alongside published novelists, each experience elevates learning and yields insights.
The College’s dynamic, integrated curriculum encourages creativity and innovation, developing critical thinkers, strong communicators and ethical leaders well positioned for diverse and interesting careers. With an emphasis on faculty-student engagement, experiential learning and a global perspective, CLAS is where students find their passion, path and purpose.
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COLLEGE NEWS

Biology Professor Aaron Bauer, PhD, Receives $388,229 Grant from National Science Foundation
Aaron Bauer, PhD, professor of Biology and Gerald M. Lemole, MD, Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology, is the principal investigator on the project, “Collaborative Research: Assessing the Systematics and Diversity of Haemosporida in African lizards.”

After a two-year deferred start date due to COVID-19, the first cohort of 14 rising high school seniors is spending three weeks on Villanova University’s campus this July to start preparing for the college experience through the “Civitas through Caritas: Cultivating Love, Cultivating Citizens” program.

Alexander Diaz-Lopez, PhD, was named principal investigator on a two-year, $249,937 National Sciences Foundation Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant, supporting his project, “Combinatorics from an Algebraic and Geometric Lens."

A new species of gecko from the locality of Dormaal in Belgium has been described in Royal Society Open Science. This project was a collaboration between researchers from multiple institutions, including Aaron M. Bauer, PhD, professor of Biology and the Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology.
AT A GLANCE
60+
GRADUATE STUDENTS PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR
97%
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT RATE
FOR CLASS OF 2021
14
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS IN 2021 – 2022
91%
of students seeking an internship participated in at least one
200
STUDENTS COMPLETE A LAB OR FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT EACH YEAR
92%
of students seeking an international experience participated in at least one