- Employers, Take Notes. This Is What New Grads Want From the Job Market. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Why women make great bosses : The Indicator from Planet Money (NPR)
- Philly’s James Ijames, fresh off a Pulitzer win, on directing another Pulitzer-winner, ‘Fairview’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Starbucks Union: Are Labor Unions Good For Public Companies? (Forbes)
- Villanova University scientist Joey Neilsen helps create cosmic postcard of black hole (6ABC Philadelphia)
Featured News
The Force of Nature
Read the digital edition of the Spring 2022 issue of Villanova Magazine online. The cover story, “The Force of Nature,” features Alyssa Stark, PhD, Department of Biology, who is steering fascinating research on adhesion in geckos, ants and sea urchins. Also, in this issue, an insider’s tour of The Commons and a look at Villanova University’s vast and impressive art collection.
MORE NOVA NEWS
Villanova Biology Professor Dr. Aaron Bauer Part of Research Team to Describe New Gecko from the “Greenhouse World“ of Eocene Europe
A new species of gecko from the locality of Dormaal in Belgium has been described in Royal Society Open Science. The new species provides evidence for the early history of geckos in Europe and is easily recognized by the unique surface of the bone between the eyes, which is unlike any other gecko (living and extinct). 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 Villanova University.
Villanova University’s Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship Exhibitor in 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show
Villanova University's Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship (CBEST) will have an exhibit on display at the 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show from June 11-19 at FDR Park. The name of the exhibit is called "Blooming Biodiversity."
Villanova Professor Receives Fulbright, NSF Grant for Humanitarian Engineering
Pritpal Singh, PhD, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has made a career of improving the lives of others through humanitarian engineering. Now, thanks to two major awards, he will expand these efforts in the U.S. and abroad.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Villanova Biologist Publish Long-term Study on Sea Level’s Impact on Wetland Plants
Rising sea levels are endangering the future of wetlands around the world. Scientists have long believed rising CO2 levels could stimulate extra plant growth at a rate that could outpace rising seas. A decades-long study published in ScienceAdvances May 18 by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and Adam Langley, PhD, associate professor of Biology in Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), shows that this benefit is diminishing.
19 Villanovans Win Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Grants for 2022-23
The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2022-23, with 19 Villanova University students and alumni winning the prestigious awards. In addition to the 19 award recipients, 5 other Villanovans were selected as alternates and 25 earned recognition as semi-finalists.
Features
What The Troubles (and Derry Girls) are Teaching Students about 2020
Most can agree that one of the few perks of the pandemic is a much shorter commute. For Jennifer Joyce, PhD, and her “Narratives of Northern Ireland” class, going virtual means that some very special guest lecturers— the Northern Irish authors the class reads each week— are able to make it to class on-time!
