VILLANOVA
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DEVELOPING BUSINESS LEADERS
FOR A BETTER WORLD ®
The Villanova School of Business develops business leaders for a better world through the Augustinian values of truth, community, caring and leading through service.
VSB provides a world-class business education with undergraduate programs, graduate programs and executive education. Renowned faculty blend formal business training with real-world application to deliver an innovative and rigorous curriculum.
By bridging theory and practice, VSB helps students to develop into creative problem solvers who become ethical, influential leaders who know how to grow, analyze and protect business value.
Collaborative. Creative. Entrepreneurial. VSB educates leaders with a desire to effect positive change in their workplaces and their communities, as well as around the globe.
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NEWS
Two VSB Students Selected as Poets&Quants 2025 Best & Brightest Business Majors
Two Villanova School of Business (VSB) students – Aidan Connolly ’25 VSB and Olivia Hansen ’25 VSB – were selected as Poets&Quants 100 Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors Of 2025. Now in its 10th year, the Best & Brightest honors 100 senior business students from the Top 50 undergraduate business programs who made the biggest impact on their programs and personified the best of their cohorts.
Caitlin Dannhauser, PhD, ’05 VSB, has been named the inaugural Vincent B. ’88 and Nicole DiDomenico Jr. Endowed Senior Research Fellow in Finance. Her appointment will begin in Fall 2025.
Five Villanova School of Business Faculty Among Top Two Percent of Scientists Cited Globally
For the fifth year in a row, several Villanova School of Business (VSB) faculty are among the top 2% of scientists cited globally. This annual analysis by researchers at Stanford University, and the open access publisher, PLOS, ranks more than 190,000 scholars across all fields from a pool of more than 8.5 million active scientists worldwide, based on how often their work is cited by other scholars. The list considers both career-long citation impact and the impact in a single recent year.
VSB Welcomes Eight New Faculty Members
The Villanova School of Business (VSB) is pleased to welcome eight new faculty members. “VSB is proud of our world-class faculty and pleased to welcome these individuals to the team,” said Wen Mao, PhD, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of VSB. “Each of these leaders brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that prepare and inspire our students for their future business careers.”
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