VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY NEWS

New York Times
Troops Involved in Boat Strikes Face a 'Moral Injury' Risk, Experts Say    

December 12, 2025 - Military personnel have little if any say over the assignments they get or the orders they receive...Military personnel are allowed — and, in fact, are obliged — to refuse illegal orders. But to do so would probably result in swift punishment, while determining the actual legality of the order could drag on in court for months or years, according to Brenner Fissell, a law professor at Villanova University.

Forbes
3 Questions Boards Should Ask About Employee Financial Insecurity  

December 11, 2025 - "Employees’ financial insecurity carries risks for the workplace: it erodes organizational performance, triggers counterproductive work behaviors and dampens inclusion, research shows. The good news is that boards may stimulate meaningful interventions by asking 3 questions that go beyond compensation." Corinne Post is the Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership and professor of management at Villanova School of Business.

NPR
Maureen Corrigan's 10 Favorite Books of 2025—With Plenty for Nonfiction Lovers

December 8, 2025 - Peabody Award-winning NPR host and renowned book critic Maureen Corrigan listed "Last Seen," from Villanova University's Judith Giesberg, among her top 10 books of 2025. The book contains over 4,500 ads placed in newspapers by once enslaved people hoping to find loved ones...Giesberg tells us the cruel reality was that, the "success rate of these advertisements may have been as low as 2%."

ABC News
The Fed Is Divided Over Cutting Interest Rates. Here's Why That Matters    

November 25, 2025 - Top officials at the Federal Reserve have displayed a rare degree of public disagreement over a possible interest rate cut next month... "We haven't seen this much uncertainty from the Fed in a long time," John Sedunov, a finance professor at Villanova University's School of Business, told ABC News.

CBC Radio
One Year Since the Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria  

November 25, 2025 - Ottawan Samer Abboud, professor of global studies at Villanova University, explains how Syrians are recovering after the end of a 13-year civil war.

Reuters
Pentagon Threatens to Prosecute Senator Mark Kelly by Recalling Him to Navy Service  

November 25, 2025 - Brenner Fissell, a law professor at Villanova University, said Kelly could be facing some legal risk. Kelly lacks the protections of Speech and Debate Clause immunity, Fissell said, which protect lawmakers for statements they make on the House or Senate floor.