2013 Events

December 9 Sophomore Keith Martinez Appointed Youth Ambassador for State of South Dakota

November 25 Jessica Wamala '13 CLAS Wins Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship

November 21 Villanova University and Abbey Theater Launch "Summer Studio" For Undergraduates

November 18 Katherine Wister '15 CLAS Presents Research At Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

November 1 Karolina Wolnicki ’15 CLAS Awarded 2013 Boren Scholarship

October 24 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Awards 2013 Alumni Medallions

October 24 Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Announces John H. Taylor Jr. ’75 Endowed Journalism Scholarship

October 23 National Science Foundation Awards $1.67 Million Grant to Villanova University for Development of Virtual Reality Facility for Immersive Video Research and Learning

October 4 Oct. 8 Kephart Lecture Features Dr. Roy Takeyh, Senior Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

October 2 Graduate Liberal Studies Student Kenneth Mumma Earns National Recognition in Interdisciplinary Writing

September 26 Villanova Senior Michelle Velez (’14 CLAS) Serves on Sustainability Panel at National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC

September 18 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Philosophy Professor Sally J. Scholz, PhD Named Editor of Hypatia

September 3 Amanda Grannas, PhD Named 2013 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

August 2 From Classroom to Conference Room: Internships Give LAS Students a Leg Up

July 8 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Inaugurates The Dennis M. Cook ’90 Endowed Gregor Mendel Chair in Genetics

June 26 Department of Computing Sciences Awarded $609,000 National Science Foundation Grant

June 25 One Enterprising Student’s Use of Social Media in Quest for Summer Internship

June 5 LAS Graduate Student Micahel Fatigati Awarded Critical Language Scholarship By U.S. Department Of State

May 29 Villanova Alumnus Erik Scully Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

May 20 Villanova Presidential Scholar Joana Petrescu Recognized by Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program

May 16 Six Villanovans Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

May 15 Computer Science Students Philip Williams and Ben Smith Taking Their Apps to New Levels

April 30 Villanova University Junior Stefan Johnson Named Recipient of Prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship

April 25 Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors Excellence in Writing in the Augustine and Culture Seminar

April 11 Villanova University Social Justice Film Class Sponsors April 13 Education Summit Exploring Educational Disparity, the Topic of Upcoming Documentary “Rise and Shine”

April 10 Department of Chemistry in Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to Host Harvard University’s Daniel Nocera, PhD

April 9 Hearts and Minds Film Festival Comes to Villanova University for Annual Social Justice Film Showcase

April 4 Christopher Schmidt, PhD Receives Humanistic Educator/Supervisor Award

March 27 National Science Foundation Awards $1.17 Million Grant to Support Research in Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

March 15 Villanova Vatican Interns Witness History

March 5 Gender and Women’s Studies Presents 24th Annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Research Conference

February 25 Lillian (Boots) Cassel, PhD Receives ACM’s “Distinguished Educator” Award

February 19 Jennifer Staple-Clark, CEO of Unite for Sight, Named Recipient of Villanova University’s 2013 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics

February 11 Villanova University Sigma XI Honor Society Awarded 2012 Sigma XI Chapter of Excellence Award

January 30 Natalie Flinn ’14 LAS Receives Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fellowship to Study Environmental Impact of Snow Melting Salts

January 23 Prominent Authors Set to Visit Villanova University for Literary Festival

January 22 Award-winning Poet Mary O’Malley Named Villanova University’s Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies

January 15 Catherine M. Keating ’84 LAS Named Chair of Villanova University Board of Trustees

January 1 Villanova University Research Team to Launch Website of Philadelphia Civil War Diary in Commemoration of 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation