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Villanova Engineer Investigating Potential Blood Substitute To Help Save Soldiers and Others Who’ve Been Badly Wounded
When soldiers get shot they need blood right away but often medics on the scene don’t carry blood because it needs to be refrigerated, and it’s therefore not available on the front lines. Jacob Elmer, PhD, an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University, is researching the potential of earthworm hemoglobin as a blood substitute. read more
Philly Has an Air Pollution Problem. These Researchers Think Its Neighborhoods May Hold a Solution
An Environmental Science research team at Villanova University is analyzing almost every possible urban configuration in Philadelphia neighborhoods to figure out the city's air pollution problems. read more
How Children Reason About Disagreements Shaped by School Curriculum
Research from Deena Weisberg, PhD, and her colleagues found the type of curriculum first graders received influenced how children evaluated decisions. The study was recently published in the Journal of Cognition and Development. read more
Villanova Research Shows Nurses Can Be Front Line for Gun Safety of Children
Across the United States almost five million children live in homes where at least one firearm is stored unlocked and loaded. And unintentional shootings involving toddlers are on the rise: There were 58 reported cases in 2015, and 62 cases reported in 2016. Many of these cases involved a toddler who picked up an unlocked gun and then shot themselves or someone else. read more
New Research Shows More People Blame Video Games on School Shootings by White Perpetrators
Research from Psychological and Brain Sciences professor Patrick Markey, PhD, and associate professor Erica Slotter, PhD, shows that people are likely to erroneously blame violent video games for school shootings when the perpetrator was White than when the shooter was Black. read more
Villanova Researchers Examining the Impact of Hurricane Maria on Streamwater in Puerto Rico
Now nearly two years since the deadly hurricane, Puerto Rico is still feeling the impacts of Maria. Steven Goldsmith and Lisa Rodrigues, associate professors of Environmental Science at Villanova, and a team of graduate students, are doing research in Puerto Rico on water quality and evaluating how stream chemistry has changed post-Maria. read more
Campus Collaboration: Newly Completed Residence Hall Community also a Living Laboratory for Stormwater Management Research
One doesn't typically associate the opening of a new residence hall community with academic research. But The Commons at Villanova is different. In addition to increasing the percentage of students that can live on campus from 70 to 85 percent, The Commons are also serving as a living laboratory for stormwater management research for faculty and students in the College of Engineering. read more
Villanova Professor Examines Vulnerabilities of Evacuating During Tornadoes for Mobile Home Residents
New research from Stephen Strader, PhD, assistant professor of Geography & the Environment, examines the evacuation vulnerability of mobile home residents and their access to emergency medical services in the Southeast. read more
Villanova Professor Discusses 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing and Future of Space Travel
As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing approaches, another Golden jubilee has also arrived—50 years of teaching and research at Villanova University for Dr. Edward Guinan, Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences. Dr. Guinan talks about his memories of the Apollo 11 mission, the impact it had on his career and what the future of space travel holds. read more
Villanova Chemistry Professor, Student Become First Researchers in University Garden
Rising junior Eliana Uriona and Visiting Assistant professor of Chemistry, Vanessa Boschi, PhD, are studying which organic amendments in soil best support plant productivity in the University’s research garden, known as Villanova Consortium for Agricultural Research and Education (VCARE). read more
The Consequential Effects of Prison Gerrymandering
Legislative districts in most states, including Pennsylvania, are drawn to include prisoners as residents where they are incarcerated and not where their true ‘home’ district is, which are typically in more urban regions of the state. Villanova sociologists Brianna Remster and Rory Kramer examined this issue. read more
Villanova Alumni Network Provides Key Support to Students on the Career Front
Villanova University has been strategic in its efforts to implement programs that create strong connections between alumni and students and allow for robust support for students in the career search. This continues to deliver important return on investment for students and their families. read more
Villanova Biology Professor Dr. Aaron Bauer Discusses his Life’s Work Studying, and Discovering, Geckos and Other Reptiles
The world’s most popular gecko may be the one starring in countless Geico television commercials. Although that gecko was not the discovery of Villanova Biology professor Aaron Bauer, PhD, has described more new species of reptiles than any other living scientist, including over seven percent of the more than 1,600 living geckos. read more
Villanova Engineering Professor Using Mathematical Modeling to Gain Insight into Health of Aircrafts and Cardiac Patients
C. “Nat” Nataraj, PhD, Mechanical Engineering professor and director of the Villanova Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems, is an expert in developing mathematical models to predict the performance of engineering systems, whether those systems are mechanical or human. read more