2026 NEWS
- Villanova’s English Department Welcomes Award-Winning Authors and Poets For 28th Annual Literary Festival This spring marks the 28th year of the highly anticipated Villanova University Literary Festival, welcoming acclaimed poets and novelists to campus to present readings and meet with students.
- Cauvery Madhavan Named 2026 Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University Villanova University named Cauvery Madhavan, an award-winning Irish author and journalist, as the 2026 Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- The Enterprise Center President, Della Clark, Named 2026 Praxis Award Recipient The Villanova University Ethics Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences named Della Clark, president of The Enterprise Center, the recipient of the 2026 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics.
- Villanova University’s Center for Irish Studies Hosts Irish Prime Minister, Marking 250 Years Since America’s Founding On Saturday, March 14, Villanova University’s Center for Irish Studies welcomes Ireland’s Prime Minister, the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin to campus for an afternoon celebrating Irish American connections and scholarship at Villanova, as well as 250 years of Irish American history.
- Villanova History Professor Details the Path Toward Native American Citizenship in New Book In Indigenous Citizens: Native Americans’ Fight for Sovereignty, 1776-2025 (W.W. Norton & Company), Professor of History Paul C. Rosier, PhD, director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, seeks answers through the broad history of Native Americans’ dual citizenship and their centuries-long fight for civil rights.
- Villanova Student-Produced Social Justice Documentary Premieres This April Villanova University’s Social Justice Documentary filmmaking course is renowned for producing impactful films that illuminate vital narratives, many of which garner both local and national recognition. Student production team Out of Bounds Productions will premiere their new documentary, “Aman,” on April 30, 2026 at 7 p.m. at the John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts.
- Villanova Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Early Science with Rubin Observatory The National Science Foundation has awarded Villanova University Assistant Professor of Physics Becka Phillipson, PhD, a $289,158 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Faculty Catalyst Award for the project, “Preparing for Early Science with Rubin Observatory: Intrinsic Variability of Accreting Compact Objects.”
- Villanova Political Science Professor Examines Civic Parties in Divided Societies in New Book In places shaped by conflict, politics are often reduced to a simple story of stark polarization between two opposing sides. In her new book, "Civic Parties in Divided Societies: Northern Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina," Cera Murtagh, PhD, explores how a different kind of politics is taking place in deeply divided countries.
- Villanova Professor Traces the Journey of the American Community Health Center in New Book In Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: Social Image and the Dance for Community Health Center Survival, Associate Professor of Public Administration Danielle Gadson, PhD, ’07 MPA traces the rise of community health centers and the supporters who have kept them alive.
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