2025 News
- 11/26/2025 Fall 2025 Graduate Research Symposium The scholarly work of graduate students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was on display in the Villanova Room in the Connelly Center on Friday, November 14, 2025.
- 11/10/2025 Shaping Philadelphia’s Future: Suzie Staherski ’23 MA Puts Policy into Action Staherski is a senior fiscal policy analyst for the City of Philadelphia’s budget office, where she develops the city’s five-year financial plan and acts as a liaison between administrative departments and City Council as part of the annual budget process. Fueled by purpose and opportunity, she’s turning classroom lessons into citywide impact.
- 10/29/2025 A Lifetime of Service Leads to New Purpose in Theology After a distinguished military and academic career, Joseph Evans ’25 PhD chose Villanova to unite his faith, scholarship and service.
- 10/28/2025 Villanova MPA Leaders Participate in Rome Summit Villanova’s Master of Public Administration community played a meaningful role in shaping global conversations on migration and refugee advocacy at an international conference in Rome earlier this month.
- 10/09/2025 Becoming Fully Alive Brandon Ambrosino ’24 PhD found at Villanova a place that embraced his full self—and helped him bring theology to a wider world.
- 09/16/2025 Villanova Hosts Mentorship Training for Faculty and Staff Led by Emory Woodard, PhD, dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the CIMER workshop brought together 30 faculty and staff from across the University to strengthen the quality and consistency of graduate student mentorship.
- 09/15/2025 Ashon Calhoun ’27 MA Honored with NCTA ChangeMaker Award Ashon Calhoun is being honored as the first ever recipient of the NCTA Education Foundation Fund the Future Student Scholarship. The NCTA—the Internet and Television Association—is a trade association representing broadband and cable television industries in the United States.
- 08/25/2025 Villanova Faculty Join National Initiative to Foster Healthy Research Labs and Teams Irene Kan, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and several other Villanova faculty members have joined the Council of Graduate Schools’ (CGS) Healthy Research Teams & Labs initiative, a national effort aimed at promoting inclusive, respectful and supportive research environments for graduate students.
- 07/07/2025 Villanova Receives ICMA Grant to Explore Opportunities for Economic Mobility in Norristown The project will connect classroom insights with real-world challenges, giving public administration students hands-on experiences supporting housing, infrastructure and local business growth.
- 05/13/2025 Villanova Students Bring Their Voices to Nation’s Capital for Council of Graduate Schools Advocacy Day Drew Doughan ’25 MA and Nicole Roldan ’25 MA joined graduate education leaders from across the country in Washington, D.C.
- 05/05/2025 Villanova Hosts 2025 Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium Students, scholars and theater professionals explored the theme, “Adaptation: Looking Back, Moving Forward” at the John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts.
- 04/22/2025 The Accuracy of Self-Reflection: Emily Pintarelli ’23 CLAS, ’24 MS Earns Outstanding Thesis Award The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences recognized Emily Pintarelli's work on self-reports in personality assessment. Her thesis, titled “Self-Other Knowledge Asymmetry for Autonomous Self-Direction and the Capacity for Intimacy,” earned her the 2025 Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award.
- 04/15/2025 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Establishes New Graduate Certificate in AI and Machine Learning As demand for professionals who are proficient in AI/ML increases, Villanova University is launching a new Graduate Certificate in AI and Machine Learning designed to provide a competitive edge for those looking to enhance their careers with AI-driven skills.
- 04/14/2025 Sydney Marie Hughes ’25 MA Earns Graduate Research Prize at Official CONCEPT Launch The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences community celebrated the 48th edition of CONCEPT during a recognition ceremony on Friday, April 11, in Driscoll Hall. Faculty Managing Editor John Kurtz, PhD, and other faculty editors, as well as student authors, editors and peer reviewers discussed their works during the event.
- 04/11/2025 Villanova Students Shine in 2025 NASPAA Simulation Competition Three students participated in a public service virtual contest hosted by colleges and universities across the country, with Amir Fralin ’26 MPA contributing to a winning team.
- 03/25/2025 Aaron Bauer’s Legacy is Forged from Renowned Herpetology Research and Grown by Generations of Students By numbers alone, the “Aaron Bauer Pipeline” speaks for itself. Since 2000, a little more than a decade after he began teaching at Villanova, 50 master’s students have come through his research lab, and Dr. Bauer estimates 40 of them have gone on to obtain PhDs and remain in herpetology.
- 03/13/2025 Villanova Launches New Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Program The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is launching a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies to enable students to develop expertise that aligns with their career goals, personal interests, and the evolving demands of society across a range of disciplines.
- 02/27/2025 Connecting Knowledge: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching The journey for Kevin Crail ’24 MA through Villanova University’s graduate Liberal Studies program has profoundly shaped his approach as a social studies teacher. Currently teaching government, sociology and economics to high school juniors and seniors, Crail’s pedagogical focus emphasizes the importance of engaging students with diverse disciplines and perspectives.
- 02/04/2025 A Mission to Redefine Mental Health Advocacy Inspired by personal experience, Luvonda Fuller ’25 MS is committed to challenging stigma and creating equitable mental health care for communities of color through research and future practice.
- 01/17/2025 DEI's Evolving Impact: HRD Student Offers New Insights For Tyra Johnson ’25 MS, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are more than just buzzwords—they represent an ongoing commitment to creating better workplaces and communities. Tyra, who is in the Human Resources Development graduate program, presented her project, “Exploring the Dynamics of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Practices: Insights from DEI Practitioners,” at Villanova’s fall 2024 Graduate Research Symposium.
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