2026 News
- A Villanova Experience Shaped by Leadership and Connection Cecily Ritchie ’25 MA embraced every opportunity to lead, learn and connect with others. Through hands-on experiences, mentorship and meaningful involvement across campus, she built the skills and confidence that launched her into a career helping college students find their own sense of belonging.
- Villanova Public Administration Students Participate in National Wildfire Simulation Sultan Aydin ’26 MPA and Keira Robinson ’27 CLAS put their public service skills to the test to help protect a fictional community while preparing for real-world impact.
- Philosophy PhD Program Celebrates 30 Years A weekend-long celebration brought together alumni, faculty and current students to reflect on three decades of Villanova University’s doctoral program in Philosophy.
- Stress from the Inside Out: Derick DeCamp ’26 MS Earns Top Thesis Honor in Psychology By exploring how neuroticism can shape the body’s response to stress, DeCamp sheds new light on the connection between physical and mental health.
- A Full Circle Moment: Terry Guerin ’81 MA Returns to Villanova Theatre as Director Guerin is returning to Villanova to direct “Urinetown,” a dystopian satire, reconnecting with the program that helped shape her career.
- Gabrielle Piccirilli ’25, ’26 MA Awarded Graduate Research Prize Her paper, “‘An Author’s Voice and the ‘Wounds That Speak’: Creative Writing as Emotional Processing and Public Communication,” appears in the 49th edition of "CONCEPT," the interdisciplinary graduate research journal in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- From Chemist to Code: One Student’s Critical Pivot Bridging disciplines, Emily Lugos ’26 MS applies her chemistry mindset to cutting-edge research on misinformation and data analysis.
- Prepared to Teach, Inspired to Lead: Olivia Stowell ’21 MA is Fueled by Her Villanova Graduate Experience For Stowell, Villanova’s graduate English program offered more than academic preparation—it provided the mentorship, teaching experience and intellectual community that continue to shape her work as a PhD candidate and educator today.
- Research, Reflection and Results: Joseph Lasky ’18 MA’s Villanova Foundation A graduate of the master's program in Political Science, Lasky's experience at Villanova shaped his approach to research and writing, setting the stage for meaningful contributions to academia.
- A Seat at the Table: Villanova Student, Alumni Present Research on Impostor Syndrome Luvonda Fuller ’25 MS, Patrice Manasse ’25 MS and Carina Azuine ’26 MS attended the 2026 American Counseling Association (ACA) Conference and Expo to lead a discussion on how impostor syndrome manifests in people of color.
- What’s That Racket? One Student's Journey from Courts to Clinics When Sophia Edwards ’26 MS arrived at Villanova University, she came with a racket in hand and a plan to play one more year of college tennis. What she didn’t anticipate was how a two-semester biology certificate—and the academic community that came with it—would reshape her goals beyond the sport.
- Philosophy for the People: One Student’s Mission to Bring Academia to All Blake Perry ’26 PhD, who is pursuing his doctoral degree in Philosophy at Villanova at teaches Villanova undergraduates, is using YouTube to make complex philosophical topics more accessible to the public.
- Tracing Generational Memory: Anastasiia Chulkova ’26 MA Wins Villanova 3MT The Theatre graduate student won the University’s Three-Minute Thesis competition with research on the “embodied transmission of memory,” exploring how everyday actions can quietly pass down patterns across generations.
- CLAS Dean of Graduate Studies Elected to CGS Board of Directors Emory H. Woodard IV, PhD, is taking on a leadership role for the Council of Graduate Schools, a global organization that advocates for and supports graduate education.
- A Liberal Arts Foundation for Public Leadership For Tom Foley ’13 MA, the path to public service didn’t begin with a campaign or a policy memo, but with the big questions asked in classrooms at Villanova University while he was pursuing a graduate degree in history.
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