In her talk, Brintlinger will focus on the unique genre of Alexievich’s work and how she channeled the voices of Soviet and post-Soviet people, creating “monuments” in words. T

Keynote Presentations by Dr. Richard Lapchick (Founder and President of NCAS) and Ms. Emily Pasnak-Lapchick (End-Trafficking Officer, U.S. Fund for UNICEF).

A special 1-hour Behind the Scenes animation presentation and Q&A with one of the directors, Byron Howard. Byron Howard directed Disney’s 2010 hit “Tangled” with Nathan Greno.

Suburban Special Event: The Evolving Role of Large Institutional Investors in Reshaping Modern Markets

Mary Holper, associate professor of Law and director of the Immigration Clinic at the Boston College School of Law will speak on “Gaudium et Spes and Immigrant Families Fifty Years Later.”

The Classical Studies Program at Villanova University presents Excavations of the Roman 'Villa of Horace' in Vacone, Italy Prof. Gary D. Farney, Rutgers University.

Dr. Caplan, an internationally recognized bioethicist, with co-editors Father McCartney and Reid, discuss their collection of essays from medicine, philosophy, economics and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation.

Agape Latte is an evening of coffee and conversation about the intersection of faith and life. Kathy Byrnes ’82, Associate Vice President for Student Life, will be our speaker telling her story, “Are you there God? It’s me, Kathy.”

Outsourcing Memory: Is the computer interchangeable with our memory? What does our reliance on technology affect how we relate to one another and how we understand ourselves?

The first symposium, “Cross-Cultural Communication and Ethics: U.S. and Chinese Perspectives in Theory and Practice,” held at Villanova University, will examine cross-cultural communication on ethical issues in the global context from the perspectives of ten different panelists. These sessions will provide scholars, educators, practitioners, and students from different cultural communities a platform upon which to interact and sharing one another's perspectives and expertise. Institution...

Dr. Huang Kaifeng, Director, General Administrative Office, Shanghai Academy of SocialSciences Dr. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communications, University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University.

Dr. Lan Ni. Associate Professor, Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston and Dr. Duan Gang, Chief Editor, Social Sciences Weekly, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

This video is about CrossCulturalCom: Ting-Toomey

Villanova University School of Law will mark its annual commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as part of a University-wide celebration. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 4:30-6 p.m., the Law School presents its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, sponsored by Pepper Hamilton LLP. This year’s featured speaker Yasser Payne, Associate Professor of Black American Studies at the University of Delaware, will talk on “School-to-Prison Pipeline in the 21st Century: Understanding...

James and Kathryn Murphy Reception & Poetry Reading

Sports, Violence and Equality: Current Issues in Title IX Compliance, with Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman, brought together regional & national experts to explore Title IX compliance as it impacts sports, violence & broad issues of equality on campus.

Panel 3 of the conference "Sports, Violence, And Equality: Current Issues in Title IX Compliance"

This past summer Pope Francis published his first encyclical, “Laudato Si,” in which he offers a penetrating critique of the lifestyle of many human beings on the planet. Five Villanova faculty offer their “first impressions.”

Please join us on Thursday, October 1 at 4:30 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner of Falvey Memorial Library as several prominent Villanova scholars present: “The Global and the Interdisciplinary ‘Education and Privilege’” as part of the Reading Villanova series. Jerusha Conner, PhD, Department of Education and Counseling; Carol Anthony, MA, Center for Peace and Justice Education; Jill McCorkle, PhD, Department of Sociology and Criminology; and Bryan Crable, PhD, Department of Communication will share...

This is a recording of the annual Graduate Arts and Sciences Program Directors' Meeting, in which the Office of Graduate Studies gives an update on current and future affairs for the graduate programs.

Daniel Mark, PhD, assistant professor of political science, presents a lecture titled “Faith, Forgiveness and Family Life: An Orthodox Jew in Conversation with the Catholic Church.”

This talk will explore questions by discussing "Laudato Si" in the context of spirituality and the evolution of consciousness.

The 35th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Criminology presents the keynote address delivered by Kenneth C. Tsang, '13 A&S, titled "First Steps as a Research Professional: Advice From a Recent Alumnus".