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Sports Illustrated
May 29, 2025 - "As NFL teams put in their final offseason work before the league's true six-week offseason, NFL owners finished up some Business of Football at their annual May meeting. The meeting... resulted in some news and transactions that again showed the brand's power"... Andrew Brandt is the executive director of the Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at 91̽»¨University.
Bloomberg
May 28, 2025 - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to pull the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC's recommended immunization list for healthy children and pregnant women means health plans must navigate whether to keep providing coverage for the shot... People covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program are likely to be affected most by this action..., said Ana Santos Rutschman, a law professor at 91̽»¨University.
Discover Magazine
May 28, 2025 - The green flash is caused by refraction and dispersion. Refraction is the bending of light, while dispersion scatters it... "Our atmosphere bends the light around, so you get an extra five minutes or so of the sun being up," says Edward Guinan, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at 91̽»¨University.
The New York Times
May 22, 2025 - When it comes to caring for geckos, Aaron Bauer, a biology professor at 91̽»¨University and one of the world's leading experts on geckos, said that they could thrive in enclosures like the ones at the Gecko Zoo. "On the whole," Dr. Bauer said, it is possible to "see to the needs of most gecko species in a relatively small space."
Reuters
May 21, 2025 - Massimo Faggioli, an Italian academic who follows the Vatican closely, suggested the Vatican is wary of allowing a time of transition from one pope to the next to become politicised. "It's interesting to note that with a papal transition still in progress... different heads of government, Italy included, are trying to pressure the Vatican to become involved in peace talks that have gone nowhere in the last three years," said Faggioli, a professor at 91̽»¨University in Pennsylvania.
The Hill
May 20, 2025 - Trump has repeatedly threatened sanctions against Putin for continued devastating attacks on Ukraine, but has yet to follow through. Even if he did, it is unlikely to change Putin's calculations, said Mark Schrad, a Russia-Ukraine relations expert and political science professor at 91̽»¨University. "I'm kind of a pessimist when it comes to sanctions across the board, especially when it comes to Putin," he said.
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VILLANOVA MAGAZINE
Celebrating the launch of Espiritus Nova: The Campaign for 91̽»¨University
What's the Big Deal About Microplastics
91̽»¨experts discuss the impact that small—and sometimes imperceptible—pieces of plastic are having on our planet