In the Media

This event roundup includes the Widener Army ROTC vigil held on Saturday in honor of 9/11 at the Old Main flagpole.

Ryan Raiker, a School of Business Administration alumnus and adjunct professor, writes about the digital transformation revolutionizing public and private industries and what businesses should consider when identifying and adopting automatic processes.

Podcast host Jim Esch, assistant teaching professor of English, interviews Annalise Castaldo, associate professor and director of the Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, on the representation of women writers in the literary canon.

A look at performances scheduled for the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival promotes "Lovers and Madmen: Visions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream" which is running in a collaboration between Widener's Lone Brick Theatre Company and Forgotten Lore Theatre.

This article, which investigates how adjusted work location policies at institutions of higher education may impact policies in non-academic workplaces, quotes President Julie E. Wollman on the university's current flexible work schedule. 

Michael Dimino, a professor of law at Widener Law Commonwealth, weighs in on the constitutionality of a claim made in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, that absentee ballot postage infringes on the 14th and 24th Amendments.

This article notes that Pennsylvania moves closer to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and quotes John Dernbach, professor and director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener Law Commonwealth, on the state's constitutional right to a clean environment.

Anthony Wheeler, dean of the School of Business Administration, is a featured expert who provides insight into the state of the workforce, including how Labor Day Weekend travel may impact on small businesses, and professional burnout fueled by the pandemic. 

Professor Jeff Lolli comments on how the hospitality industry was impacted by COVID-19 and shares his expert opinion on how businesses within the industry can move forward.

The Widener men's and women's soccer teams hosted a free community clinic for Chester Upland Youth Soccer club and area residents.

This community brief promotes the opening of the Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, a new pro bono community clinic run by the Institute for Speech-Language Pathology.

The Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's R+ initiative, which partners with Widener's Small Business Development Center to help Latino-owned businesses recover from the pandemic, received a $35,000 grant from Santander Bank.

The Community Engaged Teacher Education program led by Professor Nadine McHenry and the Widener Observatory directed by Professor Harry Augensen hosted community members and education students for a Stargazing and S'mores night.

Kathy Wu, assistant professor and director of the dual PsyD/MBA program, shares her personal and professional background and her strategies and vision for resolving burnout. 

Dawn Gulick, professor of physical therapy and developer of the mobile app iOrtho+, writes about the relationship between nutrition and orthopedics in this blog post and credits research contributed by students in the graduate physical therapy program.

Football Head Coach Mike Barainyak talks on this podcast about the upcoming season, challenges in the past year from COVID-19, and emerging leaders on the field including Ryan Stecklein, Mario Scotese, James Gillespie and Anthony Jordan.

Larry Hamermesh, emeritus professor at Delaware Law School, commented on a public campaign led by Al Sharpton and paid for by Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware to promote diversifying the Delaware Court of Chancery. 

Kerri Crowne Brannen, associate professor of business management, is a guest on this podcast discussing how her approach to teaching has changed during the pandemic to keep up with students' expectations and her career goals.

The article notes that Widener University is among local colleges and universities that require all staff and students to be vaccinated.

Professor J. Wesley Leckrone weighs in on the reason that a number of Pennsylvania residents were arrested for their roles in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.