{"id":152620,"date":"2026-03-30T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152620\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:19:08","slug":"campus-catch-up-march-headlines-from-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152620\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Catch-Up: March Headlines from Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"

News is happening all the time at The University of Scranton.<\/p>\n

Look no further than March, when school is out of session for one week for spring break, but the announcements and events continue.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, here are some of the stories we’ve been working on:<\/p>\n

\"Smiling<\/p>\n

Incoming Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs Announced<\/p>\n

WeiDong Zhu, Ph.D., will serve the University as its next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, beginning in July.<\/p>\n

Read more about Dr. Zhu, who comes to Scranton by way of Jesuit sister institution Saint Peter’s University, at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Building<\/p>\n

KSOM’s “Gold Standard” Accreditation Extended Through 2031<\/p>\n

Only 6% of business schools in the world earn AACSB accreditation. The University’s Kania School of Management is included in that group.<\/p>\n

Click to read more<\/a> about the accreditation review process and what the recognition means for KSOM.<\/p>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Pope Francis Coauthor and Friend to Speak at the University<\/p>\n

Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Ph.D., a renowned scholar, author and longtime friend of Pope Francis will soon visit the University.<\/p>\n

Dr. Skorka will deliver the Judaic Studies Institute Lecture on Tuesday, May 12. Follow this link<\/a> for more details about Dr. Skorka’s upcoming lecture.<\/p>\n

\"Large
Lady Royals in the Final Four<\/p>\n

The University of Scranton’s women’s basketball team completed a historic season in which it went 32-1.<\/p>\n

Rev. Joseph G. Marina, S.J., University president, hailed the team<\/a> as serving as a “powerful testament to what it means to be a student” at Scranton.<\/p>\n

For additional coverage, please see WNEP<\/a> and the Times-Tribune’s<\/a> live reporting from Salem, Virginia. WVIA also profiled<\/a> the Lady Royals before they traveled to the Final Four.<\/p>\n

\"Reception<\/p>\n

Weiss Hall’s IDEA Center Begins to Fulfill Its Promise<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 academic year began with the opening of Robert S. ’68 and Marilyn A. Weiss Hall.<\/p>\n

One of Weiss Hall’s signature facilities is the IDEA Center, where University of Scranton students and Greater Scranton community members and organizations are putting its cutting-edge facilities to use. Click to read more statistics and examples<\/a> about how the IDEA Center is being used.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Additional Headlines:<\/p>\n

University Library Book Sale Date, Details Announced | Click to Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

Scranton Students and Professor Make Major Breakthrough in Nanoparticle Research | Click to Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

Psychology Department Members Present Research at Conference | Click to Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

Scranton Students Perform in 78th Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival | Click to Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaker Announced, Date Set for Spring Henry George Seminar | Click to Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Continue reading Royal News all-year round to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings at Scranton.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News is happening all the time at The University of Scranton. Look no further than March, when school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[69353,20734,139,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-152620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-campus-catch-up","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}