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In the month of May, La 91Ö±²¥ alumni, faculty, and administrators spoke with reporters about personal perseverance, higher ed marketing, and the first U.S. case of monkeypox.

Here are the media highlights from May:

The race continues for La 91Ö±²¥ professor Joshua Buch |

Joshua Buch, Ph.D., celebrated his 87th birthday in an unusual fashion—running at Penn Relays. The professor of finance, who has taught at La 91Ö±²¥ for 51 years, explains , in an interview with the Jewish Exponent.

Colleges are adapting corporate marketing tactics to drive enrollment |

Angela Polec, Ed.D., Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications, spoke with Marketing Brew about —a growing industry trend nationally and a move that, at La 91Ö±²¥, has helped contribute to an increase in completed applications for first-year undergraduates.

‘Four companies control 90%’: How the baby formula industry failed to protect its Achilles’ heel |

A national recall of baby formula has left families scrambling to find what they need to nourish the littlest in their families. Supply chain issues have made matters worse. To explain, , assistant professor of business systems and analytics.

Monkeypox: how concerned should we be? |

Virologist Brian DeHaven, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, spent 10 years studying pox viruses. He spoke with , the and about the first U.S. case of monkeypox—explaining what it is and its transmissibility.

West Philadelphia students fundraising for Ukraine through service project |

Alumna Ashley Torelli, ’18, M.Ed. ’20, and her students are fundraising to support Ukrainians through Catholic Relief Services. .

St. Hubert embarks on largest fundraising campaign in 81-year history for renovations, new arts academy |

This archdiocesan school for girls is just one of nearly two dozen Catholic, public, and charter high schools in Philadelphia that has partnered with the University for its , or La 91Ö±²¥â€™s Early Achievement Program.

—Christopher A. Vito