Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Welcome to the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Life Sciences & Healthcare Industries Connections Community!

Check out Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 101 resources to learn about the industry, recruiting timelines, employer partners at Villanova and more. Leverage the power of the Villanova community by connecting with alumni on LinkedIn and the Nova Network (check out the Villanova Engineers, Villanovans in Chemistry or the Villanovans in Healthcare groups) as well as peers through student organizations including VU EMB, Business in Healthcare Society and others on campus.

Pharma, Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare Events: Be on the lookout for various employer events throughout the year including career fairs, information sessions, workshops, information tables, coffee chats and virtual events. Signature events include:

Fall Semester: Fall Career Fair; Pharma, Biotech & Life Sciences Meetup
Spring Semester: STEM Career Fair; Biotech Bootcamp (Spring)

*If you are interested in pursuing graduate school for pre-health careers or industry, please visit the Graduate School Career Connections page.

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Wildcat Spotlight: Charles Donnell ’28: “It was really rewarding to be involved in some of the most cutting-edge processes in cell therapeutics research”

Over the summer of 2026, Villanova College of Engineering student Charles Donnell conducted Cancer Research at Rice University in the Veiseh Lab under Omid Veiseh and Grace May.

What question or problem did your research address?

“Our project revolved around …

By Kit Schroder

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Villanova in the Valley application is live: learn about innovation in the Silicon Valley!

Interested in technology? Entrepreneurship and innovation? Venture capital or private equity?

Travel to the Silicon Valley!

The Villanova in the Valley program provides students from across Villanova’s campus the opportunity to engage with the innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem of Silicon …

By Vanessa Schmidt

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Connect with Merck: TWO events on September 10th with the BARDS (Biostatistics & Research Decision Sciences) Team!

Merck BARDS Group Coffee Chat 9/10 (only for graduate students)
Merck BARDS Team Group Coffee Chat (Graduate Students) • Apply by August 30th

Merck’s Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS) Statistical Programming team is hosting a small-group coffee chat for Villanova graduate …

By Jeanette Paulsen

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