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Lisa Baglione, Ph.D., has been teaching at St. Joe’s since 1992 and saw many shifts in Russian studies at St. Joe’s.
PHOTOS: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

War in Ukraine taps Russian Studies experts amid program decline

Anna Owens April 12, 2022

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, academics with expertise in Russian history and politics were suddenly in demand and sought out for their ability to help contextualize Russia’s...

War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion

Tayler Washington April 5, 2022

Faculty, staff and students gathered in Doyle Banquet Hall on March 21 to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine during “The War in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion.” Lisa Baglione, Ph.D., professor of...

Continuing to Celebrate Sunshine Week

Continuing to Celebrate Sunshine Week

The Hawk Staff March 23, 2022

How war in Ukraine reminds us to uphold free press Last week, student and professional journalists across the globe celebrated Sunshine Week. Sunshine week, created by the News Leaders Association,...

Natalie Yaworsky Lamley (left) and her cousin Daria Heletkanycz (center) show their support for Ukraine at a Feb. 25 rally at City Hall. Both of their parents are from Ukraine. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

Philly rallies for Ukraine

Mitchell Shields March 2, 2022

Hundreds of Ukrainian Americans and supporters gathered over the weekend in solidarity with Ukraine. On Feb. 25, the Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Philadelphia organized a rally outside of City Hall....

War in Europe

Patrick Adams March 2, 2022

Russia invades Ukraine Just before midnight Eastern time on Feb. 23, which was 6 a.m. the next day in Ukraine, Russian troops and tanks began pouring over the border checkpoints in Crimea, Donbass,...

Russia’s Ukraine gamble

Patrick Adams January 26, 2022

How NATO backed Russia into a corner In 1984, during a time of heightened tensions between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Soviet Union in the Cold War, former U.S. President...

Russia’s rigged legislative election

Patrick Adams September 28, 2021

The power to put in votes On Sept. 19, the final few Russians casted their ballots in the election for the Russian State Duma, Russia’s national legislature. This began the government’s monumental...

Returning to Cold War mentality

Returning to Cold War mentality

Megan Piasecki February 12, 2019

Suspending the INF treaty causes serious geopolitical concerns In the year 1987, two of the largest world powers came together to sign a treaty that would halt the development of nuclear missiles within...

Trump continues to skate on thin ice

Trump continues to skate on thin ice

Devin Yingling January 29, 2019

What Buzzfeed's piece says about the nature of the presidency Trying to understand the entirety of  President Donald Trump’s Russia scandal is as difficult as trying to walk across a tightrope over...

Blurring the line between social media and news

Blurring the line between social media and news

Josh Bostrom November 13, 2017

The problem with unfiltered information on Facebook When certain industries are deemed excessively large or influential, they are often highlighted by the media or government as being “too big.” This...

What’s happening in the Russian investigation

Eliza Rocco November 7, 2017

Robert Mueller brought the first charges in the Russia investigation. Here is what you need to know about those charges. What is the Russian investigation? The Russia probe was opened about a...

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