By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Web site celebrated the feast of the dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran by launching a virtual tour of the Rome church -- thanks to Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
The virtual tour -- giving cybernauts a high-resolution, 360-degree view of the basilica -- went online at www.vatican.va Nov. 9, the feast of the dedication of the basilica, which is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome.
Bryan Crable, chairman of the communication department at the Catholic university in Villanova, Pa., said the virtual tour of St. John's -- and earlier tours of St. Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls -- was the brainchild of Paul Wilson, a professor in the department.
"Although he proposed this idea two years ago, it took some time for it to become approved and for us to assemble the equipment necessary to carry out the project," Crable said in an e-mail to Catholic News Service.
Read the entire article here.

Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Web site celebrated the feast of the dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran by launching a virtual tour of the Rome church -- thanks to Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
The virtual tour -- giving cybernauts a high-resolution, 360-degree view of the basilica -- went online at www.vatican.va Nov. 9, the feast of the dedication of the basilica, which is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome.
Bryan Crable, chairman of the communication department at the Catholic university in Villanova, Pa., said the virtual tour of St. John's -- and earlier tours of St. Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls -- was the brainchild of Paul Wilson, a professor in the department.
"Although he proposed this idea two years ago, it took some time for it to become approved and for us to assemble the equipment necessary to carry out the project," Crable said in an e-mail to Catholic News Service.
Read the entire article here.
Check out the blog of the Department of Chemistry at Villanova University here.
According to the blog:
Welcome to the weblog of the Department of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. The Department emphasizes a thorough and rigorous study of chemistry, hands-on experimentation using state-of-the-art chemical instrumentation, faculty-mentored student research, and personal attention and advising from our community of chemists and scientists.
With this foundation, graduates from the Department of Chemistry at Villanova University successfully move into Ph.D programs, medical school, other health and professional schools, and the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. You can expect news, announcements, job and internship opportunities, and more to be posted here as we move forward.
Be sure to check back often, or better yet, subscribe to our RSS feed!
According to the blog:
Welcome to the weblog of the Department of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University. The Department emphasizes a thorough and rigorous study of chemistry, hands-on experimentation using state-of-the-art chemical instrumentation, faculty-mentored student research, and personal attention and advising from our community of chemists and scientists.
With this foundation, graduates from the Department of Chemistry at Villanova University successfully move into Ph.D programs, medical school, other health and professional schools, and the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. You can expect news, announcements, job and internship opportunities, and more to be posted here as we move forward.
Be sure to check back often, or better yet, subscribe to our RSS feed!
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University's Notes
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