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Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
The Institutes Named Philadelphia Top Workplace for 10 th Time
MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Employees' opinions took center stage once more at The Institutes, earning the risk management and insurance education leader a 2025 Philadelphia Top Workplaces award from The Philadelphia Inquirer. This recognition is based entirely on feedback from the true experts on The Institutes' culture – its people. Not only is this the 10th time The Institutes were named a Top Workplace among Philadelphia-area companies, it's also their fifth consecutive year earning this honor. 'Earning the Philadelphia Top Workplaces award for the 10th time is an incredibly humbling honor and a testament to the extraordinary culture our team members deliberately cultivate every day." Share Based on results from the employee engagement survey issued by Exton, Pa.-based Energage, the survey partner for the program, this award reinforces The Institutes' focus on fostering a people-first culture for their hybrid and remote employees alike. Understanding that today's talent wants to work for an organization that provides a positive, collaborative culture and is willing to invest in their employees' professional success, The Institutes are deliberate in the extensive development opportunities and benefits they offer their employee base. 'Earning the Philadelphia Top Workplaces award for the 10th time is an incredibly humbling honor and a testament to the extraordinary culture our team members deliberately cultivate every day,' said Peter L. Miller, CPCU, President and CEO of The Institutes. 'I'm proud to be a part of an organization that empowers our people to thrive professionally and personally, while delivering on our promise to educate, elevate and connect the risk management and insurance community. Awards like this reaffirm our ongoing commitment to work-life balance, employee recognition and comprehensive benefits." This recognition comes only two months after The Institutes earned a Top Workplaces USA award for the third consecutive year. It's clear that The Institutes are not only dedicated to serving those in risk management and insurance with excellence but are committed to fostering that same culture of excellence internally—now and into the future. About The Institutes The Institutes® are a not-for-profit comprised of diverse affiliates that educate, elevate, and connect people in the essential disciplines of risk management and insurance. Through products and services offered by The Institutes and nearly 20 affiliated business units, people and organizations are empowered to help those in need with a focus on understanding, predicting, and preventing losses to create a more resilient world. Learn more at The Institutes is a registered trademark of The Institutes. All rights reserved. About Energage Making the world a better place to work together. TM Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 18 years of culture research and the results from 27 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit or
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Institutes Named Philadelphia Top Workplace for 10th Time
The Institutes, a not-for-profit comprised of diverse affiliates that educate, elevate and connect people in risk management and insurance, continue to create a positive and people-first culture, as consistently recognized by The Philadelphia Inquirer. MALVERN, Pa., May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Employees' opinions took center stage once more at The Institutes, earning the risk management and insurance education leader a 2025 Philadelphia Top Workplaces award from The Philadelphia Inquirer. This recognition is based entirely on feedback from the true experts on The Institutes' culture – its people. Not only is this the 10th time The Institutes were named a Top Workplace among Philadelphia-area companies, it's also their fifth consecutive year earning this honor. Based on results from the employee engagement survey issued by Exton, Pa.-based Energage, the survey partner for the program, this award reinforces The Institutes' focus on fostering a people-first culture for their hybrid and remote employees alike. Understanding that today's talent wants to work for an organization that provides a positive, collaborative culture and is willing to invest in their employees' professional success, The Institutes are deliberate in the extensive development opportunities and benefits they offer their employee base. "Earning the Philadelphia Top Workplaces award for the 10th time is an incredibly humbling honor and a testament to the extraordinary culture our team members deliberately cultivate every day," said Peter L. Miller, CPCU, President and CEO of The Institutes. "I'm proud to be a part of an organization that empowers our people to thrive professionally and personally, while delivering on our promise to educate, elevate and connect the risk management and insurance community. Awards like this reaffirm our ongoing commitment to work-life balance, employee recognition and comprehensive benefits." This recognition comes only two months after The Institutes earned a Top Workplaces USA award for the third consecutive year. It's clear that The Institutes are not only dedicated to serving those in risk management and insurance with excellence but are committed to fostering that same culture of excellence internally—now and into the future. About The Institutes The Institutes® are a not-for-profit comprised of diverse affiliates that educate, elevate, and connect people in the essential disciplines of risk management and insurance. Through products and services offered by The Institutes and nearly 20 affiliated business units, people and organizations are empowered to help those in need with a focus on understanding, predicting, and preventing losses to create a more resilient world. Learn more at The Institutes is a registered trademark of The Institutes. All rights reserved. About Energage Making the world a better place to work Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 18 years of culture research and the results from 27 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit or View source version on Contacts Media Contact:Vanessa ValoreVice President, MarketingThe Institutes Knowledge Group484-831-9078Valore@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
How Villanova Feels About Having the New Pope as an Alum
Father Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school's alums in a Chicago restaurant on Thursday when word got out that white smoke was billowing from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new Pope. Donohue asked the restaurant staff to turn up the TV sound. He knew his fellow Villanova alum, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost—a Chicago native who graduated from the Philadelphia-area school in 1977, two years after Donohue—took part in the Papal conclave. But Donohue, like most other Catholics around the world, was not expecting to see Cardinal Prevost step onto the Vatican balcony, and introduce himself to the world as Pope Francis' successor. After all, other church officials had more experience than Prevost, who had only been a Cardinal since 2023. And no American had even been elected Pope before. So when Prevost was in fact announced as the next pope, Donohue was just as stunned as anyone. 'I practically fell off the chair,' he tells TIME. 'It was such a long shot.' And in the minutes and hours that followed, he fielded a parade of well-wishes, as Donohue was suddenly the first person in history to lead an American university that counts a Pope among its alumni pool. 'You would think I became the Pope,' says Donohue, 'I was getting so many congratulations.' Villanova, a mid-size Catholic institution run by the same Order of St. Augustine that produced the newly-installed Pope Leo XIV, is enjoying one heck of a moment. A strong academic institution with a loyal alumni base, Villanova was probably best-known in the popular imagination—before the ascension of one of its former math majors to the papacy—for its success in college basketball. The Wildcats, under Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright, won a pair of recent championships, in 2016 and 2018. 'We already had God: we had Jay Wright,' says Paul DiSenso, a 2000 Villanova alum who lives in the New York City area. 'Now we have the Pope too. That's pretty good.' What's more, three of those championship players—Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikal Bridges—are currently in the starting lineup for the New York Knicks, who just last night completed a second stunning comeback victory against the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, on the road in their second-round playoff series. The Knicks lead the series 2-0, and with two home games at Madison Square Garden coming up on Saturday and Monday, New York's 'Villanova Knicks' have a strong chance to lead the franchise to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter century. Forgive Knicks fans for believing that the surprise selection of Pope Leo XIV is some sign of divine intervention: even Father Donohue has been enjoying some of the Knicks papal memes running rampant around the internet. 'Oh, I've already seen that one!' he says when I mention that the image floating around of the Pope eating cake with the three Villanova Knicks and Donte DiVincenzo, the former Villanova and Knicks player who was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves before this season. And forgive Rosanne Breen for beaming with Villanova love. On a 1-10 scale, she says, 'my Villanova pride has always been a 10. And today it's like 210.' Because today, on her 62nd birthday, Breen, who graduated from the school in 1985—the year the Wildcats upset Georgetown in an epic national championship basketball game to win its first title—found out a fellow math major was elected pope. Breen's nephew, an engineering alum, texted her: Aunt Rosanne, can you believe the Pope walked the halls of Mendel Hall and had the same teachers you had? Breen won the school's math medal as the top student in 1985: Breen's kids are all wondering if the Pope also nabbed that honor too. If he didn't, they surely wouldn't mind mom one-upping the Pope on something. 'If he did,' says Donohue, 'he probably wouldn't have told anybody. That's the way he is. A very humble guy.' In September of 2022, Breen lost her family's Long Island home—and too many valuable possessions, including the math medal—in a fire. She told a couple in the neighborhood about losing her cherished award. Unbeknownst to Breen, her friends— who happen to be Jewish and had no connection to Villanova—called the school to inform officials about what happened to Breen. About a year ago, Breen discovered a surprise package in the mail. Villanova remade her math medal. It proudly stands in her rebuilt home. She was known as Rosanne Puntolillo back then: for the last 35 years, Rosanne has been married to Mike Breen, the NBA lead play-by-announcer for ESPN and—here's that divine sign—the New York Knicks. 'I hope he's a basketball fan,' says Rosanne Breen of the Pope. 'I'm a little bit speechless,' she says. 'Of the million different things somebody could be, a Villanova math major is very much a grain of sand.' Ryan Mahoney, a 2011 Villanova graduate who worked as an intern at the Vatican, doing web design and planning virtual tours his junior year, hopes Pope Leo XIV's election allows the church to spread the school's core values—veritas (truth), unitas (unity), and caritas (love), emblazoned on Breen's medal and all over campus. 'It's exciting for me as an alum, but as a Catholic as well,' Mahoney says. 'An American Pope. who has these Augustinian values will be really nice for the global Catholic church.' Villanova is in uncharted waters: no data exists to forecast whether a papal election increases inbound interest—in the form of more applications and donations, for example—in an American institution of higher education. If sports success is any indicator, however, Villanova could see a Papal boon. Donohue says applications increased after the hoops titles, like they have for many schools. 'Certainly the name is out there,' he says. 'When we won the basketball championships, people suddenly said, 'let me look at Villanova. Let me investigate what this place is like.' And so maybe people look at us and say, 'Oh, the Pope is from Villanova. Maybe I should look at that.'' Though Donohue knew Pope Leo XIV during their undergrad days, he won't speak out of school. 'I can't tell stories about him now,' he says with a hearty guffaw. 'People would think that's terrible.' Prevost was bright, analytical and friendly, but it's not like Donohue thought, back in the mid-1970s, he was going to be Pope one day. 'Nobody says that about anybody.' Right before speaking with TIME on Thursday, Donohue sent Pope Leo XIV an email, at his personal address. 'It started out, 'Bob,'' Donohue says. 'Then I said, 'I guess I should say Your Holiness.'' He told Pope Leo that Villanova, and the Pope's Augustinian brothers in the United States, were praying for him, and wished him the best. 'I'm going to try to see if I can get him as the commencement speaker,' says Donohue. Not for this spring though. Villanova already booked someone. Plus, Prevost needs to settle in at the Vatican. 'We'll give him a year.' Write to Sean Gregory at
Time Magazine
09-05-2025
- General
- Time Magazine
How Villanova Feels About Having the New Pope as an Alum
Father Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school's alums in a Chicago restaurant on Thursday when word got out that white smoke was billowing from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new Pope. Donohue asked the restaurant staff to turn up the TV sound. He knew his fellow Villanova alum, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost —a Chicago native who graduated from the Philadelphia-area school in 1977, two years after Donohue—took part in the Papal conclave. But Donohue, like most other Catholics around the world, was not expecting to see Cardinal Prevost step onto the Vatican balcony, and introduce himself to the world as Pope Francis' successor. After all, other church officials had more experience than Prevost, who had only been a Cardinal since 2023. And no American had even been elected Pope before. So when Prevost was in fact announced as the next pope, Donohue was just as stunned as anyone. 'I practically fell off the chair,' he tells TIME. 'It was such a long shot.' And in the minutes and hours that followed, he fielded a parade of well-wishes, as Donohue was suddenly the first person in history to lead an American university that counts a Pope among its alumni pool. 'You would think I became the Pope,' says Donohue, 'I was getting so many congratulations.' Villanova, a mid-size Catholic institution run by the same Order of St. Augustine t hat produced the newly-installed Pope Leo XIV, is enjoying one heck of a moment. A strong academic institution with a loyal alumni base, Villanova was probably best-known in the popular imagination—before the ascension of one of its former math majors to the papacy—for its success in college basketball. The Wildcats, under Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright, won a pair of recent championships, in 2016 and 2018. 'We already had God: we had Jay Wright,' says Paul DiSenso, a 2000 Villanova alum who lives in the New York City area. 'Now we have the Pope too. That's pretty good.' What's more, three of those championship players— Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikal Bridges—are currently in the starting lineup for the New York Knicks, who just last night completed a second stunning comeback victory against the defending NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, on the road in their second-round playoff series. The Knicks lead the series 2-0, and with two home games at Madison Square Garden coming up on Saturday and Monday, New York's 'Villanova Knicks' have a strong chance to lead the franchise to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter century. Forgive Knicks fans for believing that the surprise selection of Pope Leo XIV is some sign of divine intervention: even Father Donohue has been enjoying some of the Knicks papal memes running rampant around the internet. 'Oh, I've already seen that one!' he says when I mention that the image floating around of the Pope eating cake with the three Villanova Knicks and Donte DiVincenzo, the former Villanova and Knicks player who was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves before this season. And forgive Rosanne Breen for beaming with Villanova love. On a 1-10 scale, she says, 'my Villanova pride has always been a 10. And today it's like 210.' Because today, on her 62nd birthday, Breen, who graduated from the school in 1985—the year the Wildcats upset Georgetown in an epic national championship basketball game to win its first title—found out a fellow math major was elected pope. Breen's nephew, an engineering alum, texted her: Aunt Rosanne, can you believe the Pope walked the halls of Mendel Hall and had the same teachers you had? Breen won the school's math medal as the top student in 1985: Breen's kids are all wondering if the Pope also nabbed that honor too. If he didn't, they surely wouldn't mind mom one-upping the Pope on something. 'If he did,' says Donohue, 'he probably wouldn't have told anybody. That's the way he is. A very humble guy.' In September of 2022, Breen lost her family's Long Island home—and too many valuable possessions, including the math medal—in a fire. She told a couple in the neighborhood about losing her cherished award. Unbeknownst to Breen, her friends— who happen to be Jewish and had no connection to Villanova—called the school to inform officials about what happened to Breen. About a year ago, Breen discovered a surprise package in the mail. Villanova remade her math medal. It proudly stands in her rebuilt home. She was known as Rosanne Puntolillo back then: for the last 35 years, Rosanne has been married to Mike Breen, the NBA lead play-by-announcer for ESPN and—here's that divine sign—the New York Knicks. 'I hope he's a basketball fan,' says Rosanne Breen of the Pope. 'I'm a little bit speechless,' she says. 'Of the million different things somebody could be, a Villanova math major is very much a grain of sand.' Ryan Mahoney, a 2011 Villanova graduate who worked as an intern at the Vatican, doing web design and planning virtual tours his junior year, hopes Pope Leo XIV's election allows the church to spread the school's core values—veritas (truth), unitas (unity), and caritas (love), emblazoned on Breen's medal and all over campus. 'It's exciting for me as an alum, but as a Catholic as well,' Mahoney says. 'An American Pope. who has these Augustinian values will be really nice for the global Catholic church.' Villanova is in uncharted waters: no data exists to forecast whether a papal election increases inbound interest—in the form of more applications and donations, for example—in an American institution of higher education. If sports success is any indicator, however, Villanova could see a Papal boon. Donohue says applications increased after the hoops titles, like they have for many schools. 'Certainly the name is out there,' he says. 'When we won the basketball championships, people suddenly said, 'let me look at Villanova. Let me investigate what this place is like.' And so maybe people look at us and say, 'Oh, the Pope is from Villanova. Maybe I should look at that.'' Though Donohue knew Pope Leo XIV during their undergrad days, he won't speak out of school. 'I can't tell stories about him now,' he says with a hearty guffaw. 'People would think that's terrible.' Prevost was bright, analytical and friendly, but it's not like Donohue thought, back in the mid-1970s, he was going to be Pope one day. 'Nobody says that about anybody.' Right before speaking with TIME on Thursday, Donohue sent Pope Leo XIV an email, at his personal address. 'It started out, 'Bob,'' Donohue says. 'Then I said, 'I guess I should say Your Holiness.'' He told Pope Leo that Villanova, and the Pope's Augustinian brothers in the United States, were praying for him, and wished him the best. 'I'm going to try to see if I can get him as the commencement speaker,' says Donohue. Not for this spring though. Villanova already booked someone. Plus, Prevost needs to settle in at the Vatican. 'We'll give him a year.'
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Karen Read's Google timeline derailed again as 2nd expert disputes defense claims
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways A second expert on smartphone forensics testified Wednesday in the Karen Read trial that Jennifer McCabe's Google search about hypothermia happened after John O'Keefe's remains were found, not before, as the defense has argued. Jessica Hyde testified that she could say with scientific certainty that McCabe used her iPhone to search the phrase "hos (sic) long to die in cold" at 6:24 a.m. The defense claim that the search happened at 2:27 a.m. – hours before investigators say Read, McCabe and Kerry Roberts found O'Keefe dead in the snow at 34 Fairview Road – is incorrect, she testified. The earlier timestamp has no connection to the search but is actually assigned to the time McCabe opened the browser tab on her phone. That testimony supported earlier testimony from Ian Whiffin, a digital forensic expert from the firm Cellebrite, which makes some of the software and hardware that investigators use to look for information on phones and other devices. Karen Read's Voicemails To John O'keefe Played In Murder Trial: 'I F---ing Hate You' Karen Read talks with her attorney, Alan Jackson, during her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on May 7, 2025. Hyde testified using specific terms – "hex editors," "hash values" and database files, wading into technical details about how phone data is extracted, preserved and interpreted. Even inexperienced analysts can have trouble making sense of things, she testified. Read On The Fox News App David Gelman, a Philadelphia-area defense attorney who has been following the case, questioned the prosecution's decision to have an expert witness for such technical testimony take the stand before the court's midday break. "For an expert, you want them to make it make sense to a 5-year-old," he told Fox News Digital. "They failed today. Add in that it was an incredibly boring subject, I would bet the jurors were just looking at the clock the whole time thinking what they will order for lunch." KAREN READ TRIAL: CANTON COP EXPLAINS USING LEAF BLOWER, RED SOLO CUPS, STOP & SHOP BAG FOR EVIDENCE After lunch, defense lawyer Robert Alessi handled the cross-examination, bringing up the same technical terms and grilling Hyde about her testimony at Read's first trial, which he was not part of. The trial last year ended with a deadlocked jury, leading the state to bring in special prosecutor Hank Brennan to retry the case. Without the jury present, Alessi asked the court for permission to reference a recent Maryland case that he said showed Hyde was an unreliable witness. Judge Beverly Cannone sided with Brennan's team and said he could not bring up the judge's decision in that case, but she said he would be free to cross-examine Hyde on the methodology she used to make her findings. Karen Read Scores Major Win As Judge Allows Crash Reconstruction Testimony Witness Jessica Hyde, a digital forensic data analyst, talks about data on Jennifer McCabe's cellphone during the Karen Read murder trial on May 7, 2025. Under cross-examination, she testified that O'Keefe's phone was not secured in alignment with established "best practices" after police recovered it from the scene. She sparred with Alessi, often using the same technical terms that may have alienated the jury on direct examination, Gelman said. SIGN UP TO GET True Crime Newsletter "Jurors don't want to sit through this for days and days," he said. "They want to get into the meat and potatoes." Read has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene. She could face life in prison if convicted of the top charge. Massachusetts prosecutors allege she backed her Lexus SUV into and fatally struck O'Keefe before driving away after a night out drinking in Canton, a suburb of Boston. Attorney Robert Alessi speaks during Karen Read's murder trial on May 7, 2025. Through her defense lawyers, she has denied striking him at all. Jennifer Mccabe Doubles Down On Karen Read's Alleged 'I Hit Him' Confession But Can't Find It In Paper Trail Earlier in Wednesday's proceeding, Massachusetts State Trooper Connor Keefe took the stand to discuss how he collected evidence in the case, including phones from McCabe and Roberts as well as broken pieces of a taillight and O'Keefe's sneaker from the crime scene. At one point, he opened an evidence bag in front of the jury, and it had three pieces of broken plastic inside, not the expected two. "Do you know if the other piece in the bag is a piece that broke off?" Brennan asked. "Do you know how that arrived there?" Follow The Fox True Crime Team On X "I do not," Keefe said. Brennan asked for the pieces to be moved into evidence, but after an objection from Read's defense, the court instructed Keefe to place the third piece in a separate evidence bag. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES FROM THE Fox True Crime Hub Karen Read, left, listens to lawyers Robert Alessi and Hank Brennan during her murder trial on May 7, 2025. But Keefe's testimony helped prosecutors establish a firm timeline of when and where police found broken taillight fragments: in the snow-covered street in front of 34 Fairview Road, where O'Keefe and Read had been seen the night before. Testimony is expected to resume shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday. Original article source: Karen Read's Google timeline derailed again as 2nd expert disputes defense claims
