<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/10-21-26-Dr-Jon-Paul-Heyne-Wins-Rome-Prize-from-American-Academy-of-Rome.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>10/21/2026 12:00:00 PM</pubDate><title>Dr. Jon Paul Heyne Wins Rome Prize from American Academy of Rome</title><description>University of Dallas history professor Dr. Jon Paul Heyne, BA ’10, has received the prestigious 2027 Rome Prize in Medieval Studies. He will spend spring 2027 in Rome researching the influence of Franciscans in medieval Jerusalem, bringing new insights to his scholarship and teaching at UD.</description><author/><image><img src="/news/news-images/heyne%20photo.jpeg" alt="Jon Paul Heyne"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Faculty</tag><tag>Features</tag><tag>constantin</tag></tags></item>