2013

December
- Opening AJ Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment
  
  December 16, 2013
  Drexel University is opening a new research institute that will strive to answer some of the most challenging questions about energy and environmental sustainability facing the nation today.
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- Philadelphia Regional Pediatric Medical Device Consortium Receives FDA Funding
  
  December 10, 2013
  For medical devices, as with many medicines, the market for children is a small fraction of the adult market, and there are far fewer child-sized devices. But, of course, the need exists, even if proper devices may not.
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November
- Wallace Coulter Centennial Celebration
  
  November 25, 2013
  Medical-device inventor Wallace Coulter never married, and he had no children. But he does have heirs, and Drexel is one of them.
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- Drexel, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Hebew University Launch Research Consortium
  
  November 11, 2013
  The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CEO Steven M. Altschuler, Drexel President John A. Fry and Hebrew University of Jerusalem President Menahem Ben-Sasson signed a research agreement today as part of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s trade mission to Israel. The research partnership is designed to focus on pediatric translational research and to develop a collaborative platform for advancing pediatric medicine from the lab to the bedside.
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September
- Discovering the Genesis of Nitric Oxide in the Body
  
  September 04, 2013
  Researchers have known for some time that the blood vessels that transport blood to and from tissues and organs in the body are more than just bodily pipelines. Arterioles and capillaries, the small vessels, actually play a key role in regulating the flow of the blood they’re carrying. Biomedical engineers at Drexel University, who study cardiovascular function, are creating a mathematical model that explains just how they do it.
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August
- Drexel Biomedical Engineer Helps Locate the Brain's GPS
  
  August 05, 2013
  Using direct human brain recordings, a research team from Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA and Thomas Jefferson University has identified a new type of cell in the brain that helps people to keep track of their relative location while navigating an unfamiliar environment.
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- Using Ultrasound to Speed Wound Healing
  
  August 01, 2013
  In hopes of helping patients suffering from extremely slow-healing injuries, called chronic wounds, researchers from Drexel’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and College of Medicine are taking a new approach to using ultrasound as a healing tool. By dialing down the energy level on therapeutic ultrasound, similar to that used to treat athletes’ muscle and ligament injuries, the team is finding a solution that could give the body’s natural healing process a boost and could save patients a great deal of time, money and suffering.
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July
- Drexel Research Gets Boost From PA Department of Health
  
  July 19, 2013
  Health research at Drexel University received a boost from the Pennsylvania Department of Health this week as the school was one of four area recipients of Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program grants.
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May
- Drexel Announces 2013 Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 23, 2013
  Drexel will celebrate its 126th commencement on June 14 and June 15. More than 5,000 students will receive a degree from Drexel this year and 13 honorary degrees will be distributed to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields.
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