October

Facing Climate Change: Meet Associate Professor Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD

October 29, 2021
Although Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD, has been studying climate change impacts for the past 20 years, she had a transformative experience when it touched her family. While she felt called to do something more to address climate change, she also felt that she needed to use her individual choices to do something beyond reducing her family’s carbon footprint. Watson has decided to focus on her abilities as a teacher and mentor to make a difference in the fight for climate justice.
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BEES Major Calvin Keeys Awarded Scholarship for Black and Latinx Birders

October 21, 2021
First-year environmental science student Calvin Keeys was recently named a recipient of the Black and Latinx Birders Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by Amplify the Future, an organization whose mission is to amplify opportunities for equity in conservation.
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Termite Brains Can Grow in Anticipation of a Single Moment of Flight and Light

October 20, 2021
New research on dampwood termites shows select members of the colony will experience brain changes in anticipation of cognitive demand. Drexel researchers measured developmental differences in the relative sizes of visual processing brain regions, called optic lobes, among dampwood termite castes to test whether optic lobe investment matches caste differences in exposure to visually complex environments.
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CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

October 07, 2021
We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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October

Facing Climate Change: Meet Associate Professor Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD

BEES Major Calvin Keeys Awarded Scholarship for Black and Latinx Birders

Termite Brains Can Grow in Anticipation of a Single Moment of Flight and Light

CoAS Accomplishments in Brief