2017

September
- Fall Courses
  
  September 25, 2017
  Students still looking for classes to fill their fall schedules can explore workplace identity, comparative social movements, citizen science and more in these fall courses.
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July
- 25 Faces 25 Years: Patrick Rafferty
  
  July 18, 2017
  
  Patrick Rafferty's company works with health care firms, nonprofits and other organizations to create award-winning commercials, public service announcements, documentaries, marketing videos and more. Over the years, he’s interviewed numerous celebrities — everyone from Wyclef Jean to Ross Perot, Bill Gates to Hillary Clinton, Val Kilmer to Quincy Jones — and counts among his clients Discovery Communications, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgetown University, the National Institutes of Health and Walt Disney Pictures.
  
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- Editors Without Borders Work Across Disciplines at Drexel
  
  July 18, 2017
  Graduate students in the Department of Communication reached across disciplinary borders to help graduate students in Drexel’s science and engineering programs.
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June
- Fall Courses
  
  June 27, 2017
  Learn to think like a publicist, understand what it means to be a citizen scientist, and examine the idea of peace in these fall courses.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Tenure, Promotion and Awards
  
  June 26, 2017
  The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college, and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
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May
- Meet MS Communication Alumna Juliane Mills
  
  May 04, 2017
  
  Meet Drexel Master of Science in Public Communication and Master of Public Health Alumni Juliane Mills.
  
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- Learning the Ins and Outs of Social Media on a Co-op With Comcast
  
  May 03, 2017
  Alex Norcross made the most out of his co-op with Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia by switching into a social media role and gaining valuable experience with audience engagement. Along the way, he learned the importance of timing and preparation.
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April
- The Drexel Students Who Can Fix Your Fear of Public Speaking
  
  April 17, 2017
  Danish Dhamani and Paritosh Gupta wanted to help people uncomfortable with public speaking, so they created Orai, an app that acts as a personal speech coach. Orai is a finalist this week in two notable competitions.
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- Record-Breaking Eight Drexel Dragons Named Fulbright Grantees
  
  April 12, 2017
  Eight students and alumni from Drexel were offered grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year.
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February
- ‘Who Needs a Flu Shot? – Not Me’
  
  February 08, 2017
  “There has been a little flu, but there will be more…we have not seen the worst of it, flu usually peaks in February,” said an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer in January. Now in February, we think – people better get their flu shots, take vitamin C and heed the public health cautions plastered across the news media. But what impact do these public health messages actually have on us? Are we going to race out and get our flu shot? According to a Drexel University communication researcher, probably not. And it’s not because we think we’re invincible, it’s because we like to think we’re immune to the influences of messages in the mass media — a communications theory termed the “third-person effect.”
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Ian Michael Crumm
  
  February 06, 2017
  Ian Michael Crumm, a senior communication major at Drexel, smiles as he recounts one of his fondest memories: helping to organize and model in a fashion shoot for Beijing’s LifeStyle magazine with one of the city’s well-known fashion bloggers. His friend and fellow Drexel communication major Mollie Snyder was on co-op with the magazine at the time and invited Crumm to be a part of the spread.
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- Healing the Wounded
  
  February 02, 2017
  During the peak of the Iraq war, ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff was struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The man known by millions of viewers across the country suffered a traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him.
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January
- 25 Faces 25 Years: Rebecca Goodman
  
  January 04, 2017
  “On my first night of co-op with the Philadelphia 76ers, my boss led me into the Sixers locker room where the media was gathered,” recalls communication alumna Rebecca Goodman. “He handed me a tape recorder and said, ‘In five minutes, these reporters will be interviewing Allen Iverson. I need you to go in there and record everything he says.’
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Daniel Mann
  
  January 04, 2017
  When people rank the most desirable places to work, Facebook is consistently positioned at the top of the list. Hundreds of thousands of people apply each year, while many others count themselves out before they even reach the point of submitting an application.
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