2017

December
- The $100K Halftime Show That Changed One Dragon’s Life
  
  December 12, 2017
  No football team? No problem. Drexel University junior Isaiah Hoffman won a $100,000 tuition scholarship from Dr. Pepper for a successful halftime football toss.
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November
- History Professor Tiago Saraiva Wins Pfizer Prize
  
  November 28, 2017
  Tiago Saraiva, PhD, was awarded the Pfizer Prize for best scholarly book, "Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of Fascism" (MIT Press, October 2016) at the 2017 History of Science Society (HSS) annual meeting.
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- Sociology Alumni Spotlight: Emily Glassman
  
  November 15, 2017
  Sociology Professor Kelly Joyce, PhD, sat down with Emily Glassman, MS Public Policy '19 to talk about her experiences getting her Bachelor's degree in Sociology at Drexel.
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- Investigating the Ethics of Autism Research
  
  November 08, 2017
  Autism spectrum disorder is a complex issue historically, culturally and scientifically. The broad definition of autism — which encompasses a range of symptoms related to communication, social responsiveness and behavior — raises unique challenges for scientists, many of whom may not have the tools to anticipate the ethical implications of their research.
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- Winter Courses
  
  November 07, 2017
  How does gender affect the formation of knowledge? How can physics bridge communities? Discuss sociological contexts of global health, modern implications of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and more in these new and noteworthy winter courses.
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- Whose Analysis? Whose Expertise?: Partnering for Better Data Analytics for Small Cities
  
  November 03, 2017
  On October 20, 2017, Kelly Joyce, PhD, Drexel University, and Susan Sterett, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, gave a talk at University of Massachusetts, Amherst titled “Whose Analysis? Whose Expertise?: Partnering for Better Data Analytics for Small Cities.”
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September
- Meet Sociology Prof Kelly Underman
  
  September 26, 2017
  Assistant Professor of Sociology Kelly Underman, PhD, talks growing up in the Midwest, moving to a new city and her hidden strength.
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- 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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August
- Drexel Researcher Makes Air Pollution Data User-Friendly
  
  August 17, 2017
  If you live in a town or city where industrial facilities are emitting chemicals into the air, there is plenty of reason to wonder: How is this affecting me?
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June
- Drexel Undergraduate Thrives in Unique STS Co-op
  
  June 27, 2017
  For her final co-op, Biology major/Politics minor Kelsey Boone found a unique position in the Center for Science, Technology, and Society that enables her to both use her interdisciplinary training and build new, marketable skill sets. Kelsey splits her time between Professor Gwen Ottinger’s research group (the Fair Tech Collective) in the Center for STS and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, an Old City-based non-profit dedicated to the history of chemistry.
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- Bridging Research and Policy in Taipei
  
  June 27, 2017
  
  From May 14 to May 27, 2017, Gwen Ottinger was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Risk Society and Policy Research Center (RSPRC) at National Taiwan University in Taipei. Her visit included academic talks at National Kaohsiung Marine University, National Chengchi University and National Yang-Ming University, as well as a presentation at RSPRC's "I Breathe, I Decide" forum on air pollution.
  
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- Dalton George Wins 2017 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize
  
  June 27, 2017
  Dalton George, MS in science, technology and society '17, is the recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize. This is the second year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize. Nominated and voted on by STS-affiliated faculty, the prize is presented to a STS graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary performance in research, academics and service to the STS program.
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- 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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April
- Mobility Futures, Astronauts, Islands, Caribbean Survival and Infrastructural Justice
  
  April 28, 2017
  Mimi Sheller, PhD, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy delivered an invited lecture on “Uneven Mobility Futures: Inequality, Justice and Power” for the Grinnell College, Center for the Humanities Speaker Series on March 1, 2017.
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- Drexel Faculty and Students Present at the Annual ESS Meeting
  
  April 27, 2017
  
  The Eastern Sociological Society’s (ESS) Annual Meeting was held in Philadelphia, PA from February 23rd - 26th, 2017. ESS was founded in 1930 to support sociological research and networking in the northeast United States, and has about 1,200 members. There were approximately 1,450 registrants at this year’s annual meeting and approximately 200 undergraduates presented posters. Drexel was well represented at the annual meeting with both faculty and students presenting.
  
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- Drexel hosts the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology
  
  April 11, 2017
  Drexel’s Department of History and Center for Science, Technology and Society (STS) hosted the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology on March 24-25, 2017. The event was organized by Lloyd Ackert, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of History and affiliate faculty member with STS. Participants represented U.S. universities including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Brown, Penn, Franklin & Marshall, Temple, Cornell and Johns Hopkins; and international institutions such as the University of Paris and University of Vienna.
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- Stop Making Sense: Sensory Science Meets STS
  
  April 06, 2017
  Drexel's STS Center, in conjunction with the Chemical Heritage Foundation and Drexel's Center for Hospitality and Sports Management, co-hosted a one-day symposium on March 10, 2017, "Stop Making Sense".
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- Drexel University's STS Students Present at the 2017 STGlobal Conference
  
  April 06, 2017
  Drexel University is a member of STGlobal Consortium. The STGlobal Consortium is a group of universities with students interested in science and technology studies (STS), science and technology policy (STP), and other related topics. It hosts an international graduate student conference is dedicated to inquiry into science and technology policy and science and technology studies.
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March
- 25 Faces 25 Years: Bill Drust
  
  March 01, 2017
  After seven years in a communications role at digital entertainment company Rovi, Bill Drust was looking for a change. While most career jumps look more like hops, Drust took a vaulting leap — and landed in Drexel’s Master’s Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS).
  
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February
- The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society Comes to Philadelphia, February 23-26.
  
  February 22, 2017
  The Drexel Department of Sociology is a proud sponsor of the 2017 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Presidential Address and Awards Plenary. ESS President John Torpey (CUNY Graduate Center) will be speaking to the meeting's theme, "The End of the World as We Know It?"
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