2020

December
- Talking to Kids about Weight: What the Internet Says and Why Researchers Are Wary
 
 December 17, 2020
 Researchers from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University systematically reviewed numerous independently published guidelines for having conversations with children about weight status to analyze their content, consistency, actionability and scientific support. They recommend future guidelines unify their messages for caregivers and health care professionals and be better supported by scholarly data.
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- Drexel Deans Look Back at 2020 — Part One
 
 December 16, 2020
 After a tumultuous year of change and uncertainty, deans from the University’s colleges and schools reflected on what happened and what they’ve learned.
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- Does Sharing Health Data Help Maintain Weight Loss?
 
 December 14, 2020
 Research from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University suggests that health counselors having access to self-monitored health data would improve a person’s weight loss maintenance.
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November
- Drexel-Funded Research Examines Racial Equity On and Off Campus
  
  November 09, 2020
  The University supported 22 projects focused on societal challenges in communities and within Drexel itself.
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October
- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
 
 October 21, 2020
 This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including the work of Janet Chen, MD, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, who is a principal investigator for the Gilead Sciences-sponsored clinical trial evaluating young COVID-19 patients treated with the drug remdesivir.
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- Wake Up to Information and Change with “Good Morning, Neighbors"
 
 October 08, 2020
 In its sixth season, the morning radio show on WKDU is tackling interviews and education related to Black Lives Matter while staying true to its root goal of connecting Drexel to the surrounding community.
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September
- During a Historic Time, Drexel’s Virtual Convocation Looks Ahead
  
  September 30, 2020
  Looking and sounding different than past years, the 2020 ceremony outlined how Drexel will be working to improve educational, working and living environments on and off campus.
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- How Drexel’s STAR Scholars Program Still Went According to Plan Despite Pandemic
  
  September 10, 2020
  The program, which gives highly motivated first-year students the opportunity to conduct faculty-mentored undergraduate research, supported 101 students this summer with stipends and remote positions, plus more in-person opportunities planned for the upcoming academic year.
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August
- Drexel Researchers Receive Funding for Racial Equity Projects
  
  August 31, 2020
  Just over $100,000 was awarded to 22 faculty and professional staff through Drexel's Rapid Response Research & Development Fund.
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- Free-Roaming Dogs Prevent Giant Pandas from Thriving in the Wild
  
  August 17, 2020
  Before China declared giant pandas a protected species in 1962, hunters in pursuit of the black and white bear used dogs to track them. Since then measures have been put in place to protect the vulnerable pandas, but more than half a century later, dogs are still jeopardizing their safety, according to a group of researchers that included Drexel's James Spotila, PhD.
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- #COVIDCalls and the Academy of Natural Sciences
  
  August 12, 2020
  Earlier this summer, Department of History head and professor Scott Knowles, PhD, discussed COVID-19 with experts from the Academy of Natural Sciences as the pandemic relates to biodiversity, water quality, environmental justice and maintaining museums and their collections.
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July
- A Virtual Update on Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  July 29, 2020
  On July 28, several members of the Executive Planning Committee provided insight into how they are working to prepare for Drexel’s future in the midst of this year’s unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice.
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- Drexel Rallies Around Co-op Students Affected by the Pandemic
  
  July 27, 2020
  When spring/summer co-op students started to lose positions due to the hardships brought on by COVID-19, several University colleges, schools and departments heeded the call to create new positions and provide funding to support this Drexel rite of passage.
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- Online Session for Faculty and Professional Staff Shares Campus Return Coping Strategies
  
  July 27, 2020
  In the July 23 presentation “When Pandemic Becomes Endemic: Managing Distress While Living With Covid-19,” College of Medicine Vice Chair for Education, and Director of Residency and Professor of psychiatry Donna Sudak, MD, suggested ways in which Dragons can manage their anxiety in these uncertain times.
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June
- Drexel’s College-level Commencement Ceremonies Go Virtual
  
  June 15, 2020
  Though forced to celebrate from afar this year, the University’s colleges and schools created diverse, robust and meaningful virtual celebrations for their 2020 graduates.
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- How did Drexel Adapt Courses for Remote Teaching and Learning This Spring?
  
  June 08, 2020
  The classroom experience was different this term, but faculty found creative and innovative ways to translate the physical learning environment digitally for students, with the help of colleagues and professional staff members from across the University.
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- 20 Thoughts from the Drexel University Class of 2020
  
  June 08, 2020
  The Class of 2020 is an historic one. Here are their thoughts during graduation week.
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May
- Dragons Stick Together to Make Social Distancing Decals
  
  May 12, 2020
  Alumni, adjunct faculty and a student co-op are creating labels illustrating spaces six feet apart. And, they’re donating them to life-sustaining businesses.
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April
- Aha! + Aaaah: Creative Insight Triggers a Neural Reward Signal
 
 April 09, 2020
 A new neuroimaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab points to an answer of what may have driven the evolutionary development of creativity.
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- Sharing Excess: Battling Food Insecurity Through COVID-19
 
 April 06, 2020
 When most of the activity in Philadelphia came to a halt due in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus, Drexel University alum Evan Ehlers and his food recovery nonprofit saw more action than ever — and rose to the challenge to benefit the city’s less fortunate.
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March
- Where in the Brain Does Creativity Come from? Evidence from Jazz Musicians
 
 March 31, 2020
 A new brain-imaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab sheds light on the controversy on which side of the brain is responsible for creativity by studying the brain of jazz guitarists during improvisation. 
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- Q&A: #COVIDCalls with Disaster Historian Scott Knowles
 
 March 27, 2020
 Every day, the head of Drexel’s Department of History speaks with experts about news and developments related to COVID-19 — and he wants you to listen in.
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- Online Learning Tips From Your Fellow Dragons
 
 March 27, 2020
 Some Drexel University students will take their first online class this spring as the curriculum goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To help cope with this transition, some of Drexel’s top online students provided their online learning hacks and best practices.
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- ‘But You Don’t Look Sick?’ How Broad Categories like Autoimmune Impact Patient Experience
 
 March 23, 2020
 When your disease is hard to name and doesn’t have visible symptoms, it can be hard for others to understand that you are sick. And, when people don’t know much about your disease, it can be hard to explain it to family and friends.
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- In Equatorial Guinea, Drexel Leaders Deepen Longstanding Research Partnership
 
 March 02, 2020
 A delegation led by President John Fry traveled to the African nation to further the University’s commitment to its Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program.
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February
- An International Co-op Uncovering Drexel Family History
  
  February 26, 2020
  A history and sociology major completed a co-op in the city archives of the Austrian ancestral home of the Drexel family to learn more about the University founder’s father.
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- Lending a Helping, Digital Hand in the Face of the Coronavirus
  
  February 19, 2020
  The director of Drexel’s University Writing Program helped faculty at NYU Shanghai convert their writing classes for digital learning after the campus shut down face-to-face operations.
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- $600 Million Milestone Surpassed by The Campaign for Drexel
  
  February 13, 2020
  Drexel supporters have carried the University’s most ambitious fundraising campaign past its three-quarter mark.
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- Earth Day, Every Day: Talking Climate Change With Your Peers
  
  February 12, 2020
  Healthy debate and discourse are at the center of most undergraduate students' lifestyles, but it may be hard to have a conversation with peers about climate change. Two activist students weigh in on how to ease the burden.
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- Drexel Study: Physical Activity is Good for Your Appetite, Too
  
  February 03, 2020
  Researchers from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University found exercise to be a protective factor in a study where participants in a weight loss program, who were following a reduced-calorie diet, engaged in exercise in their real-world environments.
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January
- A Drexel PhD Student’s 'Summer' at the South Pole
 
 January 31, 2020
 Steve Sclafani, a Drexel doctoral student in physics, spent over a month at the South Pole supporting research in the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, and following in the footsteps of his mentor.
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- Where Do We Want Drexel To Be in 10 Years?
 
 January 22, 2020
 Starting this month, the committee working on Drexel’s new 10-Year Strategic Plan will begin meeting with colleges and schools to seek input on how Drexel should navigate the upcoming crucial decade.
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- Hidden Treasures: America’s First Drexel
 
 January 22, 2020
 In the early 19th century, the University’s founder’s father, Francis Martin Drexel, left his native Austria to become a famous portrait painter in America. He ended up creating a banking dynasty that led to the creation and funding of Drexel University.
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- Employee Spotlight: The Nezus
 
 January 21, 2020
 Drexel psychology professors and husband-and-wife team Art and Christine Nezu celebrated 30 years at the University last year — and 36-plus years of marriage.
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- Major-switcher Memoirs: Meet a Dragon Who Declared Four Different Majors Her First Year at Drexel
 
 January 17, 2020
 Similar to national trends, more than one-third of Drexel undergraduate students change their major at least once. Like Elizabeth Warnock, who, after three failed switches within two different colleges her freshman year, found the elusive perfect fit she’d been seeking. 
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
 
 January 16, 2020
 Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty — like two Drexel professors who were awarded fellows of the National Academies of Inventors.
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