2023

November
- How — and Why — to Join Drexel’s Climate Action Plan Subcommittees
  
  November 20, 2023
  Members of the University-wide initiative shared what students, faculty, professional staff, alumni and community members can expect if they want to get involved.
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October
- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  October 27, 2023
  Last term, Drexel University professors were recognized for their scholarly research and prolific academic and professional contributions. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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September
- Meet Drexel’s New USGA President, Vivek Babu
  
  September 18, 2023
  The leader of the Undergraduate Student Government Association talked about his plans for the next year and what he’s done so far with promoting civic engagement, student voting and student organizations.
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- Advice for Incoming Graduate Students at Drexel
  
  September 13, 2023
  How can you best connect with peers and mentors? What are some good places to eat, study and relax — on or off campus? Current graduate students shared tips for Dragons who are just starting at the University this year.
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- Advice for First-Year Undergraduate Students at Drexel
  
  September 12, 2023
  Members of the Drexel community shared recommendations for Dragons who are just starting out on campus.
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- STAR Summer Showcase Exhibits Advanced Research From 121 Undergraduate Students
  
  September 01, 2023
  Drexel University’s undergraduate summer research program culminates every year with a display of what students studying areas including MXenes, breast cancer, esports and more have discovered.
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- The Path to Academic ‘Awards Season’ Student Success at Drexel
  
  September 01, 2023
  Last term, three Drexel students received major national and international scholarships — and all of them are involved in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program for underrepresented minority students in STEM disciplines.
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August
- Young African Leaders Emboldened by Mandela Washington Fellowship at Drexel University
  
  August 24, 2023
  The 23 fellows from 17 African nations hosted by Drexel shared how the six-week program impacted them.
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- Drexel President Meets Mandela Fellows and Discusses the Role of Anchor Institutions
  
  August 24, 2023
  Drexel University President John Fry met with the young African leaders hosted at Drexel University in the last week of their six-week leadership fellowship on campus.
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- Drexel Entrepreneur to Launch Sustainable Cosmetics Business
  
  August 22, 2023
  Paige DeAngelo, founder and CEO of Aer Cosmetics, placed first in the U.S. in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in 2023 for her vegan, cruelty-free mascara formula that comes in tablets with a refillable tube.
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July
- Drexel Joins NIH Study to Understand Why Dieters Regain Weight
  
  July 10, 2023
  Researchers from Drexel University are helping to lead a $3.7 million National Institutes of Health effort to understand why some people regain weight they have lost it as recent developments in weight loss interventions are raising new questions about how we understand this public health challenge.
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June
- Drexel Physicists Produce New Images of Milky Way Galaxy
  
  June 29, 2023
  Physics researchers from Drexel University at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory led the production of the unique neutrino-based image of the Milky Way Galaxy using particles of matter instead of the usual electromagnetic energy.
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- Young African Leaders Arrive at Drexel University for Six-week Leadership Institute Through the Mandela Washington Fellowship
  
  June 26, 2023
  This summer, Drexel is hosting 23 fellows from 17 African nations for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  June 20, 2023
  Last term, Drexel University — through its colleges, schools and other units and programs — created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement.
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- Dragons Design With Dragons for the 2023 Drexel Cap Contest
  
  June 20, 2023
  The winners of this year's Drexel Cap Contest all used creativity to decorate their caps — as well as personal photos, wings and lots of glitter and gold.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  June 16, 2023
  Drexel professors were recognized for their academic and professional achievements.
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- Drexel Therapy Dog Inspires Writing Contest
  
  June 13, 2023
  Mocha Latte, a young Cane Corso dog who is training to be a therapy dog on campus, inspired 10 short stories with her heroic tale of perseverance.
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- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievements
  
  June 13, 2023
  Here's a snapshot of awards, scholarships, publications and fellowships Drexel University students have earned in the past term.
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- A Year in Review: Drexel University's Public Safety Oversight Committee
  
  June 12, 2023
  During its first full year of operation and charge, the group of over a dozen faculty, professional staff, student and community members engaged in practices to represent the university community and ensure more accountability and transparency regarding the Drexel Department of Public Safety.
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- Extreme Temperature Tolerance of Army Ants Could Inform How Animal Populations Will Respond to Changing Climates
  
  June 09, 2023
  Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
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May
- How Drexel's New Academic Resource Center (ARC) Will Be a Hub for Student Success
  
  May 22, 2023
  The goal is to create a concierge approach to academic tutoring, coaching and advising that empowers students and reduces barriers for finding support.
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- Three Facts From Drexel's EarthFest
  
  May 05, 2023
  Environmentally minded organizations from Drexel and the community set up tables for EarthFest to share their missions and a few fun facts, like about a fish who can walk on land.
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April
- Civic Influencers at Drexel Don't Take a Year off in Democracy
  
  April 17, 2023
  The next Philadelphia election is May 16, and these tips and resources recommended by civically engaged and politically knowledgeable people at Drexel can help you get prepared.
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- Sky Harper Becomes Drexel's Second-Ever Truman Scholar, First-Ever Triple Crown
  
  April 12, 2023
  Harper, chemistry ’24 adds the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship to a resume that already includes the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship and Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
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- How Drexel Students Can Use the ARC, Drexel’s New Academic Resource Center
  
  April 10, 2023
  The Korman Center is becoming the hub of on-campus academic support services for students and a central place to get help for STEM classes, writing projects and so much more.
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March
- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  March 23, 2023
  The University expanded its collaborations with local organizations and industry partners last term.
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- Drexel University, Tamagawa University Students Learn From Each Other From Afar
  
  March 22, 2023
  Through two virtual exchanges per year, Drexel students in the Japanese program connect with students across the world and hone their language skills.
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- Help IceCube Neutrino Observatory Decode Signals from Outer Space
  
  March 14, 2023
  Volunteers from anywhere can participate in the “Name that Neutrino” project led by IceCube researchers at Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences, which asks users to help categorize IceCube data.
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- Solving the Alzheimer’s Disease Puzzle: One Piece at a Time
  
  March 14, 2023
  Researchers from Drexel University have uncovered a novel regulatory mechanism in the brain that is essential for making the right kinds of proteins that promote healthy brain function, and its malfunctioning may be an early contributor of the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  March 10, 2023
  Drexel professors were recognized for their academic and professional achievements
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February
- 'West Africa to West Philly' Course Connects Language With Community
  
  February 17, 2023
  A French course has brought together students and West Philadelphia's native French-speaking West African community, both in and out of the classroom.
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- Criminology and Justice Studies Professor Explores Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization in NJ with Reducing Inequality Research Grant
  
  February 10, 2023
  
  Kathleen Powell plans to use the $544,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to explore how the legalization of recreational marijuana in New Jersey affects Black, Hispanic and White young adults.
  
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January
- Drexel Receives Inaugural Mellon Foundation Grant in Support of Humanities Approach to Social Justice
  
  January 25, 2023
  The Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture and humanities. The $500,000 grant will provide funding for UnMapping: A Project of Radical Textual Geographies. The project aims to bring the literary and broader humanities imagination to bear on urgent issues of social justice in the West Philadelphia community and beyond.
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- So … How Are You Doing with Your 2023 New Year’s Resolution?
  
  January 17, 2023
  Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology Eric Zillmer, PsyD, shared eight tips for staying on track with your goals.
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