2024

November
- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievement: Fall 2024
  
  November 20, 2024
  Students have earned fellowships, scholarships, awards and more over the past quarter.
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- How Drexel University is Seen in ‘Philadelphia Revealed’
  
  November 06, 2024
  See how Dragons left their touch on the exhibition — and what objects came from Drexel alumni and even the University itself.
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September
- The Evolutionary History of Rats Has More Holes Than Swiss Cheese, Drexel Researchers Are Trying to Close Them
  
  September 30, 2024
  Drexel researchers explore recent advances in the evolutionary history of brown rats using population genomics, historical records and shipwreck specimens.
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- Q&A: Meet Drexel USGA’s New President and Vice President
  
  September 11, 2024
  Joelyne Jacob and Katie Moorcones will lead the Undergraduate Student Government Association through the upcoming school year; here, they talked about their experience and plans.
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- Gradvice: Tips for Easing into Life as a Drexel Graduate Student
  
  September 11, 2024
  Drexel faculty and professional staff members who work closely with students shared tips and advice for new Dragons starting this academic year.
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel’s Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  September 03, 2024
  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. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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August
- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  August 30, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University faculty members 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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- Boosting the Breadth of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Consortium
  
  August 27, 2024
  Seven Drexel disciplines have joined the consortium partnership between Drexel and Thomas Jefferson University. The cancer center recently received the elite “comprehensive cancer center” designation from the National Cancer Institute, a vote of confidence in the consortium’s broadly interdisciplinary approach.
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- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievements: Summer 2024
  
  August 26, 2024
  Here's a snapshot of awards, scholarships, publications and fellowships Drexel University students have earned in the past term.
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July
- Young African Leaders Embark on Six-Week Leadership Training at Drexel University
  
  July 01, 2024
  This summer, 25 young leaders from 20 countries from sub-Saharan Africa are taking on coursework, community site visits, meetings and more.
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June
- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel’s Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  June 18, 2024
  The University created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement.
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- Drexel University’s Unforgettable 2024 Commencement Ceremony
  
  June 17, 2024
  Graduating Dragons braved the weather for a communal event in Citizens Bank Park. A class whose members might have lost out on high school ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic was treated to a night full of inspirational speeches and colorful fireworks.
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- Top 10 Quotes from Drexel’s 2024 Commencement
  
  June 17, 2024
  Need some inspiration for facing what comes next? Drexel graduates heard words of encouragement, fortitude and advice at this year’s University-wide ceremony.
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- Drexel Joins EPA Effort to Prevent Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Refrigerant Chemicals
  
  June 14, 2024
  Researchers from Drexel University have been tapped to join an Environmental Protection Agency initiative to eliminate greenhouse gas chemicals, called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), commonly used in refrigerants and insulating foams. As part of a federal initiative to address the potent, climate-damaging gasses, Drexel will receive $3.8 million over five years to develop a plasma arc device that can destroy HFCs.
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- Income Inequality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Complex Relationship
  
  June 10, 2024
  New Drexel University study is the first to use a multidimensional framework – finding domestic income inequality unevenly impacts different emission components in wealthy nations.
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May
- Drexel University Names 2024 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 28, 2024
  In addition to a University-wide Commencement speaker who will address the Class of 2024, individual speakers — including alumni! — will give keynote addresses at college and school ceremonies.
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April
- New AI-Technology Estimates Brain Age Using Low-Cost EEG Device
  
  April 24, 2024
  Researchers from Drexel University’s Creativity Research Lab developed an artificial intelligence technique that can effectively estimate an individual’s brain age based on electroencephalogram (EEG) brain scans. The technology could help to make early, regular screening for degenerative brain diseases more accessible.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  April 09, 2024
  Faculty members were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
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March
- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  March 25, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University expanded its collaborations with local organizations and industry partners.
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- The Drexel Ombuds is Here to Listen and Help
  
  March 11, 2024
  Need an impartial sounding board for something you’re going through at Drexel? The Drexel Ombuds — College of Arts and Sciences professor Kirk Heilbrun, PhD — can offer confidential and unbiased counsel.
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- 40 Years Ago, Drexel Made Computer — and Apple — History
  
  March 05, 2024
  In the early 1980s, Drexel became the first university in the country to require all students to have a personal computer, a mandate made possible through a first-of-its-kind partnership with Apple Inc.
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- Your Brain in the Zone: A New Neuroimaging Study Reveals How the Brain Achieves a Creative Flow State
  
  March 04, 2024
  A new neuroimaging study from Drexel University’s Creativity Research Lab is the first to reveal how the brain gets to the creative flow state.
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February
- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  February 16, 2024
  Last term, Drexel professors were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
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- A Closer Look at Cannabis Use and Binge Eating
  
  February 13, 2024
  New research from Drexel University’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center), examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally, and whether patients who use cannabis experience more severe eating disorder symptoms or symptoms of struggling with mental health.
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- Drexel Joins U.S. Department of Commerce's AI Safety Consortium
  
  February 08, 2024
  Drexel University has joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. The effort, led by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, will bring together academics, government and industry researchers, civil society organizations and AI creators and users to form the U.S. AI Safety Consortium.
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January
- Can Practicing Self-Compassion Help People Achieve Weight Loss Goals?
  
  January 25, 2024
  A new study from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Sciences (WELL Center) in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences explored whether practicing self-compassion – or treating oneself with the same care and kindness that people typically offer to their loved ones – helps people become more resilient to these overeating setbacks.
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- Starting 2024 on a Happy Note!
  
  January 19, 2024
  Your path to bringing more joy to your life could start with this virtual trip and expert-approved tips for increasing happiness.
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- Students, Faculty Represent Drexel University at COP28 Through Dialogue and Research
  
  January 12, 2024
  Over two weeks, 11 community members traveled to Dubai to engage in talk of climate solutions.
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- Members of BEES Department Present at Academy of Natural Sciences Research Day
  
  January 10, 2024
  
  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University recently hosted its annual Research Day, where scientists shared brief, engaging summaries of their research and discoveries from throughout 2023.
  
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- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievements
  
  January 08, 2024
  Here's a snapshot of awards, scholarships, publications and fellowships Drexel University students have earned in the past term.
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