Calling all Dragons! Join the MATH 102 Study Booster sessions on Friday, April 19 and Friday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to Noon in the Korman Center, room 207. No registration is required. Study Booster Sessions for all undergraduate mathematics courses will take place throughout the Spring 2024 term.

Calling all Dragons! Join the MATH 122 Study Booster sessions on Friday, April 19 and Friday, May 17 from Noon to 2 p.m. in the Korman Center, room 207. No registration is required. Study Booster Sessions for all undergraduate mathematics courses will take place throughout the Spring 2024 term.

Calling all Dragons! Join the MATH 200 Study Booster sessions on Friday, April 19 and Friday, May 17 from 2–4 p.m. in the Korman Center, room 207. No registration is required. Study Booster Sessions for all undergraduate mathematics courses will take place throughout the Spring 2024 term.

Experience Philadelphia's first university alliance K-pop dance performance on April 22, 2024! The Drexel University Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages and Drexel Global have partnered with the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Philadelphia to present this unique event.

Calling all Dragons! Join the MATH 117 Study Booster sessions on Tuesday, April 23 and Tuesday, May 21 from 5–7 p.m. in the Korman Center, room 207. No registration is required. Study Booster Sessions for all undergraduate mathematics courses will take place throughout the Spring 2024 term.

Calling all Dragons! Join the MATH 101 Study Booster sessions on Thursday, April 25 and Thursday, May 23 from 5–7 p.m. in the Korman Center, room 207. No registration is required. Study Booster Sessions for all undergraduate mathematics courses will take place throughout the Spring 2024 term.

Mark McBeth teaches undergraduates in the English Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and PhD candidates at The Graduate Center, CUNY. McBeth specializes in composition and rhetoric at the intersections of literacy studies and Queer theory. His recent book Queer Literacies: Discourses & Discontents examines the homophobic discourses of the 20th century and celebrates the advanced literacy labors –reading, writing, research, and critical response– that Queer literates undertook to upend heteronormative constructions and worldviews. McBeth's former work has looked at Victorian teacher training at Cambridge, UK. In addition, he has published on writing program administration, pedagogy, and similar issues. Mark will be joined by Liz Kimball, PhD, Drexel Assistant Professor of English.

Amid Mangrove Species: Microbial Extractions and Symbiopolitical Health Experiments

Rachel Reynolds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Drexel, where she directs the Minor in Linguistics and also serves as graduate faculty in Communication, Culture & Media graduate programs.  Lately, she has been conducting research on television and social movements, especially around the portrayal of gendered violence.  In 2024, she will be conducting research in the UK on masculinity in British television. Rachel will be joined by Maria Volynsky, Drexel Associate Teaching Professor of English.

John Vercher’s debut novel, Three-Fifths, was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune and Booklist. It was nominated for the Edgar and Strand Magazine Critics’ Awards for Best First Novel. His second novel, After the Lights Go Out, called “shrewd and explosive” by The New York Times, was named a Best Book of Summer 2022 by BookRiot and Publishers Weekly, and named a Booklist Editor’s Choice Best Book of 2022. His third book, Devil is Fine, publishes June 18, 2024 from Celadon Books. John is an Assistant Teaching Professor of English in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel.

Barbara Jones is an agent with the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, where she represents writers of upmarket fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on voices from previously underrepresented communities and on durable talents and stories. Jones' clients include Kate Axelrod, Charles Bock, Rafael Frumkin, Danielle Lazarin, Isaac Oliver, and The Swans of Harlem. Previously, she spent several decades as an editor. First, at magazines, including Harper’s Magazine, Vogue and Real Simple, then in book publishing, where she edited award winning and bestselling novels and nonfiction by writers such as Paul Auster, Susan Choi, Sebastian Faulks, Lauren Groff, Katherine Howe, Rachel Khong, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Coretta Scott King, Lillian Li, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Jacqueline Novogratz, Christa Parravani and Carl Safina.

The College of Arts and Sciences, College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Professions and Dornsife School of Public Health proudly present the 2024 Arts and Sciences Symposium, an annual event featuring a renowned expert who offers keen insight into contemporary topics. This keynote event convenes our vibrant university community in meaningful discussions across disciplines.

We are very excited to announce that all tenured, tenure-track, teaching and research faculty; postdoctoral fellows; graduate and undergraduate students; and trainees are invited to submit abstracts for spoken or poster presentations. Best presentation awards will also be announced at the event. If you are interested in presenting, please use the form below. Submissions will open on Friday, March 15 and will close on Monday, April 15. You will be notified about the status of your submission by May 3. We look forward to seeing you at the College of Arts and Sciences' 2024 Research Day!

Save the date for Wednesday, May 22, 2024 and join the College of Arts and Sciences in the celebration and recognition of its finest students!
 
Faculty nominate many students recognized at this ceremony based on their contributions in the classroom, the lab and the community; others have written essays or theses that department committees selected. All have maintained impressive records that set them apart from their peers.

Join us for the final event in the Dean's Lecture Series when  Megan Phifer-Rixey, PhD ,  presents “House Mice and Changing Environments” on May 29. Dr. Phifer-Rixey is an assistant professor of Biology at Drexel University. An evolutionary biologist, her research is motivated by the challenge of making connections between genotype, phenotype, and fitness, especially for complex traits and in the context of changing environments.