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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Q&A: Extraordinary Four-Foot-Long Clams Finally Found Alive

April 26, 2017

Hiding inside a hard shell that’s up to four feet long and resembles an elephant tusk, there’s a dark-colored earthworm-like creature. At one end, the creature’s body forms a slight bulb. At the other, claw-like appendages. It doesn’t really eat on its own, but ingests products made by bacteria that live within it.

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Psychology Students Receive Research Awards

April 18, 2017

Kayci Vickers and Jillian Tessier both recently received research awards from the Council on Brain Injury.

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25 Faces 25 Years: Eli Gilman

April 17, 2017
“I’m always inspired to learn,” says Eli Gilman, an alumnus of Drexel’s Center for Public Policy. “That’s what drives me, regardless of the field. Drexel’s Public Policy program fit perfectly with where I wanted to go in my career. It was one of the biggest things that helped me conceptualize large institutional momentum and how to make change.”
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Drexel’s Vincent O’Leary Receives Truman Scholarship for Environmental Science

April 12, 2017
O’Leary is the first Dragon to be named a Truman Scholar, which provides a $30,000 scholarship toward graduate school for students pursuing careers in the public sector.
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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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25 Faces 25 Years: Farrah Rahaman

April 10, 2017

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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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Sharee Devose: Drexel Co-op at Voice of America

April 06, 2017
It feels almost like yesterday that I arrived in Washington, D.C., somewhat ready to take on the world of international broadcasting. I was excited on my first day, certainly, but I found it difficult still to believe that, of all people, I could have been chosen to be the first Drexel co-op at Voice of America (VOA), the official international broadcaster of the United States and the largest in the nation. The experience astounds me to this day.
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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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How to Make the Most of Your Drexel Co-op

April 05, 2017
The co-op is an essential part of a typical Drexel education, but the process can raise a lot of questions. DrexelNow sought the advice of four co-op veterans, who weighed in with tips on the interview process, overcoming hurdles and leaving employers with a good impression.
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Drexel Takes Eco Education to the Movies at Philadelphia Film Festival

April 04, 2017
In search of new ways to promote awareness of the realities of climate change and global warming, Drexel faculty members have struck up a relationship with the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival. The University is sponsoring a block of local films later this month.
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Drexel Anniversary Public Lectures Announced for Spring

April 03, 2017
Drexel’s free public lecture series will continue to highlight the University’s 125th anniversary year when the series starts up again this spring term.
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25 Faces 25 Years: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson

April 03, 2017
NASA was big in the ’80s.

Sure, it was a force in the decades before, but in the ’80s, when a young Naoko Kurahashi Neilson was making her way through elementary school, NASA was pop-culture big. Kids gathered in classrooms to watch shuttle missions, and teenagers stared wide-eyed as countdowns and liftoffs filled the opening credits of MTV’s first broadcast.

Those images stayed with Neilson. But not just the space shuttles and astronauts.
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