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25 Faces 25 Years: Cynthia Maryanoff

May 29, 2017
Cynthia Maryanoff, BS ’72 is an organic process chemist, recipient of 2015 Perkin Medal, inventor on 67 U.S. or European patents and a coffee-farm owner.
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Chemistry Faculty Monica Ilies Receives Evidence Based Teaching Award in STEM

May 26, 2017

Monical Ilies, PhD, associate teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry has received the Evidence Based Teaching Award in STEM

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Drexel’s Codebreakers Help Raise Over $800K on Day of Giving

May 25, 2017
The second Day of Giving was even more successful than the first, pulling in a whopping 3,707 donors to nearly triple the event’s target.
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Drexel Honors Outstanding Faculty Achievements at Year-End Awards

May 25, 2017
At the annual Faculty Recognition Awards Ceremony on May 24, Drexel acknowledged the faculty and staff members whose scholarship, service and teaching contribute so much to the University and its students.
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2017 Cooperative Education Awards Honor the Best of Drexel’s Co-op Program

May 25, 2017
Students, employers and faculty were celebrated at Drexel’s 2017 Cooperative Education Awards.
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From Mind to Mouth, Drexel’s WELL Center Seeks to Improve Eating Behaviors

May 24, 2017
A new research center opening in July at Drexel University is seeking to untangle Americans’ complicated, and often problematic, relationship with food.
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Drexel Psychology Faculty and Graduate Students Receive Awards

May 23, 2017
The Drexel University Department of Psychology graduate students and faculty received several awards recently. Zoe Zhang, PhD, was honored with the COAS Teaching Excellence Award and 2017 Summer Research Award, while graduate students Elizabeth Gale-Bentz, Victoria Grunberg, Emily Haney-Caron, Mark McCurdy, Amanda NeMoyer, Mina Ratkalkar and Anna Marie Raphail received awards, grants and fellowships.
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Common Artificial Sweetener Likely a Safe, Effective Birth Control, Pesticide for Insects, Drexel Study Finds

May 23, 2017
Erythritol, a non-nutritive sweetener found in products like Truvia, has proven effective in killing fly larvae and slowing down their egg production, making it a good candidate for human and pet-safe pesticide use.
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Employee Spotlight: Barbara Hornum and George King

May 22, 2017
This year, two Drexel employees are celebrating 50 years of working on campus — a campus that they’ve seen drastically change since they started in 1966.
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Miriam Kotzin Publishes Two New Books

May 22, 2017

Professor of English Miriam Kotzin, PhD, recently published a collection of fiction, Country Music, and poetry, Debris Field.

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Drexel Students Try to Negotiate a Climate Change Accord

May 22, 2017
Three-dozen Drexel students role-played as global climate officials during a recent classroom exercise, working together to hash out a plan to address the changing environment. Over the course of nearly three hours of negotiations, they developed an agreement to reduce climate change and learned just how challenging such an endeavor can be.
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Drexel Professor Mimi Sheller to Give Keynote at Movimento Forum

May 18, 2017
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy Mimi Sheller, PhD, will be the opening keynote speaker at the GVF Communities in Motion Movimento Forum on May 22nd at The Liberty View at Independence Visitor Center, Philadelphia.
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25 Faces 25 Years: Jillian Adair

May 15, 2017
“I’ve always loved nature, but I never thought I could turn that passion into a career,” says Jillian Adair, a junior in Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science. The once skeptic took a 12-week adventure last summer with the Sea Education Association, studying marine science and maritime history, and then sailing around New Zealand.
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Ex-Inmates Visit Drexel University Class on Crime and Justice

May 11, 2017
Professor Cheri Brooks brought to class a pair of recently released men who were given mandatory sentences of life without parole as teenagers, inviting a discussion on crime, punishment, retribution and rehabilitation.
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Former Mayors Michael Nutter and Ed Rendell Discuss Philadelphia’s Past, Present and Future

May 10, 2017
Former Philadelphia mayors Michael Nutter and Ed Rendell reunited on Drexel’s campus for a taping of “The Drexel InterView” to discuss the highs and lows of their terms in City Hall, as well as where they think the city and its population are headed in the future.
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Study Abroad Tips From Your Drexel Classmates

May 08, 2017
What’s the most important tip for students planning to study abroad? It just might be to leave room for spontaneity, based on the advice offered by your Drexel classmates about the ins and outs and ups and downs of studying in a foreign land.
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Drexel University’s 2017 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients

May 08, 2017
With Drexel University’s commencement just around the corner, the University is announcing its complete list of speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 ceremonies.
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Dampening food deserts with a transdicplinary approach

May 05, 2017
Drexel graduate student Elise Krespan gave a talk at the 2017 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference, which presented a novel solution to alleviate food deserts using a 3D printed hydroponic system in conjunction with cyanobacteria to produce fertilizer.
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Meet MS Communication Alumna Juliane Mills

May 04, 2017

Meet Drexel Master of Science in Public Communication and Master of Public Health Alumni Juliane Mills.

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25 Faces 25 Years: Yilin Yang

May 01, 2017
The sub-metropolis of Tianjin, China is home to a bustling port and a multitude of urban developments and structures. Not unlike Philadelphia, it has a rich history in arts, politics and trade. In fact, Tianjin is located at the same elevation as Philly, making their climates similar and adaptable to anyone migrating between the two cities. It was for these reasons — and the opportunity to live within walking distance of the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra — that Yilin Yang, a young, starry-eyed student from Tianjin, decided to cross the ocean to study mathematics at Drexel University.
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New Drexel Writing Festival Held on Campus

May 01, 2017
The inaugural Drexel Writing Festival, which replaces the 10-year-old Week of Writing, will take place at Drexel University to host 16 events in just three days.
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Emerging Graduate Scholars Show Research at First-Ever Conference

May 01, 2017
Drexel University’s first-ever Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference was recently held to give graduate students a chance to share their interdisciplinary work and test out their presentation skills.
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More Drexel Authors Recognized Than Ever at 2017 Annual Event

May 01, 2017
This year marks the fifth time that Drexel authors have been celebrated in a ceremony highlighting their remarkable achievements in publishing.
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