September

100th Anniversary of Co-op Kicks Off at Convocation

September 30, 2019
Convocation, one of Drexel’s most time-honored traditions, also served this year as the kick off for a years-long celebration of the Drexel Co-op program.
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A Note From the Dean on the New Academic Year

September 25, 2019
This week not only marks the official start of fall, but also the beginning of a brand-new academic year. I'd like to welcome our new and returning Dragons to campus and wish our students the best of luck as they embark on co-op opportunities and adventures abroad.
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CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

September 25, 2019
We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Team to Investigate Obesity Treatments with $3.65M NIH Grant

September 24, 2019
Researchers in Drexel University’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) will use a new $3.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions for obesity. Principal Investigator and Psychology Professor Evan Forman, PhD, tells us more about the grant, which is co-investigated by Meghan Butryn, PhD, associate professor of psychology, Adrienne Juarascio, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, Stephanie Manasse, PhD, assistant research professor in the WELL Center, and Donna Coffman, PhD, an assistant professor in Temple University’s College of Public Health.
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Welcoming New Faculty to the College of Arts and Sciences

September 24, 2019
We are thrilled to welcome the following new faculty members to the College of Arts and Sciences community.
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Bio Grad Takes on Mental Health Stigma and Medicine

September 23, 2019
On co-op at Johnson & Johnson, Deanna Mauro ’19 stood confidently before a room of senior scientists. Mauro, a biological sciences major at Drexel University, had spent the past six months running her own project, designed to increase the effectiveness of a specific immunotherapy.
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Course Spotlight: Chimpanzee Biodiversity and Conservation in Cameroon

September 20, 2019
Most biology courses don’t take place foreign national park, or require an independent, chimpanzee research project — but Chimpanzee Biodiversity and Conservation is not your average biology course.
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Welcoming Dean Norma Bouchard, PhD, to the College of Arts & Sciences

September 20, 2019
The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to announce that Norma Bouchard, PhD, has assumed her role as dean of the College, effective September 3, 2019. Dean Bouchard joins Drexel University from San Diego State University, where she was dean of the College of Arts and Letters and a professor of European studies for four years.
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Announcing the New Associate Dean of Graduate Education

September 20, 2019
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Michelle Dolinski, PhD, associate professor of physics, has been appointed associate dean of graduate education. Dolinski received her PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She joined Drexel’s Department of Physics in 2012.
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‘What Might This Be?’ The Art and Science of Rorschach Inkblots Opens at Drexel

September 19, 2019
“What might this be?” Is an innocent question, and one that Hermann Rorschach asked of a series of inkblots he developed, in hope of diving further into the inner workings of the human mind in the 1920s. Rorschach combined two of his passions, graphic arts and the science of medicine, as a catalyst for inquiry into the psyche – and in this process, he also created art.
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