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2020

  • December

    • The College of Arts and Sciences weekly 'community read' of the book "Ebony & Ivy" starts on January 14. The class is free and open to all.

      Inaugural DEI Community Read Takes Up Racism, Slavery and Higher Education

      December 18, 2020

      The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a Community Read of the book Ebony & Ivy is being offered as a 1-credit special-topics course in politics in the winter and spring, open to all Drexel students. Community members and faculty, staff and alumni from the entire University are also invited to participate, at no cost. Meetings are from 6 to 6:50 p.m. on Thursdays and will be conducted via Zoom.

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    • Talking to Kids about Weight: What the Internet Says and Why Researchers Are Wary

      December 17, 2020

      <p>Researchers from the <strong>Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science</strong> (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University systematically reviewed numerous independently published guidelines for having conversations with children about weight status to analyze their content, consistency, actionability and scientific support. They recommend future guidelines unify their messages for caregivers and health care professionals and be better supported by scholarly data.</p>

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    • Drexel Deans Look Back at 2020 — Part One

      December 16, 2020

      After a tumultuous year of change and uncertainty, deans from the University’s colleges and schools reflected on what happened and what they’ve learned.

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    • Does Sharing Health Data Help Maintain Weight Loss?

      December 14, 2020

      Research from the <strong>Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science </strong>(WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University suggests that health counselors having access to self-monitored health data would improve a person&rsquo;s weight loss maintenance.

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    • 2020 CoAS Research Day Winners

      Paper Wasps to Fenceline Communities: Top Student-Led Research from Spring and Summer

      December 07, 2020

      The College of Arts and Sciences’ first-ever virtual Research Day showcased unique and innovative research conducted last spring and summer by Drexel students and their CoAS faculty mentors. The research may have been conducted as part of a research co-op, STAR Scholars project, independent funding and more. Learn more about the students who received the day’s top prizes and how the awardees have used the projects to push forward in their academic and professional careers.

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    • Inside Ambition by Alexandra George, Drexel Communication Major

      Building Community through Student News on “Inside Ambition”

      December 07, 2020

      Last winter, third-year communication major Alexandra George noted a sense of disconnect and lack of school spirit at Drexel University. Out of this idea was born “Inside Ambition,” Drexel University Television’s casual news show that aims to foster community at Drexel and provide a connection between students and the University. The show reports on news affecting students and shares interviews with Drexel community members about what is happening on campus, even as it films remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    • 2020 New College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

      Welcoming New Faculty to the College of Arts and Sciences

      December 07, 2020

      Meet the new faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, and please join us in offering them a warm welcome to our community!

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    • Feeling Medicine by Kelly Underman, PhD

      “Feeling Medicine:” Q&A on Medicine and the Pelvic Exam

      December 07, 2020

      Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by NYU Press, medical sociologist Kelly Underman, PhD, takes us inside gynecological teaching programs — drawing from in-depth interviews with students, faculty and the gynecological teaching associates who use their own bodies to teach the exam.

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    • Recycling empty bottles and cans

      Policy Student’s Op-Ed Leads to Recycling Program Grant

      December 07, 2020

      Breath Hand, MS environmental policy ’21, knew from the early years of adulthood that every action she took in favor of the environment would help counteract the daunting effects of climate change and global warming. Studying environmental policy at Drexel was one of those actions.

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  • November

  • October

    • student working at chalkboard

      Winter Courses

      October 28, 2020

      Dive into money laundering cases, the rich biodiversity of Ecuador, or the philosophy of desire in these new and noteworthy winter courses!

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    • Jason Orne, PhD and Jennifer Stanford, PhD

      Four CoAS Projects Funded in Support of Racial Equity

      October 28, 2020

      This summer, Drexel University’s Office of Research and Innovation funded projects by 22 faculty and staff across the university from its Rapid Response Research and Development Fund, which was designated for urgent action, short-term projects focused on racial equity. Learn more about the funded projects out of the College of Arts and Sciences, and how the researchers are tackling issues from bystandership among police officers to inclusive teaching practices.

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    • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      October 28, 2020

      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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    • Logo - Drexel Office of the Provost

      College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards

      October 28, 2020

      The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.

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    • Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards

      October 21, 2020

      This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including the work of Janet Chen, MD, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, who is a principal investigator for the Gilead Sciences-sponsored clinical trial evaluating young COVID-19 patients treated with the drug remdesivir.

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    • Kathryn Longwill and Lexi Wysocki add juvenile mussels

      BEES Students Show Off Their Research Mussels

      October 14, 2020

      Freshwater mussels are the most imperiled group of organisms in North America. Check out how Drexel BEES students have contributed with their “research mussels!”

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    • Wake Up to Information and Change with “Good Morning, Neighbors"

      October 08, 2020

      <p style="margin: 0in;"><span>In its sixth season, the morning radio show on WKDU is tackling interviews and education related to Black Lives Matter while staying true to its root goal of connecting Drexel to the surrounding community.</span></p>

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  • September

  • August

    • Drexel Researchers Receive Funding for Racial Equity Projects

      August 31, 2020

      Just over $100,000 was awarded to 22 faculty and professional staff through Drexel's Rapid Response Research & Development Fund.

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    • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      August 26, 2020

      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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    • Meet the New Directors at the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences

      Meet Three New CoAS Directors

      August 26, 2020

      Over the past few months, Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences has welcomed (albeit remotely) new administrative leadership from as far away as Tennessee and North Carolina. Meet the three directors who are leading the College in the areas of advising, student success, marketing, communications and recruitment!

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    • Brad Petitfils, PhD - Director of Advising and Student Success

      Meet the Drexel CoAS Director of Advising and Student Success

      August 26, 2020

      Brad Petitfils, PhD, is the Director of Advising and Student Success in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences. Hailing from New Orleans, he brings to Drexel a wealth of experience spanning campus planning and assessment, curriculum development and instructional technology, as well as international and global engagement. Get to know Dr. Petitfils with this Q&A!

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    • Free-Roaming Dogs Prevent Giant Pandas from Thriving in the Wild

      August 17, 2020

      Before China declared giant pandas a protected species in 1962, hunters in pursuit of the black and white bear used dogs to track them. Since then measures have been put in place to protect the vulnerable pandas, but more than half a century later, dogs are still jeopardizing their safety, according to a group of researchers that included Drexel's James Spotila, PhD.

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    • #COVIDCalls and the Academy of Natural Sciences

      August 12, 2020

      Earlier this summer, Department of History head and professor Scott Knowles, PhD, discussed COVID-19 with experts from the Academy of Natural Sciences as the pandemic relates to biodiversity, water quality, environmental justice and maintaining museums and their collections.

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    • New CoAS Minors, Concentrations and Certificates

      August 12, 2020

      Cultivate your intellectual passions and diversify your skills with one of these new and revised CoAS programs!

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    • Elizabeth Kimball, PhD, designed a Community-Based Learning course to partner with UESF.

      Writing for Social Change in a Side-by-Side Course

      August 12, 2020

      When Drexel University moved to an online setting for spring term, no one knew how successful the courses would be. This was especially true for nine Drexel students, one professor, and a handful of members of the nonprofit organization Utility Emergency Services Fund (or UESF, pronounced “you-sef”), who had set out to forge a new partnership. A Community-Based Learning course, Writing for Social Change (WRIT 315) was led by Professor Elizabeth Kimball, who connected the students with the professional staff of UESF.

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  • July

    • A Virtual Update on Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan

      July 29, 2020

      On July 28, several members of the Executive Planning Committee provided insight into how they are working to prepare for Drexel’s future in the midst of this year’s unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice.

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    • Drexel University CASTLE Faculty Fellows Advance STEM and Academic Inclusion

      CASTLE Launches Faculty Fellows Program

      July 27, 2020

      A new initiative out of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE) adds an additional layer to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Sustaining Excellence Program at Drexel University, which is aimed at improving retention of STEM undergraduates by developing evidence-based competencies among STEM educators through community building, mentorship and recognition of innovative teaching.

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    • Paper Dragon - MFA Cohort

      New Online Lit Journal Launches with Civic Engagement Focus

      July 27, 2020

      As cities around the world shut down in response to COVID-19, and the #StayHomePHL campaign ushered Philadelphians indoors, a small group of Drexel University students launched an online literary journal. While the timing may appear far from ideal, Paper Dragon was created, by the first cohort of Drexel’s MFA in Creative Writing program, to give a venue to diverse voices rising through adversity.

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    • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      July 27, 2020

      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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    • "The Great American Deception" author Scott Stein, professor in the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences

      A Robust, Caffeinated Comedy: “The Great American Deception”

      July 27, 2020

      In the near future, a mall-society spanning coast to coast has replaced much of the USA, and Private Investigator Frank Harken has made a name for himself as a no-nonsense detective. After wisecracking, coffee-making robot Arjay becomes Harken’s sidekick, the unlikely duo takes on the case of a missing woman and travels through the outlandish underworld of the Great American.

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    • Drexel Rallies Around Co-op Students Affected by the Pandemic

      July 27, 2020

      When spring/summer co-op students started to lose positions due to the hardships brought on by COVID-19, several University colleges, schools and departments heeded the call to create new positions and provide funding to support this Drexel rite of passage.

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    • Online Session for Faculty and Professional Staff Shares Campus Return Coping Strategies

      July 27, 2020

      In the July 23 presentation “When Pandemic Becomes Endemic: Managing Distress While Living With Covid-19,” College of Medicine Vice Chair for Education, and Director of Residency and Professor of psychiatry Donna Sudak, MD, suggested ways in which Dragons can manage their anxiety in these uncertain times.

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    • Fall Courses

      Fall Courses

      July 22, 2020

      From the 2020 presidential election to the origins of the universe, to your community, learn and apply a range of relevant topics in these noteworthy fall courses.

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    • Drexel University's 8th Annual Celebration of Faculty Authors -- June 2, 2020

      CoAS Shines at Annual Celebration of Drexel Authors

      July 22, 2020

      In June, Drexel University gathered virtually to recognize over 100 accomplished authors and editors in its eighth-annual Celebrating Drexel Authors event. Members of the College of Arts and Sciences featured prominently in the event, including professors, graduate students and alumni from across several departments.

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    • Tim Hanlon - Drexel Biology Major and USGA President

      Meet Drexel’s New Student Body President

      July 22, 2020

      Drexel’s Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) recently announced its new crop of officers, led by President and biological sciences major Tim Hanlon! Read on to find out more about Tim’s plans for the role and how Drexel students can utilize the USGA to make their voices heard.

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    • multi-ethnic hands - Our world can't wait.

      CoAS Creates New Role: Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

      July 22, 2020

      The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that it will appoint an internal candidate to the new role of Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with an expected start date of September 1, 2020. This new position will report directly to the Dean and become a member of the Dean’s Leadership Team, a group comprising Department Heads, Associate Deans and Directors.

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  • June

    • Drexel’s College-level Commencement Ceremonies Go Virtual

      June 15, 2020

      Though forced to celebrate from afar this year, the University&rsquo;s colleges and schools created diverse, robust and meaningful virtual celebrations for their 2020 graduates.

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    • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      June 10, 2020

      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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    • Daniel Drexler (Drex) ’20 and Sumita Gangwani, recipients of the 2020 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society (STS) Prize

      Daniel Drexler and Sumita Gangwani Win 2020 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize

      June 10, 2020

      Two master’s students in science, technology and society, Daniel Drexler (Drex) ’20 and Sumita Gangwani, are the recipients of the 2020 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society (STS) Prize. This is the fifth year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize.

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    • How did Drexel Adapt Courses for Remote Teaching and Learning This Spring?

      June 08, 2020

      The classroom experience was different this term, but faculty found creative and innovative ways to translate the physical learning environment digitally for students, with the help of colleagues and professional staff members from across the University.

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    • 20 Thoughts from the Drexel University Class of 2020

      June 08, 2020

      The Class of 2020 is an historic one. Here are their thoughts during graduation week.

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    • Drexel's Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab

      Psychology Grant to Address Youth Confinement Amid COVID-19

      June 05, 2020

      Correctional facilities have emerged as hotspots for the spread of COVID-19, and confined youth face an increased risk of COVID-19 infection. Given the overrepresentation of youth of color in correctional facilities, the disproportionate infection and mortality rate of COVID-19 among communities of color is compounded for these youth.

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    • Black Lives Matter - Drexel University College of Arts & Sciences

      CoAS is Committed to Anti-Racism

      June 05, 2020

      The recent killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are the latest in an unconscionably long line of racially based tragedies in our country. The College of Arts and Sciences – its leadership, faculty, students and staff – stands in solidarity with and support of Black people and all victims of hatred and injustice.

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    • Drexel Dragon Logo Blue

      College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion

      June 05, 2020

      We are pleased to announce faculty promotions and tenure appointments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members!

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    • The Drexel Story Medicine Pivot in Response to the Pandemic

      The Drexel Story Medicine Pivot in Response to the Pandemic

      June 04, 2020

      I hate myself for admitting this, but this darned pandemic has made me a better teacher. I know that any teacher reading this right would also hate me for saying such. So right now I am ducking for cover and turning off the comments section. But it's true. I am better at what I have been tasked to do all along, because I have suddenly been forced to do it differently.

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    • Assistant Professor of History Debjani Bhattacharyya, PhD

      Q&A with Balzan Fellow Debjani Bhattacharyya

      June 04, 2020

      Assistant Professor of History Debjani Bhattacharyya, PhD, has had a busy year. After completing a visiting fellowship at Princeton University’s Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies over the fall and winter, she received another visiting scholarship: This summer, she’ll be at the Institute of Asia and Africa Studies at the University of Humboldt, Berlin, conducting research for her newest book project.

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  • May

    • Drexel University College of Arts & Sciences Global Studies & Modern Languages 2020 Fellowship Awardees

      Five Global Studies Majors Win Fellowships and Awards

      May 22, 2020

      Drexel University’s Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages has much to celebrate, as four of its students and alumni have received or were alternates for major awards. Global Studies majors won two Fulbright Awards, presented by the U.S. Department of State. Two Global Studies majors are alternates for the Fulbright, and third is an alternate for the Boren Scholarship.

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    • Dragons Stick Together to Make Social Distancing Decals

      May 12, 2020

      Alumni, adjunct faculty and a student co-op are creating labels illustrating spaces six feet apart. And, they’re donating them to life-sustaining businesses.

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    • Alexis making biochar with other Drexel students.

      Supporting Sustainability and Resilience in Las Marias, Puerto Rico

      May 07, 2020

      The “Disaster and Resilience in Puerto Rico” Community-Based Learning (CBL) course created by Steve Dolph, PhD, took students from across Drexel to Plenitud PR, a nonprofit educational farm and community dedicated to service in sustainability and the arts, located in Las Marias, Puerto Rico over winter break.

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      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      May 06, 2020

      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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    • Joe Zwillenberg, Drexel History Alum making PPE for frontline workers

      Drexel History Alum Joins Team Making PPE For Frontline Workers

      May 06, 2020

      Joseph Zwillenberg, a 2019 Drexel history alumnus and veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, has joined the fight against COVID-19 as a full-time volunteer.

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    • Drexel MS Communication alumna Isa Betancourt ’19

      MS Comm Alum Wins Fulbright and National Geographic Grants

      May 05, 2020

      Insects have a PR problem, says MS Communication alumna Isa Betancourt ’19. The author of the book “Backyard Bugs of Philadelphia” and the face of social media initiatives like The Bugscope live broadcast on Periscope, Betancourt has spread insect appreciation with help from her role as Curatorial Assistant of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

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    • teacher stadning in front of classroom - drexel teaching academy

      Five CoAS Faculty Tapped for Inaugural Drexel Teaching Academy

      May 05, 2020

      Five faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences are participating in the Teaching and Learning Center’s first Drexel Teaching Academy, a 10-week program designed to develop pedagogical experts across the University and foster an interdisciplinary community among faculty who already hold this expertise.

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    • Young women studying at an outdoors table

      Summer Courses

      May 05, 2020

      Explore the media’s influence on society, the role of the United Nations and the causes and consequences of aging in these new and noteworthy summer courses. While course meeting times are listed for scheduling purposes, courses may consist of a mix of synchronous and asynchronous engagements

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  • April

    • Prairie Yang, Drexel Chemistry student

      Co-Op 100 Spotlight: Prairie Yang

      April 29, 2020

      For 100 years, Drexel has equipped students for the real world through our renowned cooperative education program, also known as Co-op. Drexel’s Co-op program provides students with up to 18 months of real-world work experience with industry leaders. This allows students to test-drive careers and see firsthand how the knowledge they've gained in the classroom can be applied in the field, while building an impressive résumé before graduation.

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    • Lee Hoffman

      Faculty Spotlight: Chemistry Prof Lee Hoffman, PhD

      April 29, 2020

      Lee Hoffman, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry at Drexel University. He is heavily involved with the general chemistry course sequence for both chemistry and non-chemistry science majors, including students from the Honors College, as well as with coordination and instruction of CHEM 425 (inorganic chem lab for graduating chemistry majors).

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    • Fraser Fleming

      International Food Scientist Once Called Drexel Home

      April 29, 2020

      Anthony Del Vecchio, BS/MS chemistry ’63, was a Drexel alumnus who enjoyed a distinguished career as an international food scientist, and who passed away the end of April 2019. As a result of his work, he was awarded multiple patents, which are now on display in the chemistry department conference room and the library in Disque Hall.

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    • Drexel University Science In Motion Van

      Drexel’s Science in Motion Program Helps Level the Playing Field

      April 29, 2020

      Drexel University’s Science in Motion (SIM) program is an innovative, basic education/higher education partnership, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2000, that provides equipment and materials for high school and middle school chemistry classes.

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    • Aha! + Aaaah: Creative Insight Triggers a Neural Reward Signal

      April 09, 2020

      <p>A new neuroimaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab points to an answer of what may have driven the evolutionary development of creativity.</p>

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    • Graphic: Covid-19 Resource List by clinical psychology PhD student Kelsey Clark

      Psychology PhD Student Creates COVID-19 Resource List

      April 07, 2020

      As the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread, clinical psychology PhD student Kelsey Clark was inspired by her training as both a scientist and a clinical practitioner to do something. She created the COIVD-19 Resource List — now stretching over 400 items long — to connect the public with a range of resources, with a focus on mental health.

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    • Sharing Excess: Battling Food Insecurity Through COVID-19

      April 06, 2020

      <span>When most of the activity in Philadelphia came to a halt due in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus, Drexel University alum Evan Ehlers and his food recovery nonprofit saw more action than ever &mdash; and rose to the challenge to benefit the city&rsquo;s less fortunate.</span>

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      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      April 03, 2020

      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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  • March

    • Autoimmune graphic

      Living with Autoimmune Illnesses

      March 31, 2020

      Kelly Joyce, PhD, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Science, Technology and Society (STS), and Mel Jeske, an alum of Drexel’s MS in STS program, published a series of articles that explore how people living in the United States make sense of and manage autoimmune illnesses.

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    • Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology

      Meet Sociology Prof Amanda McMillan Lequieu

      March 31, 2020

      Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and an environmental sociologist of work and home. She studies how working-class communities impacted by natural resource economies adapt to globalizing economies and changing environments across rural and urban contexts.

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    • Empty city street with no traffic due to coronavirus

      Some Thoughts on What Comes After a Mobility Shock

      March 31, 2020

      As the coronavirus sweeps around the world, outpacing public health efforts to contain it, all human mobilities have been brought to an abrupt halt. People have stopped going to work, children are kept home from school, many businesses have closed their doors, airplanes have stopped flying, cruise ships are turned away from ports, borders are closing, factories have stopped churning out products, and the shipment of goods globally has vastly slowed.

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    • APA Style Logo

      What’s New in APA Style

      March 31, 2020

      It had been over a decade since the American Psychology Association (APA) last revamped its writing manual when the organization released the 7th edition of its famous APA Style Guide in October 2019. The latest edition of the manual contains a number of updates and additions designed to make APA style more useful for students, teachers and researchers.

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    • Where in the Brain Does Creativity Come from? Evidence from Jazz Musicians

      March 31, 2020

      <p>A new brain-imaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab sheds light on the controversy on which side of the brain is responsible for creativity by studying the brain of jazz guitarists during improvisation.&nbsp;</p>

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    • Q&A: #COVIDCalls with Disaster Historian Scott Knowles

      March 27, 2020

      Every day, the head of Drexel’s Department of History speaks with experts about news and developments related to COVID-19 — and he wants you to listen in.

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    • Online Learning Tips From Your Fellow Dragons

      March 27, 2020

      <span>Some Drexel University students will take their first online class this spring as the curriculum goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To help cope with this transition, some of Drexel&rsquo;s top online students provided their online learning hacks and best practices.</span>

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    • ‘But You Don’t Look Sick?’ How Broad Categories like Autoimmune Impact Patient Experience

      March 23, 2020

      <span>When your disease is hard to name and doesn&rsquo;t have visible symptoms, it can be hard for others to understand that you are sick. And, when people don&rsquo;t know much about your disease, it can be hard to explain it to family and friends.</span>

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    • Monserrat Bores Martínez - Assistant teaching professor in Drexel University

      Meet New Global Studies Prof Monserrat Bores Martínez

      March 02, 2020

      Monserrat Bores Martínez is an assistant teaching professor in Drexel University’s Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages. In addition to her teaching and research, she previously served as a Fulbright faculty adviser at Princeton University, as co-director of the Puebla Education Abroad Program at Penn State University, and as a volunteer translator at a pediatric clinic.

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      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      March 02, 2020

      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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    • In Equatorial Guinea, Drexel Leaders Deepen Longstanding Research Partnership

      March 02, 2020

      A delegation led by President John Fry traveled to the African nation to further the University’s commitment to its Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program.

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  • February

    • An International Co-op Uncovering Drexel Family History

      February 26, 2020

      A history and sociology major completed a co-op in the city archives of the Austrian ancestral home of the Drexel family to learn more about the University founder’s father.

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    • Lending a Helping, Digital Hand in the Face of the Coronavirus

      February 19, 2020

      The director of Drexel’s University Writing Program helped faculty at NYU Shanghai convert their writing classes for digital learning after the campus shut down face-to-face operations.

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    • $600 Million Milestone Surpassed by The Campaign for Drexel

      February 13, 2020

      Drexel supporters have carried the University’s most ambitious fundraising campaign past its three-quarter mark.

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    • Earth Day, Every Day: Talking Climate Change With Your Peers

      February 12, 2020

      Healthy debate and discourse are at the center of most undergraduate students' lifestyles, but it may be hard to have a conversation with peers about climate change. Two activist students weigh in on how to ease the burden.

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    • Storefront of Harriet's Bookshop located in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood

      Drexel MFA Student Opens Harriett’s Bookshop in Fishtown

      February 03, 2020

      Harriett’s Bookshop, named in honor of Harriet Tubman, features a monthly literary rotation curated according to a theme — a comingling of new voices and “old voices that are new again,” says owner Jeannine Cook, a community activist and student in Drexel University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

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    • Leviathan Micro Card Game by Greg Loring-Albright - Artwork by Andrew Thompson

      Q&A with an Analog Game Designer and Scholar

      February 03, 2020

      We’re in the middle of a “gaming renaissance,” says Drexel student Greg Loring-Albright. So, what does that mean for you, exactly? Anyone can become a game creator! Loring-Albright shares his perspectives as a PhD candidate in communication, culture and media (CCM) who focuses in academic game studies and has also created his own games.

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      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      February 03, 2020

      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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    • Maegan Poland, PhD

      Meet New English Prof Maegan Poland

      February 03, 2020

      Maegan Poland, PhD, teaches creative writing through Drexel Storylab and composition in the First-Year Writing Program. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Mississippi Review, Pleiades and Beloit Fiction Journal, and has been awarded a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize anthology, a Tin House scholarship and a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She has served as Fiction Editor for Witness magazine, and as Managing Editor for Yalobusha Review.

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    • Drexel Study: Physical Activity is Good for Your Appetite, Too

      February 03, 2020

      Researchers from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University found exercise to be a protective factor in a study where participants in a weight loss program, who were following a reduced-calorie diet, engaged in exercise in their real-world environments.

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  • January

    • Young women studying at an outdoors table

      Spring Courses

      January 31, 2020

      Check out these new and noteworthy courses for Drexel’s spring term — like “Economy Gap and Homelessness,” a Community-Based Learning course taught in Japanese that explores social issues through media and community service.

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    • Drexel SOC 356 students at ESP; Photo credit: Kelly Underman

      Contemporary Sociology Theory Class Visits Eastern State Penitentiary

      January 31, 2020

      In November, Kelly Underman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, took her students in SOC 356 Contemporary Sociology Theory, to Eastern State Penitentiary. The field trip was intended to set the stage for the course unit on sociological theories of “Power,” beginning with the work of philosopher Michel Foucault.

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    • A Drexel PhD Student’s 'Summer' at the South Pole

      January 31, 2020

      <span>Steve Sclafani, a Drexel doctoral student in physics, spent over a month at the South Pole supporting research in the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, and following in the footsteps of his mentor.</span>

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    • Where Do We Want Drexel To Be in 10 Years?

      January 22, 2020

      Starting this month, the committee working on Drexel’s new 10-Year Strategic Plan will begin meeting with colleges and schools to seek input on how Drexel should navigate the upcoming crucial decade.

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    • Hidden Treasures: America’s First Drexel

      January 22, 2020

      In the early 19th century, the University’s founder’s father, Francis Martin Drexel, left his native Austria to become a famous portrait painter in America. He ended up creating a banking dynasty that led to the creation and funding of Drexel University.

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    • Employee Spotlight: The Nezus

      January 21, 2020

      Drexel psychology professors and husband-and-wife team Art and Christine Nezu celebrated 30 years at the University last year — and 36-plus years of marriage.

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    • Major-switcher Memoirs: Meet a Dragon Who Declared Four Different Majors Her First Year at Drexel

      January 17, 2020

      <span>Similar to national trends, more than one-third of Drexel undergraduate students change their major at least once. Like Elizabeth Warnock, who, after three failed switches within two different colleges her freshman year, found the elusive perfect fit she&rsquo;d been seeking.</span><br />

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    • Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards

      January 16, 2020

      Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty — like two Drexel professors who were awarded fellows of the National Academies of Inventors.

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    • “I’ve always been interested in China because it’s kind of like this place that everyone says is so different from any other country in the world and it’s so far away and it’s kind of like this unknown land,” said Sarah DiPasquale. Here she is at the Great Wall.

      Drexel-Inspired New Year’s Resolutions

      January 08, 2020

      Still looking for a New Year’s resolution? Hint — we’ve been sharing ideas all year long! Check out some of our top articles from the year for a little aspiration inspiration.

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    • STS master’s student Ann Campbell’s theory model, “Multispecies Assemblages of the Capitalocene.”

      Course Methodology: STS Theory Studio

      January 08, 2020

      I did not expect that students would use their potluck dish as part of their final project submission. We ate heptapod brownies, inspired by the extraterrestrial species in the movie “Arrival,” and learned about bacteria, mold, and transnational technoscience as we sampled artisan cheeses. These potluck offerings were science, technology and society theory models, in edible form — nourishment for finals week at Drexel University.

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      CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

      January 08, 2020

      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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    • PES Refinery

      Public Policy Course Tackles Philadelphia’s PES Refinery Problem

      January 07, 2020

      The Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in South Philadelphia was the largest and oldest refinery complex on the East Coast until it shut down this summer, following an explosion on June 21, when a highly flammable processing liquid leaked and caught fire from a corroded elbow joint, sending a massive fireball into the Grays Ferry darkness.

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    • David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, ABPP - Becoming a Forensic Psychologist

      How to Become a Forensic Psychologist

      January 06, 2020

      Aided by depictions in the media and popular culture, forensic psychology is a rapidly growing field. However, there are still many misconceptions about what it means to be a forensic psychologist — and how to become one. A team from Drexel’s Department of Psychology sought to address the lack of career guidance and widen access to the field in the new book “Becoming a Forensic Psychologist,” published by Routledge.

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    • Drexel Students Receive Fulbright Scholarship

      10 Years Ago at Drexel CoAS

      January 06, 2020

      As we kick off a new decade of scholarship and innovation, join us for a fun look back at life in the College of Arts and Sciences 10 years ago!

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