August

Students Share Co-op Experiences in the College of Arts and Sciences

August 31, 2021
During the spring/summer co-op, the College of Arts and Sciences invested $425,000 to offer 51 positions for students to pursue. Two students, Victoria Wible and Tetyana Yevdosyuk, share their experiences.
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Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Sharp ‘02 Discusses Co-op Success, Communications Career

August 30, 2021
Jessica Sharp, a communication alum and co-founder and principal of Maven Communications, credits her success to her co-op experiences at Drexel. Here she discusses those experiences as well as what she loves about working in the constantly changing field of strategic communications.
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CoAS Faculty and Research Featured in EXEL Magazine

August 24, 2021
The new issue of EXEL, Drexel University’s research magazine, features a number of articles on College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, departments, centers and programs, recognizing the significant contributions they have made to research and discoveries.
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College to Mark Return to Campus with ‘CoAS Comes Back!’ Celebration

August 17, 2021
The College of Arts and Sciences, recognized by President John Fry as “the heart of the University,” presents CoAS Comes Back! on Tuesday, October 5, from 3 to 7 p.m., in Gateway Garden. All Arts and Sciences students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to gather, connect in person, and enjoy food, fun and music.
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Dieting: Villain or Scapegoat? Research Reevaluates Weight Loss Dieting

August 17, 2021
For decades, there has been an accepted definition of dieting in academia, and in society as a whole. Michael Lowe, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has recently reevaluated the decades of dieting research to redefine the way researchers and the public define – and therefore understand - dieting and the culture of weight loss.
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CoAS Accomplishments in Brief

August 12, 2021
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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Environmental Science PhD Candidate Lincoln Rehm Named John A. Knauss Fellow

August 11, 2021
Lincoln Rehm, an environmental science doctoral candidate who studies giant clams and coral reef ecology, has been named a John A. Knauss Fellow. As a Knauss Fellow, Rehm will receive hands-on experience transferring science to policy and management through a one-year appointment with a federal government office in Washington, DC.
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NIH R01 Award to Develop Next-Generation Dry Electroencephalography (EEG)

August 09, 2021
Assistant Professor of Psychology John Medaglia, PhD, and collaborator Flavia Vitale, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded an R01 research project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a next-generation dry EEG using MXene electrodes, creating an update to this neuroscience technique that has been fundamentally unchanged for over 100 years.
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Meet New Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Scott Warnock

August 04, 2021
As Director of the University Writing Program Scott Warnock, PhD, prepares to assume the role of Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences on September 1, he took the time to discuss his research interests, how remote learning will affect in-person classes going forward, antiracist pedagogy and his favorite food truck on campus, among other things.
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