2016

November
- Faculty Outside Their Discipline
  
  November 2016
  
  This month, we featured our new Faculty Fellows, Prof. Shivanthi Anandan from the Department of Biology and Prof. Stefan Rank from Digital Media. During this academic year, these Fellows will be full participants at ExCITe, contributing their knowledge and expertise to our activities here.
  
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October
- Design in Philadelphia
  
  October 2016
  
  October is the season for Design Philadelphia: an annual 10-day festival showcasing and celebrating our city’s creative economy. In this month’s podcast, we’ve highlighted a few perspectives on design and it’s relevance and application to a variety of problems, from consumer products to healthcare.
  
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September
- Learning Innovation
  
  September 2016
  
  It’s time to head back to school, and this month we wrap up our two-part series exploring innovations in learning.
  
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August
- Ten Years of Summer Music Technology
  
  August 2016
  
  At the end of July, we celebrated the 10th year of our Summer Music Technology (or SMT) high school program. This unique one week camp uses music to motivate interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (or STEM).
  
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July
- Technology and Politics
  
  July 2016
  
  With both major party conventions this month and the Democratic National Convention coming to Philadelphia, this podcast has explored the relationship between technology and politics. Media technology has always played a role in elections and political campaigns, but with tech being increasingly prominent in the US economy, it seems more intertwined with politics than ever.
  
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June
- Open Access
  
  June 2016
  
  Our topic this month is Open Access Research, which sounds wonky but is really about a fundamental principle that impacts us all, which is “Information wants to be free”.
  
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May
- Diversity in Higher Education
  
  May 2016
  
  This month we've focused on efforts to increase diversity in higher education, particularly in the STEM fields: that’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
  
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April
- Crossing Borders
  
  April 2016
  
  Our recent podcasts have focused primarily on local and regional efforts, such as innovative education and civic engagement initiatives. As a true urban University, Drexel is an active participant in building the future of Philadelphia.
  
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March
- Food Data Security and Policy
  
  March 2016
  
  In this month's ExCITeCast, we've highlighted the efforts of Drexel's Food Lab founded by Prof. Jonathan Deustch, which focuses on sustainability, health promotion, and food product design.
  
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February
- Scalability and Iteration in Education
  
  February 2016
  
  Public education faces enormous challenges, especially in urban school districts. But we often forget that public education represents one of this country’s greatest successes, an example of incredibly rapid scaling to advance literacy, knowledge, and skills across an entire country.
  
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January
- Defining Civic Innovation
  
  January 2016
  
  Happy New Year! As we kick off 2016, we return to one of our core themes at ExCITe. In this ExCITeCast, we've heard from leaders of Civic Innovation efforts around the country.
  
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