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October

  • PennDOT Announces $2.5 Million Award for 30th Street Station District Plan

    October 31, 2014

    Department of Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch visited Drexel on Oct. 30 to announce a $2.5 million award from the Commonwealth to support the “Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan.”

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  • The Comeback Kids

    October 31, 2014

    Drexel’s Paintball team is back after a four-year hiatus. Three Drexel alumni are coaching the team and have high hopes for a killer season.

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  • Clean Smell Doesn't Always Mean Clean Air

    October 29, 2014

    Some of the same chemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere as a result of smog and ozone are actually taking place in your house while you are cleaning. A researcher in Drexel’s College of Engineering is taking a closer look at these reactions, which involve an organic compound -called limonene- that provides the pleasant smell of cleaning products and air fresheners. His research will help to determine what byproducts these sweet-smelling compounds are adding to the air while we are using them to remove germs and odors.

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  • Carla Hall from ABC’s “The Chew” Serves Southern-Style Recipes at Food Truck during Drexel Pep Rally

    October 28, 2014

    "Top Chef" finalist Carla Hall and Drexel culinary and hospitality students will dish up Hall's famous hot chicken recipe and others at a food truck on Drexel's campus on Nov. 5.

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  • Candy Chang Visits Drexel

    October 27, 2014

    Artist, designer and urban planner Candy Chang wants the University City community to think about life and death. She recently installed one of her popular "Before I Die" walls at the University City High School construction site as a precursor to her visit as a distinguished speaker in the spring.

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  • Drexel Urban Education Series to Discuss Potential of Promise Zone

    October 22, 2014

    A diverse group of educators, organizations, parents, students and researchers who are interested in education in Philadelphia will come together at Drexel University on Monday, Nov. 17 from 6 – 8 p.m. Attendees will collaboratively define “urban education” and determine how that shared understanding informs the promise, potential and possibilities in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone neighborhood bordering Drexel and beyond. The discussion is part of the Critical Conversations in Urban Education series hosted by Drexel’s School of Education.

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  • National Constitution Center Founder Named Visiting Fellow at Drexel

    October 17, 2014

    Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (Ret.) has been named Drexel University Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Public Policy for the duration of this academic year. He will contribute to the teaching and scholarship undertaken by Drexel’s Center for Public Policy, and in particular help advance the Center’s efforts to facilitate public policy discussion and debate in the region.

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  • Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement to Evaluate Drexel Police

    October 16, 2014

    A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will visit Drexel to evaluate all aspects of the Drexel University Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations and support services.

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  • Drexel Study Questions 21-Day Quarantine Period For Ebola

    October 15, 2014

    As medical personnel and public health officials are responding to the first reported cases of Ebola Virus in the United States, many of the safety and treatment procedures for treating the virus and preventing its spread are being reexamined. One of the tenets for minimizing the risk of spreading the disease has been a 21-day quarantine period for individuals who might have been exposed to the virus. But a new study by Charles Haas, PhD, a professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering, suggests that 21 days might not be enough to completely prevent spread of the virus.

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  • Drexel’s Innovation Neighborhood Receives $5 Million Grant from Commonwealth

    October 14, 2014

    Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Jim Cawley visited Drexel University’s campus on Oct. 10 and announced a $5 million Economic Growth Initiative Grant to assist in the development of the University’s Innovation Neighborhood development project.

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  • Employers Line up at Drexel’s Fall Career Fair

    October 09, 2014

    More than 220 employers lined up to recruit from more than 1,700 students at Drexel University’s Fall Career Fair on Oct. 9.

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  • Missed Convocation? It's All Right Here

    October 09, 2014

    In case you couldn't make it to Convocation earlier this week, DrexelNow brings you a roundup complete with some of the event's main speeches by President John Fry, Interim Provost James Herbert and keynote speaker Paula Cohen.

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  • 11th Street Health Center Hosts Reading and Resource Day for Children and Parents

    October 09, 2014

    Book readings, activities for children, a book giveaway, educational resources, insurance enrollment and health and wellness resources for parents and guardians were among the activities at the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services Center of Drexel University's “11th Street Loves to Read Day.”

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  • How Did Drexel End Up With Rare David Bowie Recordings?

    October 06, 2014

    Part of legendary musician David Bowie’s five-decade career is currently housed in the basement of a Drexel building.

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  • LEVER-3D

    October 03, 2014

    For hundreds of years biologists have studied cells through the lens of a microscope. With a little help from a team of engineers at Drexel University, these scientists could soon be donning 3-D glasses in a home-theater-like lab to take their own fantastic voyage into the petri dish.

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  • 5 Things You Should Know About Ebola Virus

    October 02, 2014

    Drexel’s Esther Chernak gives us the facts about the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa and weighs in on the confirmed case of the disease here in the United States, which she says is not expected to spread.

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  • From the Archives: Drexel Glee Club and Varsity Singers

    October 02, 2014

    Drexel University Archivist Rob Sieczkiewicz takes us back to 1946 and introduces Drexel’s very own Glee Club, a group that found its beginning at the University in the 1920s.

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  • LiveNote

    October 02, 2014

    The Philadelphia Orchestra, in collaboration with engineers from Drexel University’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center, is launching a mobile app that will change the way audiences experience musical performances.

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  • Drexel Opens Perelman Plaza:A Transformed Hub in the Heart of Campus

    October 01, 2014

    Thanks to a $5 million gift from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Education Foundation, Drexel University transformed the center of its campus along 32nd Street, between Chestnut and Market Streets. The resulting hub, known as the Raymond G. Perelman Plaza, opened to the campus community on Sept. 30. The University marked the occasion with a celebration and dedication ceremony.

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