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November

  • The Most Popular Tweets, Posts and Shares of the Month — November 2015

    November 30, 2015

    From hard work improving the local community to hard work preparing for the next athletic season, see the best of Drexel through social media posts in October.

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  • Drexel Materials Scientists Aid Australian Institution in Developing Super-Absorbent Material That Can Soak Up Oil Spills

    November 30, 2015

    In hopes of limiting the disastrous environmental effects of massive oil spills, Materials scientists from Drexel University and Deakin University, in Australia, have teamed up to manufacture and test a new material, called a boron nitride nanosheet, that can absorb up to 33 times its weight in oils and organic solvents—a trait that could make it an important technology for quickly mitigating these costly accidents.

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  • Drexel Culinary Students Team Up with the Curtis Institute of Music to Offer International Evening of Music and Food

    November 30, 2015

    <p>Two of the most anticipated heralds of the holiday season &ndash; music and food &ndash; will come together at a special community dinner at the Drexel University&rsquo;s Dana and David Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships (35th and Spring Garden Streets) on <strong><span>Tuesday, Dec.1 from 6 - 7:30 p.m</span></strong><span>. The internationally-themed dinner will include food stations featuring Chinese, Russian and Spanish cuisine prepared by culinary students from Drexel&rsquo;s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, complemented by music from those regions performed by students from the Curtis Institute of Music. One of the Dornsife Center&rsquo;s monthly community dinners, this event will be free and open to residents of Mantua and Powelton and members of the Drexel community.</p>

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  • Happy Thanksgiving: From Drexel’s Campus to Your Dinner Table

    November 23, 2015

    Ally Zeitz, manager of the Drexel Food Lab, offers healthier takes on traditional Thanksgiving dishes in honor of the upcoming national holiday.

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  • Heard Around Campus: November 2015

    November 23, 2015

    It’s been a full month. We dealt with a citywide security scare aimed at local universities, elected a new mayor, honored our nation’s heroes in the city’s first annual Veterans Day parade and enjoyed an unseasonably warm Halloween.

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  • Drexel and American Campus Communities Partnership Yields Numerous Honors for Chestnut Square

    November 20, 2015

    American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC), the largest owner, manager and developer of high-quality student housing properties in the U.S., was recently presented with two awards from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for Chestnut Square, its mixed-use student housing development located on Drexel’s campus.

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  • Who’s Hiring? Point.io

    November 19, 2015

    DrexelNow’s new “Who’s Hiring” series profiles employers within the university’s vast network of employers. First up: app developer Point.io.

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  • A Fitter U Q&A: November 2015

    November 18, 2015

    In this month’s “A Fitter U Q&A,” Joe Giandonato, Drexel's manager of health promotion, tackles questions about winter exercise, stretches and lower back pain.

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  • Drexel’s Own ‘Spectre’

    November 06, 2015

    Forget Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and even Daniel Craig. There was once a real James Bond in the not-so-distant past and Drexel has a rather unique connection to him. The real James Bond was no secret agent, but he was a spy….of sorts. A bird spy.

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  • Drexel’s 11th Street Health Center Doubles in Size with Sheller Gift to Improve and Expand Community Services

    November 05, 2015

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 11 will celebrate the new, fully equipped facilities thanks to a major expansion of the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services Center of Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, a community-based, nurse-managed health center in North Philadelphia, which provides a holistic approach to health care.

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  • A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment Plots a Course for Philadelphia to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    November 04, 2015

    Researchers from the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment issued a 97-page report to the City of Philadelphia that plots a detailed course for how the city can reduce its emission of greenhouse gasses—with the goal of an 80 percent reduction by the year 2050. Among its suggestions are retrofitting hospitals, grocery stores, schools and retail stores with better windows and insulation; drawing electricity from low-carbon sources like nuclear, wind and solar power; and encouraging the use of electric vehicles, public transportation, walking and cycling.

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  • Drexel Celebrates Veterans Day

    November 04, 2015

    Drexel has a full lineup of events this week to honor our nation’s — and the University’s — veterans.

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  • More than 1,200 Dig In at Fourth Annual Drexel Food Day

    November 03, 2015

    Healthy food choices and fitness were the focus of this year's Drexel Food Day, the fourth year for the event, which is held at the Drexel Recreation Center and open to all members of the Drexel community.

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