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April

  • Update on Fall Planning & Course Scheduling

    April 30, 2021

    <p>A message on fall term planning and course scheduling was sent to faculty and professional staff. Drexel will be returning to full on-campus operations in the fall to the maximum extent permittable.</p>

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  • Drexel Names New Computing Cluster After Historic Alumna

    April 29, 2021

    Picotte, the University’s high-performing computing equipment, is named for Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, who is believed to be the first Native American physician in the U.S.

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  • Medical Device Startup Nephria Bio to Use Drexel's MXene Filter Material in Wearable Artificial Kidney Technology

    April 29, 2021

    <p style="margin: 0in;">Drexel University&rsquo;s MXene material is one step closer to transforming the lives of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease. Nephria Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based spin-off of the South Korean medical device company EOFlow Co., Ltd., has signed a licensing agreement with the University to use the two-dimensional material, discovered at Drexel, as a filter in a wearable artificial kidney device it is developing. The technology could allow many of the millions of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease worldwide to move more freely, without spending hours each week anchored to large dialysis machines.</p>
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  • Heard Around Campus — April

    April 28, 2021

    Get ready for upcoming meditation and wellness practices to be accessed virtually and on campus (like the greenhouse on the third floor of Stratton Hall).

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  • Drexel Vaccine Clinics Offer Dragons A Shot of Post-Pandemic Hope

    April 26, 2021

    <p style="margin: 0in;"><span>On April 19, more than 1,000 Dragons received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at one of many Drexel University-sponsored and Sunray Pharmacy-operated clinics for employees and students.</span><br />
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  • Drexel Returning to Normal Grading

    April 23, 2021

    <p>A message announcing that Drexel will end the Pass/No Pass option and return to normal grading beginning in the summer term was sent to the University community.</p>

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  • Student Update: COVID-19 Vaccine and Fall 2021

    April 20, 2021

    <p>Drexel University leadership announced that COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all undergraduate and graduate students in full-time and part-time face-to-face programs this fall.
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  • 2021 Global Research Symposium: International Solutions for A Global Crisis

    April 20, 2021

    The University’s “Climate Year: Global Research Symposium” brought together Drexel faculty and international partners to present and discuss ways of studying, addressing and combatting climate change.

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  • Pandemic Rebound to Include $11 Million Investment in Academics

    April 20, 2021

    <p>A message was sent to Drexel faculty and professional staff about the University requiring student vaccinations and academic investments to support the strategic plan. </p>

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  • One Year Later: Play-by-play Advice for the Pandemic Co-op

    April 19, 2021

    <span>Five seasoned pandemic co-op students who are part of the Steinbright Career Development Center&rsquo;s Peer Mentor program already knocked their pandemic co-ops out of the park. Now, they&rsquo;re sharing success strategies to help other Dragons make their current co-op experiences a grand slam.</span>

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  • Drexel Helps to Establish First Trade Association for Expanding Research, Development and Commercial Use of MXene Materials

    April 19, 2021

    <p>A decade after Drexel University researchers made the pathbreaking discovery of a family of versatile, two-dimensional materials, which they dubbed MXenes, the University is helping to establish a global trade association for researchers, manufacturers and companies that are working with the materials. Called the MXene Association, it will serve as the professional body to establish standards and best practices, connect researchers and corporations and promote the research and development involving the materials.</p>
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  • Urban Ethnographer Elijah Anderson to Address Graduates at Drexel’s University-wide Commencement

    April 14, 2021

    <p>One of the nation’s most influential scholars in the field of urban inequality, Elijah Anderson, will address the class of 2021 at Drexel’s university-wide commencement ceremony on June 11. Provided that health and safety regulations and best practices allow, Drexel University will return to Citizens Bank Park to celebrate the graduating class. The ceremony will be live-streamed.</p>

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  • Staying Civically Engaged In Between Presidential Elections

    April 12, 2021

    <span>Students voted at higher rates than ever before in 2020. Voting is an important first step in civic engagement but there is so much to do in between elections.</span>

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  • One Year Later: Mental Health Tips From Drexel Students, For Drexel Students

    April 12, 2021

    <span>Three master&rsquo;s students in different disciplines of creative arts therapy discussed the stressors, hurdles and advice for maintaining sound mental health one year into the coronavirus pandemic.</span>

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  • Planning for Fall Return to Campus

    April 08, 2021

    A message with updates on planning for a fall return was sent to faculty and professional staff. Based on available data, Drexel is currently working with Real Estate and Facilities and the Office of the University Registrar to plan for 3 feet of masked socially distanced in-person instruction in the fall term. Instructors will be able to distance 6 feet or more and the University will continue to follow guidance from public health authorities as it becomes available.

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  • Drexel to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine to Students, Faculty and Professional Staff

    April 06, 2021

    <p>An announcement about Drexel offering the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible students, faculty and professional staff was sent to the University community. Drexel will make vaccine available to eligible populations prioritized by Philadelphia&rsquo;s phased distribution, Drexel&rsquo;s return to campus phases and vaccine availability.</p>

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  • 12 Campus Amenities Newly Opened or Offered for Spring Term

    April 05, 2021

    <p style="margin: 0in;"><span>With the warmer weather has come expanded offerings both on and near campus in terms of recreation, dining and arts and culture.</span></p>

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  • Public Safety & U — April

    April 05, 2021

    Learn more about the work behind the Drexel University Public Safety Communications Center and reacquaint yourself with some safety tips applicable for both those on and off campus this term.

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  • Drexel Added to University Climate Change Coalition

    April 02, 2021

    The University will work with partner North American institutions of higher education to address and advance climate action through research, partnerships and other collaborations.

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