2015

- Drexel Formalizes Partnership With Renowned Cuban Film Institution
  
  November 03, 2015
  
  In December a small class of film students from Drexel University will get a chance to view Cuba through a lens. And in an opportunity that would have been impossible just a few decades ago, and a rarity even in recent years, they will be the ones directing its gaze. The Escuela International de Cine y Television, Cuba’s iconic film school, that counts Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez among its noted founders, recently formalized a relationship with Drexel to offer a two-week documentary filmmaking course in Havana this winter.
  
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- Employee Spotlight: Yury Gogotsi
  
  October 27, 2015
  
  Yury Gogotsi, PhD, has worked for much of his professional career in the international realm and believes that Drexel must strive to increase its global research presence or be left behind.
  
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- Dragons Finish European Tour Undefeated
  
  August 31, 2015
  
  The women’s basketball team made the most of their tour of France, Belgium and the Netherlands by going 4-0 and jelling as a team.
  
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- Drexel Women’s Basketball To Build Chemistry in Europe
  
  August 13, 2015
  
  Set to head to Belgium, the Netherlands and Europe, Drexel women’s basketball hopes to jell during the international tour before this year’s challenging season.
  
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- Engineering Peace: Drexel Joins PeaceTech Lab in Global Mission to Use Technology for Resolving Conflicts
  
  July 27, 2015
  
  Drexel University engineering researchers and students are joining an international effort led by PeaceTech Lab, a non-profit entity launched by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), to prepare the next generation of humanitarian engineers. The PeaceTech Lab’s Young Engineers Program seeks to use the skills of talented young technologists in service of communities in conflict zones around the world who are seeking to create a sustainable peace.
  
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- Drexel Antenna Research Helping to Boost The Performance of Commercial Wireless Networking Technology
  
  July 07, 2015
  
  Wireless antenna technology that originated in the College of Engineering has hit the market in the newest family of ZyXEL ’smart attennae’ designed to seek a better wireless connection.
  
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- Drexel's Microscale 'Transformer' Robots Are Joining Forces to Break Through Blocked Arteries
  
  June 24, 2015
  
  Swarms of microscopic, magnetic, robotic beads could be scrubbing in next to the world’s top vascular surgeons—all taking aim at blocked arteries.
  
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- From Syria to Drexel: Freshman Tells His Rebel Story
  
  May 15, 2015
  
  In Syria, Mahmoud Hallak helped coordinate protests against the Bashar al-Assad government, lost his father to government forces, and was wounded by a grenade during a demonstration. Now the Drexel freshman is sharing his story.
  
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- Striking 'Gold' with Public Health Entertainment-Education
  
  April 30, 2015
  
  Amy Henderson Riley, a doctoral student in the School of Public Health, wants to change the way the public learns about health. Right now, she's researching whether love triangles and radio drama on a program called "Black Gold" helps inform the people of Mozambique about maternal and child health.
  
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- Why is Reforming the United Nations So Hard But So Important? Q+A with Former U.N. Ambassador Joe Torsella
  
  April 24, 2015
  
  As the United Nations celebrates its 70th anniversary, DrexelNow checked in with Ambassador (Ret.) Joseph M. Torsella, distinguished visiting fellow in the Center for Public Policy in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, who formerly servedas the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform. From 2011-2014, he was responsible for leading efforts to make the U.N. a more efficient, accountable, respected and effective organization. On Wednesday, May 13, Torsella will give a public discussion at Drexel on “The U.S., the U.N. and U.N. Reform: Why its So Hard...and So Important.” The event will take place from 1:30 – 3 p.m. in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center’s Mitchell Auditorium (32nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia).
  
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