Keith Orris to Lead Drexel's Corporate Relations and Economic Development
Aug 30, 2012
Drexel University has appointed Lancaster General Health Senior Vice President Keith A. Orris as senior vice president for Corporate Relations and Economic Development, a new position that will play a key role in realizing the vision of Drexel’s new strategic plan. Orris will join the University on October 15.
What I’m Reading: Roger J. Dennis
Aug 29, 2012
Earle Mack School of Law Dean Roger Dennis took advantage of some free time on a recent vacation and read Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell.
Dye-sensitized solar panel research
Aug 28, 2012
Solar panels, like those commonly perched atop house roofs or in sun-drenched fields, quietly harvesting the sun’s radiant energy, are one of the standard-bearers of the green energy movement. But could they be better – more efficient, durable and affordable? That’s what engineers from Drexel University and The University of Pennsylvania are trying to find out, with the aid of a little nanotechnology and a lot of mathematical modeling.
What I'm Reading: Alison Novak
Aug 27, 2012
Drexel's Alison Novak is currently reading Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations From the Not-So-Empty Nest by Sally Koslow. She spoke with DrexelNow about the book and how it approaches children who return home after college through a refreshingly humorous lens.
Q&A with Dr. Eric Zillmer: Lance Armstrong’s Legacy
Aug 27, 2012
Drexel's Dr. Eric Zillmer talked to DrexelNow about why Armstrong—whose perseverance through cancer to athletic excellence has yielded him to many as an American hero—could ultimately be erased from the history books.
Drexel Partners with National Constitution Center to Create Free Webcast on the Presidency
Aug 24, 2012
Drexel University’s Learning Technologies Group in the School of Education worked in partnership with the National Constitution Center to create a free webcast, Constitution Hall Pass: The Presidency, in celebration of the U.S. Constitution’s milestone 225th anniversary. The webcast, the latest edition of the National Constitution Center’s Constitution Hall Pass series, will be available starting Monday, September 10, at constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday.
Drexel Students Travel to London Paralympic Games
Aug 21, 2012
Nine Drexel University students will travel to London from August 31 through September 8 to see the 2012 Paralympic Games, as part of the travel-integrated course “Perspectives on Disability,” the fourth course in the Great Works Symposium 2012 Series.
PEF breast cancer detection technology DoH grant
Aug 20, 2012
Physicians could soon have a new, noninvasive and radiation-free option when it comes to performing regular breast exams. A hand-held device, using technology developed at Drexel University, that can detect cancer by sensing the elasticity of breast tissue is moving into the final stages of testing and development with help from a Pennsylvania Department of Health grant.
Co-op Takes Drexel Student to a Magic Kingdom
Aug 20, 2012
Business administration senior Emily Wortman knew her entire life she wanted to work for the Walt Disney Company. She never imagined she'd do it before graduating from college.
What I'm Reading: Robert Stokes
Aug 16, 2012
DrexelNow checked in with Stokes to find out why he picked up The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time by David Sloan Wilson.
Q&A with John Kounios: The 'Aha! Moment'
Aug 13, 2012
Drexel's Dr. John Kounios recently discussed with DrexelNow his nominated topic, “The neuroscience behind epiphanies," for the 2013 TED Conference.
Drexel Professor Teaches Life Skills to Foster Youth
Aug 10, 2012
Thirty ninth-grade students from Arise Academy Charter High School, the only charter school for foster youth in the country, will receive individual mentoring and social skills training through a new partnership with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of SoutheasternPennsylvania. Students will also receive additional life-skills training from Dr. Chuck Williams, a professor in Drexel University’s School of Education and a2012Stoneleigh Fellow, who is himself a former foster youth.
Engineering Student Makes Time for World Travel
Aug 8, 2012
For many of Drexel’s engineering students, studying abroad seems impossible with such a full schedule of fast-paced classes and demanding homework. But Michelle Martucci made it a point to have this experience during her college career.
Wireless Network-on-Chip
Aug 7, 2012
“Location, location, location”: That age-old key to successful real estate investing has also been the driving mantra in microchip architecture. But with space on the tiny silicon chips at a premium, as demand for faster, smaller technology increases, engineers at Drexel University could be adding “bandwidth” and “frequency” to the chip design paradigm by adding wireless antennas to the chips.
Grad Student Masters Art of Juggling Work and School
Aug 7, 2012
In between juggling acts at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., this summer, Wall tells DrexelNow about how he’s able to balance life as a Drexel student and as the second best juggler in the world.
Academy Celebrates Bugs in August With Nature's Assassins and Bug Fest
Aug 6, 2012
Dozens of live deadly scorpions, notorious black widow spiders, and giant centipedes will be on special display throughout August, as the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University celebrates its Bicentennial with bug month. The creepy crawly experience really ratchets up Aug. 11 and 12 with the 5th annual Bug Fest celebration.
Engineers adding arms to unmanned aerial vehicles
Aug 1, 2012
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand –and an arm– from engineers at Drexel University as part of a National Science Foundation grant to investigate adding dexterous limbs to the aircrafts. The project, whose subject harkens to the hovering android iconography of sci-fi movies, could be a step toward the use of UAVs for emergency response and search and rescue scenarios.
What I'm Reading: Ken Lacovara
Aug 1, 2012
DrexelNow pulled Dr. Ken Lacovara, paleontologist and associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, from his work in a marl pit in Gloucester County, NJ, to find out what he’s currently reading. He just finished The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester.