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Campus & Community

The 2018 University-wide commencement ceremony ended with fireworks.

2018 Commencement Recap: Dragons, Fireworks and M. Night Shyamalan

Drexel University sent off its Class of 2018 with a special University-wide commencement ceremony held at Citizens Bank Park.
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Check out the New Public Safety Website Refresh

Drexel’s Department of Public Safety recently completed a website redesign to make it easier for find information related to safety and communication outreach.
Drexel's 2018 University-wide commencement

Reliving Commencement Through Tweets

They came. They saw. They graduated. Here are some of the Drexel University community’s reactions to the 2018 University-wide commencement ceremony, held June 15 at Citizens Bank Park.
Drexel Writers Room

Writers Room Creates Community Through Stories, Photos With Canon Project

Drexel University’s Writers Room celebrated the release of the program’s fourth collective work, “Anthology,” and the culmination of its year-long, writer-in-residence program, TRIPOD.
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So Long, Graduates; Hello, Summer Fridays

It’s that time of year again: Summer Fridays are back for Drexel University faculty and staff, in appreciation for all of the hard work that these Dragons accomplish throughout the year.
The cap that Devin Williams, a design and merchandising student in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, decorated to win third place.

Capping it All Off: Winners Chosen for 2018 Commencement Cap Contest

For this year’s graduation, Drexel University held a contest for graduating students to show off their decorated caps in an Instagram contest.
Photo of a boy and a girl working on a science project

Drexel’s ExCITe Center Releases First National Study of K-12 Education Makerspaces

The ExCITe Center at Drexel University released Making Culture, the first in-depth examination of K-12 education makerspaces nationwide, revealing the significance of cultural aspects of making that enable learning.

Malcom Jenkins interacting with students at Young Dragons camp in 2016.

Malcolm Jenkins Foundation Expands Partnership with Drexel for Young Dragons Summer STEAM Camp

The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation is expanding its partnership with Drexel University’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center and Lindy Center for Civic Engagement  to offer a summer camp for local students to learn, experiment and experience the interplay between science, technology, engineering, arts, athletics and mathematics (STEAM).

The homepage of NUAVNow.org featuring a mural found in North Philadelphia and some dancers in front of it.

Drexel, Congreso Partner to Map Neighborhood-Specific Violence Trends in Eastern North Philadelphia

A partnership between the Urban Health Collaborative and the non-profit Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc. put together the first neighborhood-specific crime map for the area that's home to Philadelphia's largest population of Latino residents.
Graduate Student Day 2018 Winners

Graduate Student, Affiliate Accomplishments Recognized at 2018 Graduate Student Day

Annual Graduate Student Day events have become a rare time for graduate students from across Drexel University come together and celebrate their achievements.
Photo of the 27 members of the Korman family in from of the Korman Center

Drexel Dedicates Transformed Quad and Korman Center Addition

A dedication ceremony on June 6 officially marked the opening of the addition to Drexel’s Korman Center and surrounding “Quad.” Located at the heart of Drexel’s campus, the Korman Center and its surrounding green space have served as a University landmark for decades.
The Forum for Inclusive Culture (I-Forum) was able to comfortably fit 24 people in the Center’s Ida Chen Room for a recent meeting, thanks to a collapsible glass window wall that was pushed aside to allow for more space. This handy feature will be especially useful when the center is used to host other meetings, events, guest speakers and movie nights.

Drexel Community Unpacks Difficult Topics at Regular iForum Meetings

Drexel University regularly hosts the Forum for Inclusive Culture, also known as the iForum, as a means for faculty, staff and students to come together and discuss issues of diversity and inclusion.
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Ready, Set, Register: Drexel’s Annual Employee Olympics Is Coming Up

Faculty and staff have until June 13 to register to compete in the day’s events, which could win them an iPad or Fitbit.