2016

December
- Drexel and Philadelphia Awarded Multi-Million, Multi-Year Promise Neighborhood Grant
  
  December 21, 2016
  Drexel University President John Fry, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Superintendent William Hite, PhD, community members and area elected officials gathered at Morton McMichael Elementary School on Dec. 21 to officially announce that the community surrounding Drexel in West Philadelphia has won the 2016 Promise Neighborhoods Program Implementation Grant Competition. Drexel was the lead applicant of the grant, on which the City of Philadelphia, The School District of Philadelphia and several other area groups and non-profits also partnered.
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October
- Philadelphia Public School Students Will Become Urban Scientists With New $1.17M NSF Grant
  
  October 18, 2016
  Four hundred local fourth, fifth and sixth grade students will have the opportunity to become urban scientists with resources made possible through a new, three-year $1.17 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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September
- Drexel Dragons Present Research at One of the World’s Most Prestigious Conferences on Education
  
  September 06, 2016
  
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August
- Drexel Professor Comments On Community College Rankings
  
  August 25, 2016
  
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July
- Drexel's School of Education Earns Important Accreditation In Reading Instruction
  
  July 01, 2016
  
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June
- Passing Co-op With Flying Colors — and an Award
  
  June 10, 2016
  One education major received Drexel’s co-op award for the work and effort she put in as an instructional assistant for a kindergarten class.
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- The Complicated Data On Girls In STEM
  
  June 10, 2016
  
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- Renowned Urban Education Scholar Speaks at Drexel
  
  June 03, 2016
  
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May
- Heard Around Campus – May
  
  May 25, 2016
  With Commencement right around the corner, May is time for getting deserved recognition and finishing up lingering projects before the heat of summer kicks in.
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- H. Richard Milner ‘Engaging Multiple Voices’ At Drexel
  
  May 12, 2016
  In an insightful guest presentation, urban education scholar H. Richard Milner IV broke down the problems facing students in our public school system. The event was part of the School of Education’s Critical Conversations in Urban Education Lecture Series.
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- Celebrating the Best of Drexel’s Historic Co-op Program in 2016
  
  May 06, 2016
  Drexel’s annual Cooperative Education Awards honored outstanding co-op students and employers alike.
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April
- Heard Around Campus — April 2016
  
  April 22, 2016
  April is a month of recognition. Lucy Kerman, PhD, was promoted to senior vice provost for university and community partnerships and all Drexel authors will have their day in the spotlight at the fourth annual Celebrating Drexel Authors event.
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- Using Technology to Enhance, Not Obscure, the Human Touch
  
  April 21, 2016
  Drexel professors showed how to use robots, trump cat videos and emphasize human interaction through the technology at Online Learning Council’s third Collaboratory.
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March
- Drexel's Lilypad Makes It Easier For Teachers To Take Notes Too
  
  March 23, 2016
  
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- Drexel and Sixers Youth Foundation Team Up to Promote Healthy Behaviors for Middle School Students
  
  March 09, 2016
  
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- New Public School to Open with Support from Drexel School of Education
  
  March 09, 2016
  
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February
- Meet Seven Faculty Helping to Run the University This Year
  
  February 29, 2016
  The Provost Fellows program is back and bigger than before with seven fellows selected this year to assist with a packed agenda of University initiatives.
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- Drexel and Sixers Youth Foundation Team Up to Promote Healthy Behaviors for Middle School Students
  
  February 25, 2016
  Middle school students in West Philadelphia will learn strategies to achieve better physical and emotional health through a new collaboration between Drexel University and the Sixers Youth Foundation, a charitable initiative of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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- Global and International Program Hosts Screening of 'Nowhere to Call home'
  
  February 08, 2016
  
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- Two School of Education Faculty Named Provost Fellows
  
  February 04, 2016
  
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January
- Drexel Joins Carnegie
  
  January 08, 2016
  
  Drexel Joins Carnegie
  
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- New Year New SoE Faces
  
  January 08, 2016
  
  New Year New SoE Faces
  
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