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2013

    • Smart House Senior Project

      December 18, 2013

      The minimum page requirement for a Drexel communication major’s senior project is 15 pages. But that didn’t stop Farrah Goldsmith and Cherilyn Buscarino from submitting a 97-page report — and planning an event that raised more than $25,000.

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    • Opening AJ Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment

      December 16, 2013

      Drexel University is opening a new research institute that will strive to answer some of the most challenging questions about energy and environmental sustainability facing the nation today.

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    • Worst Job in Science

      December 02, 2013

      Jake Owens spent a month surrounded by criminals with machetes and rotting meat in Africa, earning notice from Popular Science magazine.

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    • Bob Francis Q-and-A

      October 30, 2013

      As vice president of University Facilities, Bob Francis is faced with a monumental task: the execution of Drexel’s 2012-17 Campus Master Plan. DrexelNow spoke with Francis about what has gone into Drexel’s transformation.

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    • Environmental Research Consortium With Lacawac Sanctuary

      October 24, 2013

      Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel University today announced an agreement to form an environmental research and education consortium at Lacawac Sanctuary, a popular National Natural Landmark and ecological field research station in the Pocono Mountains.

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    • Drexel Scientist Studies Hurricane Sandy Impact on NJ Coastal Wetlands One Year Later

      October 07, 2013

      In a stroke of good luck, Drexel's Dr. Tracy Quirk captured detailed measurements of water level and salinity at a range of coastal wetland sites, even as they were overtaken by Hurricane Sandy. After the storm, she began working on an intensive year-long project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to evaluate ecosystem processes in New Jersey’s salt marshes before, during, and for a year following Hurricane Sandy. Quirk is beginning to analyze findings from the study now.

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    • Green Building Design Research Expert Dr. Ajla Aksamija to Speak at Drexel

      October 07, 2013

      Green building design research expert Dr.Ajla Aksamija will join Drexel University on Thursday, Oct. 24,for a lecture entitled“Interdisciplinary Research: Building, Technology and Environment.”Head of research for the Building Technology Laboratory (Tech Lab) at international design firm Perkins+Will, Aksamija will speak about her ongoing research in high-performance buildings, building systems, innovative design approaches and emerging building technologies.

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    • Custom-Designed Major Graduates

      October 02, 2013

      None of the more than 70 possible majors available to Drexel undergraduates was quite the right fit for Kathryn Gardner, until she enrolled in the new Custom-Designed Major program in 2011. Two years later, Gardner is one of the program's first two graduates.

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    • Longline Fishery in Costa Rica Kills Thousands of Sea Turtles and Sharks

      October 02, 2013

      The second-most-common catch on Costa Rica’s longline fisheries in the last decade was not a commercial fish species. It was olive ridley sea turtles.

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