2024

- Off the Rack, On the Grid: MXene Nanomaterials Enable Wireless Charging in Textiles
  
  October 31, 2024
  
  The next step for fully integrated textile-based electronics to make their way from the lab to the wardrobe is figuring out how to power the garment gizmos without unfashionably toting around a solid battery. Researchers from Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Accenture Labs in California have taken a new approach to the challenge by building a full textile energy grid that can be wirelessly charged. In their recent study, the team reported that it can power textile devices, including a warming element and environmental sensors that transmit data in real-time.
  
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- ‘The Ecology of Fashion’ on Display at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  
  October 04, 2024
  
  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University enters the world of fashion, in collaboration with the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection (FHCC) of Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, to present The Ecology of Fashion.
  
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- The Evolutionary History of Rats Has More Holes Than Swiss Cheese, Drexel Researchers Are Trying to Close Them
  
  September 30, 2024
  
  Drexel researchers explore recent advances in the evolutionary history of brown rats using population genomics, historical records and shipwreck specimens.
  
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- Looking at the Student Research Behind Drexel’s Move to Organic Turf Management
  
  September 25, 2024
  
  A group of students, plus Drexel University’s Grounds Management team and a host of other organically minded organizations, put in the work to prove that organic turf management can work.
  
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- 14 Years, Immeasurable Contributions: President John Fry’s Legacy at Drexel University
  
  September 24, 2024
  
  Since arriving at the University in 2010, the president has contributed to and overseen a rich variety of advancements that transformed the University’s campus, culture and community.
  
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel’s Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  September 03, 2024
  
  Last term, Drexel University — through its colleges, schools and other units and programs — created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
  
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- Drexel Climate & Sustainability Field Trip to Republic Services
  
  August 07, 2024
  
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel’s Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  June 18, 2024
  
  The University created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement.
  
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- Drexel Joins EPA Effort to Prevent Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Refrigerant Chemicals
  
  June 14, 2024
  
  Researchers from Drexel University have been tapped to join an Environmental Protection Agency initiative to eliminate greenhouse gas chemicals, called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), commonly used in refrigerants and insulating foams. As part of a federal initiative to address the potent, climate-damaging gasses, Drexel will receive $3.8 million over five years to develop a plasma arc device that can destroy HFCs.
  
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- Howard University and Drexel University Collaborate on Department of Energy Project for Clean Energy Education
  
  June 12, 2024
  
  The two institutions have received an initial installment of $500,000 with the highest three performers eligible to share $1,750,000 for implementation to develop a cross-university exchange program related to the design of low-carbon environments.
  
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