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- N.Y. Mayor Taps Drexel Professor For First Algorithm Quality-Control Task Force
  
  June 04, 2018
  
  Algorithms aren’t just deciding the content of social media feeds and online advertising anymore. To guard against bias creep and streamline decisions about the allocation of resources, many urban areas across the country are turning to these automated decision systems. But how do we ensure that the algorithms are the impartial arbiters we expect them to be? Drexel University professor Julia Stoyanovich is part of the first group in the nation helping to answer this question in the biggest urban area in the world. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped Stoyanovich to serve on the city’s Automated Decision Systems Task Force, a team charged with creating a process for reviewing algorithms through the lens of fairness, equity and accountability.
- Heard Around Campus — May
  
  May 25, 2018
  
  In the May installment of the “Heard Around Campus” feature, faculty and staff can read about news concerning commencement and professional development.
- Drexel University's 2018 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 09, 2018
  
  More than a dozen respected speakers will address Drexel Dragons at various college- and school-level ceremonies, as well as at a University-wide event.
- As Drexel’s Co-op Centennial Approaches, Check Out What Dragons Are Working on Today
  
  April 20, 2018
  
  The Steinbright Career Development Center recently released the winning photos from its annual Co-op Photo Contest.
- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Winter 2018
  
  April 10, 2018
  
  Check out what Drexel University faculty and staff accomplished during the winter term.
- Hollywood Legend M. Night Shyamalan to Address Drexel’s Class of 2018
  
  April 09, 2018
  
  Hollywood legend M. Night Shyamalan will address the class of 2018 at Drexel’s University-wide commencement ceremony on June 15 at Citizens Bank Park. The director, producer, screenwriter and actor — whose breakout hit, “The Sixth Sense,” appeared nearly 20 years ago — is known for filming and setting his movies in and around Philadelphia, hiring locally and utilizing area vendors, and showcasing some of the region’s best-loved attractions and locales.
- Meet the Drexel Dragons up for the Biggest Awards This Year
  
  March 01, 2018
  
  Drexel University’s Center for Scholar Development recently hosted an event to recognize the hard work and initiative taken by those students who applied for major fellowships this year.
- Just Putting it Out There — How #MeToo, Awareness Months and Facebook Are Helping Us Heal
  
  February 15, 2018
  
  If we have learned anything on social media in 2017 it’s that everything isn’t okay. Far from it. But we are finally starting to talk about it — according to researchers at Drexel University who study our relationships with social network sites. Their latest work, an examination of how and why women decide to disclose pregnancy loss on Facebook, sheds light on a shift in our social media behavior that is making it easier for people to come forward and share their painful, personal and often stigmatized stories.
- Top Drexel Stories of 2017
  
  December 20, 2017
  
  2017 was a big year for Drexel University, which made strides in research and developments that could impact all of our futures.
- From Cancer to Campus: The Eagles Scholarship Helping Dragons Soar
  
  December 11, 2017
  
  The Eagles Fly for Leukemia organization offers full-tuition scholarships to Drexel University to outstanding students who have survived pediatric cancer. For the recipients, it’s an unrivaled opportunity.