News | Drexel CCI

- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Winter 2018
  
  April 10, 2018
  
  Check out what Drexel University faculty and staff accomplished during the winter term.
- Computer Science Alumnus Aradhya Malhotra ’13 Featured in Drexel Magazine’s 2018 “40 Under 40”
  
  April 09, 2018
  
  Skyless Game Studios co-founder Aradhya Malhotra, ’13 was recognized among Drexel University's most interesting and creative alumni under 40.
- 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.
- Drexel CCI Library and Information Science Alumnae Among 2018 Library Journal “Movers & Shakers”
  
  April 06, 2018
  
  Two CCI MS in Library and Information science alumnae - Erin Hoopes, '04 and Julie Syler, '10 - were recently recognized by Library Journal as among the top changemakers in the U.S. who are transforming what it means to be a librarian.
- Winners of 2017 Philly Codefest Student Team Grand Prize Launch Safe Travels App
  
  March 30, 2018
  
  The student team that brought home the Grand Prize at Philly Codefest 2017 have just released their app, Safe Travels, on both Google Play and the Apple app stores.
- Call for LEADS-4-NDP Fellowship Applications
  
  March 13, 2018
  
  The Metadata Research Center invites doctoral students to apply for a LEADS-4-NDP Fellowship by Friday, March 30.
- 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.
- American Library Association Grants Drexel CCI Continued Accreditation for Master’s in Library and Information Science Program
  
  February 27, 2018
  
  Founded in 1892, CCI's MS in Library & Information Science degree program is one of the oldest continuously operating LIS programs in the United States, and has been ALA-accredited since 1924.
- 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.
- Drexel CCI Undergraduate Kickstarts Career in Consulting in LeBow International Consulting Residency Course
  
  February 12, 2018
  
  Information Technology major Anthony Silvestri was one of eighteen Drexel University students who traveled to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium in December 2017 to conclude an experiential learning highlight of their Drexel experience.