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- STEM Major Retention and Teaching Innovation
  
  May 29, 2014
  
  Drexel University has been awarded funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) of $1.2 million over five years to implement strategies intended to increase the retention of undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.
- Drexel Announces 2014 Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 22, 2014
  
  More than 5,000 students will graduate from Drexel University at its 127th Commencement on June 13 and 14 in five separate ceremonies. Drexel will award 20 honorary degrees to prominent individuals, including NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, legendary architect Robert A.M. Stern and MIT professor Robert Langer — the most cited engineer in history.
- Institute for Energy and the Environment Seed Grants
  
  May 08, 2014
  
  Reducing carbon emissions, improving efficiency of the power grid and using ultrasound to treat contaminated water are just a few of the research goals being pursued by the first round of projects funded by the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment. In all six projects received seed funding totaling $270,000 to investigate topics related to environmental protection and sustainability.
- Drexel at Philadelphia Science Festival
  
  April 23, 2014
  
  The press of a button triggering a chain reaction of more than 300 energy transfers will serve as the elaborate opening to the 2014 Philadelphia Science Festival. The harbinger of this year’s week of science excitement is a Rube Goldberg machine –a complex device designed to perform a simple task- built by Drexel engineering students with the goal of setting a world record.
- Philly Tech Week Preview
  
  March 31, 2014
  
  See how you can have a chance to take part in the 29-story Cira Centre "Tetris" game, and get a preview of Drexel-related Philly Tech Week events.
- Monitor.me Takes Top Prize at Second Annual Philly Codefest
  
  February 26, 2014
  
  Over 165 software developers and designers, professionals, educators, students and entrepreneurs attended the event, which took place in Drexel University's URBN Center on February 21-23.
- Drexel University Launches Cybersecurity Institute
  
  February 24, 2014
  
  Pulling from its many resources in online data management and protection, Drexel University is opening a cybersecurity institute to address national cyber-based threats and prepare the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
- Jeff Salvage Wedding Photos
  
  February 11, 2014
  
  Drexel professor Jeff Salvage's photos of his wife in her wedding dress around the world has landed the couple on TV screens and homepages. But that's not the best part of their nearly six-year journey.
- Drexel Ventures Selects Inaugural Proof-of-Concept Projects
  
  January 09, 2014
  
  In its first round of proof-of-concept funding, Drexel Ventures — the University’s new technology accelerator and transfer enterprise — is supporting research that could lead to improved solar cells, new drug therapy for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, safer chemicals for oil extraction and smarter software system monitoring.
- 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.