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2023
- Psychology Professor's MommaConnect App will Support Women Struggling with Postpartum Depression
  
  April 03, 2023
  
  Associate Professor of Psychology Pamela A. Geller, PhD, and her team have been supporting new mothers with postpartum depression (PPD) since 2016 through their Mother Baby Connections program. Now, they're developing MommaConnect, a mobile app that would facilitate virtual treatment for those struggling with PPD.
  
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- Women Filmmakers Course Centers the Stories Hollywood Ignores
  
  March 20, 2023
  
  Realizing that too many films by young or up-and-coming women directors were not getting the recognition they deserved, Jacqui Sadashige, PhD, developed a course that explores recent films written or directed by women that center topics relevant to women’s lives today.
  
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- Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate Receives Inaugural Internship Scholarship
  
  March 16, 2023
  
  Lashae Williams, a PhD candidate in clinical psychology, received an inaugural Internship Scholarship from the Society for Black Neuropsychology. She is one of two trainees to receive this award, which eases the financial burden of the internship application process.
  
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- Catching up with Mary Madsen, MS Public Policy ’21
  
  March 13, 2023
  
  Mary Madsen, MS public policy ’21, started her master's program before Covid and graduated with the pandemic in full swing. Originally from Texas, the culture shock of moving to Philadelphia with her husband and child was difficult to begin with, but especially challenging when she realized that she would be stuck in the city with no prospect of returning home due to travel restrictions. But Madsen made the most of her time here. As someone interested in education policy, it was a great opportunity for her to learn about how city councils and school districts work in times of crisis.
  
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- Exploring Judaism and Christianity Through a New Lens
  
  March 08, 2023
  
  'Judaism and Christianity: Two Religions or One,' taught by Professor of Philosophy Marilyn Piety, PhD, introduces students to a myriad of viewpoints from scholars of different faiths to identify common and separate philosophical ideologies between the religions. This article originally appeared in the Jewish Exponent.
  
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- Catching up with Greg Loring-Albright, PhD Communication, Culture and Media '22
  
  March 06, 2023
  
  Greg Loring-Albright, PhD '22, has always loved games, but when he decided to pursue this interest professionally, finding the right graduate program wasn't easy. The interdisciplinary model of Drexel’s Communication, Culture and Media (CCM) program proved to be the foundation he needed to pursue his unique path of study. Now, he's an assistant professor in the Interactive Media Department at Harrisburg University, where he teaches game studies and game design, while also working as an independent game designer.
  
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- 'West Africa to West Philly' Course Connects Language With Community
  
  February 28, 2023
  
  A French course has brought together students and West Philadelphia's native French-speaking West African community, both in and out of the classroom. Students came from different majors and countries to speak and write in French with native speakers and consume Francophone West African works of literature and film in this community-based class.
  
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- Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students 100% Matched
  
  February 24, 2023
  
  Congratulations to all 10 of Drexel's clinical psychology doctoral students who matched for internships at high quality sites! Congratulations also to their mentors. Matching is a highly competitive process and 100% match rate to top-notch sites is another important metric of the strength of the clinical psych doctoral program at Drexel.
  
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- Meet Jojo Elhassan, Recipient of MFA Scholarship for Marginalized Writers
  
  February 20, 2023
  
  Nigerian writer Altine “Jojo” Elhassan, creative writing ’24, is the inaugural recipient of a full tuition scholarship from the MFA Gift Fund for Marginalized Writers. The scholarship aims to support diverse literary voices by funding writers whose personal experiences of marginalization—including but not limited to race, class or disability—inform their work.
  
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- Catching up with Alexandra J. King Pile, BA International Studies ’07 and Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State
  
  February 15, 2023
  
  We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Alexandra J. King Pile, BA international studies '07, who is currently working as a diplomat for the United States Department of State. Read on to learn about the challenges and opportunities of her role, and how her time at Drexel prepared her for this path.
  
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- Criminology and Justice Studies Professor Explores Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization in NJ with Reducing Inequality Research Grant
  
  February 10, 2023
  
  Kathleen Powell plans to use the $544,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to explore how the legalization of recreational marijuana in New Jersey affects Black, Hispanic and White young adults.
  
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- Drexel’s Master of Science in Strategic and Digital Communication Provides an Outstanding Foundation for Communication Careers in the 21st Century
  
  February 08, 2023
  
  Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences is home to one of the most rapidly changing professional fields—communication. In order to keep students on the cutting edge of this highly sought-after field, Drexel’s Master of Science in Strategic and Digital Communication (MS-SDC) program has reinvented its curriculum to accommodate the needs and desires of today’s communication industry.
  
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- Eight Tips for Staying on Track With Your Goals From Professor of Neuropsychology Eric Zillmer, PsyD
  
  January 27, 2023
  
  "The new year provides us with an opportunity to not only review our past year, but also to prepare for the future," says Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology Eric Zillmer, PsyD. Zillmer shares eight tips for staying on track with your goals in 2023.
  
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- Co-op Sets Communication Major on Path to Becoming a Music Therapist
  
  January 24, 2023
  
  A co-op with the nonprofit Keep Music Alive not only allowed Ryan Shaw to explore his lifelong passion for music, but inspired him to pursue a career in music therapy after he graduates from the MS-SDC program.
  
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- 2023 Sociology Film Series Highlights Disability Stories
  
  January 20, 2023
  
  For the first time since the pandemic, the Department of Sociology will present its annual Sociology Film Series in person this winter. The series, featuring three films focused on medical sociology, underscores key concepts being taught in the classroom and provides a platform for people living with disabilities to share their stories.
  
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- Celebrating 10 Years of BEES With Department Head David Velinsky, PhD
  
  January 12, 2023
  
  As the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) celebrates its 10th anniversary, we spoke with department head David Velinsky, PhD, about the history of the department, its many success stories and how it has grown over the last decade in this Q&A.
  
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2022
- Spreading the Therapeutic Art of Knitting: Meet Ellen Rubin '92
  
  December 23, 2022
  
  Ellen Rubin, BS biology ‘92, started a nonprofit to share the scientifically-backed mental and physical health benefits of knitting and fiber arts with the community members who need it most.
  
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- WELL Center Researcher Explores Food Addiction with NIH-Funded Grant
  
  December 20, 2022
  
  Before being proven as addictive and damaging, cigarettes gained the attention of children through relatable slogans, cartoon characters and attractive designs. Only with marketing regulation and research detailing the destructive effects of tobacco did smoking slowly become less attractive to its young audience. But the marketing of harmful substances to vulnerable populations hasn’t gone away entirely. Instead, it has switched focus to another product: ultra-processed foods, commonly known as “junk food.” Erica LaFata, PhD, an assistant research professor in the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center), was recently awarded a grant to explore food addiction in relation to ultra-processed foods.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  December 16, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Finding Your Place in the Community with Writers Room
  
  December 09, 2022
  
  When Jeremy D’Amico, political science ’24, decided to come to Drexel, he didn’t think much about what living in a city like Philadelphia would involve. He quickly became absorbed in his studies and paid little attention to the community surrounding campus—until he started a co-op with Writers Room.
  
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- A Day in the Life at the Academy of Natural Sciences' Ornithology Department
  
  November 18, 2022
  
  A co-op in the Academy of Natural Sciences' ornithology department has allowed environmental science major Abigail Del Grosso to more deeply explore her interest in birds. She shares her more about what her work entails and why it's important in this Q&A.
  
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- Finding Opportunity as an Indigenous Student
  
  November 16, 2022
  
  "Being away from home, over 1000 miles, for 75 percent of the year may seem daunting to some people, and I admit it did seem disheartening at first, but I have found my Drexel University family and support system. If you have ambition and motivation, there is an endless number of opportunities here."
  
  Sky Harper, a third-year chemistry major, shares his experience finding community and opportunity at Drexel in this guest blog.
  
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- Award-Winning Author Jason Mott Shares Writing Wisdom with MFA Cohort
  
  November 14, 2022
  
  Jason Mott, a bestselling author of two poetry collections and four novels, spent a day with students in the MFA in Creative Writing program last month as part of the book tour behind his 2021 National Book Award-winning novel, Hell of a Book.
  
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- From the Army to Herbal Tea: Meet Lisa Forsyth, MS Environmental Science '91
  
  November 11, 2022
  
  Lisa Forsyth, MS environmental science '91, served 33 years in the US Army as an enlisted soldier and colonel. Now, she lives a self-sustaining lifestyle on her Texas ranch and is the owner of Oli Tea Company, which produces all-natural, sustainably grown herbal tea. It may seem like an unusual career pivot, but according to Forsyth, making your unique idea a reality is "a very Drexel concept."
  
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- Finding Empowerment as a First-Generation Student
  
  November 10, 2022
  
  "I have learned to look at being first-generation as an asset. I've gotten to share my journey and talk about the value that being a first-generation student provides with incoming and prospective Drexel students. Moving forward, I hope to continue to be vocal about my experience as a first-generation college student at Drexel to hopefully empower other students who come to campus feeling just as scared and lost as I did."
  
  Kaylee Wilson, a third-year sociology and global public health double major, shares her experience finding community and empowerment as a first-generation college student in this guest blog.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  November 04, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Confronting the Effects of Coastal Climate Change
  
  October 21, 2022
  
  Throughout their co-op this spring and summer, environmental science major Kris Freyland worked with Beth Watson, PhD, associate professor of biodiversity, earth and environmental science and senior scientist at the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Patrick Center for Environmental Research, to study the impact of saltwater intrusion into coastal forests.
  
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- Meet David S. Brown, PhD, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
  
  October 14, 2022
  
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome our new dean, David S. Brown, PhD. Dean Brown joined Drexel from the University of Colorado Boulder where he served as Divisional Dean for Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. We spoke with Dean Brown about his political science research, the purpose of liberal arts education and what he loves about Philadelphia so far.
  
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- Exploring the 'Wild' Politics of Free-Roaming Horse Management
  
  October 12, 2022
  
  Things are getting wild in the West. Free-roaming horse populations have existed in western states for centuries, but the conflict surrounding them is entirely human. Christian Hunold, PhD, professor of politics, and environmental studies major Cassidy Ellis discuss their research on the politics of wild horse management through a feminist science studies lens.
  
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- MFA Alum’s Debut Memoir Published During Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
  
  October 11, 2022
  
  When Leah Mele-Bazaz found out that her first daughter had died in utero at the start of her third trimester, she instantly withdrew from everyone and everything around her. She told herself she would never talk about it, and she certainly would never write about it. But despite her promise to never put pen to paper, Mele-Bazaz started writing as soon as she got home from the hospital. Now, during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, her debut memoir has been published.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  October 07, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Drexel English Language Center Helps to Prepare the Next Generation of Fulbrighters
  
  October 06, 2022
  
  This past summer, the ELC expanded its IIE Fulbright offerings to include an English Teaching Assistants (ETA) program. The program, funded by a State Department grant, was geared toward preparing Fulbright scholars for their upcoming teaching roles across the globe.
  
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- Bringing History to New Audiences
  
  September 16, 2022
  
  Senior global studies major Emma Hirt spent the spring and summer as a Programs Assistant Co-op at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, where she used social media to introduce the organization's work to a younger audience—and went viral in the process.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  September 09, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Students Find Their Research Niche in Physics PhD Program
  
  August 30, 2022
  
  With five different specialties—astrophysics, biophysics, particle physics, condensed matter and physics education research—Drexel’s physics PhD program gives students the flexibility to pursue unique, individualized research based on their own personal interests and career goals.
  We spoke to three of these doctoral students about the research they are doing and what motivates them. While their areas of expertise differ, they share one thing in common: the impact they hope to make in the field of physics—and in the world.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  August 12, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Kiara Santos Takes the Helm of The Triangle, Drexel’s Independent Student Newspaper
  
  July 26, 2022
  
  When Kiara Santos joined The Triangle as a news writer during her first year at Drexel, she was determined to work her way up to a leadership position at the independent student newspaper before she graduated.
  
  “I told myself by my senior year I would be editor-in-chief, someday, some way,” Santos said. “Somehow I was going to do it.”
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  July 11, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- The Future Ghost Forests of New Jersey
  
  June 13, 2022
  
  Jakes Landing is a centuries-old access point to Dennis Creek in Cape May, New Jersey, where the forest landscape abruptly drops into a tidal saltwater marsh. Near the marsh, row after row of dead Atlantic white cedars juts out of the ground like spikes. Just beyond those are swaths of statuesque loblolly pines that are healthy now, but these are at risk of becoming ghost forests. LeeAnn Haaf, a PhD candidate in Drexel University’s Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) Department, studies the effects of climate change and sea-level rise on low-lying tree growth in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  June 10, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Spanish Course Brings Latin American Activism to Campus With “Drexel Cartonera: Memorias al Carton”
  
  June 07, 2022
  
  One might expect a written exam to wrap up their class for the quarter. But students in Celeste Dolores Mann’s Spanish 410 course—Performing Spanish: Proficiency Through the Arts—had to think outside the box for their final. Rather, they had to use the box, sourcing cardboard for their projects. Because her course was focused on the performing arts in Latin America and Spain, and the coursework was writing-intensive, Mann decided a creative final project was the way to go.
  
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- Let’s Talk About Climate Anxiety
  
  June 03, 2022
  
  Lately, there has been a lot of talk all over the world about the birds and the bees — that is, how they are impacted by the environmentally devastating effects of climate change and how humans play a role in this process. Many of us want to know how we can voice those scary feelings about the health of our planet and then transform them into positive action. While it is an important and timely topic to discuss, sometimes having this talk can be a challenge, especially with children. So, the Academy reached out to children’s book authors Lena Champlin and Jeremy Wortzel to learn more about their work, Coco’s Fire: Changing Climate Anxiety Into Climate Action, and how we can start this very important conversation with our peers and young friends.
  
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- Environmental Science Alum to Effect Change with Fulbright Fellowship
  
  May 31, 2022
  
  When people think of their childhood, they often remember their time spent outside. For many of us, that looked like wading in creeks, playing outdoor games like tag and baseball, riding bikes and finding fireflies. For Akilah Chatman, BS environmental science ’22, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more. Their grandparents’ beachfront restaurant offered ample time for Chatman to learn the ways of seaside life—catching fish, frying them—and between their two homes in Jamaica and Florida, they essentially grew up outside. Now, as a Drexel alum and Fulbright Fellow, Chatman is about to begin their next journey—to create and uplift a new green space in Cambodia.
  
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- Celebrating Our Honors Day 2022 Awardees
  
  May 19, 2022
  
  As the annual Honors Day celebration demonstrates, the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences is home to many of Drexel's finest students. We extend our gratitude to our faculty who nominated students and support them in their endeavors; and to our generous donors who have made many of these awards possible. Congratulations to our student honorees and their families — you make all of Drexel University proud!
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  May 13, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Getting Creative in the Field
  
  May 09, 2022
  
  Mary Donnelly –who recently earned her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Drexel’s Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) department — loves fieldwork. But instead of marshlands, forests, plains or deserts, Mary has been busy working right here in Philadelphia. Besides getting out into the field, her interests lie particularly in wildlife conservation. So, for her senior research project, Mary found a fun, collaborative way to do both while also sharing her findings with the community.
  
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- Drexel Community Confronts Antisemitism by Telling Their Stories
  
  April 27, 2022
  
  Pennoni Honors College Dean Paula Marantz Cohen’s hope is that Confronting Antisemitism Through Storytelling, a collaborative event April 28 among Pennoni, Drexel Hillel, Jewish Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences, will spark conversations that are so often dampened by our current society. Rather than taking the form of a panel discussion or conference, the event will focus on the deeply personal, real-life stories of those who have experienced antisemitism first-hand, whether as Jews or allies.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  April 08, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Be Who You Want to Be, at Drexel
  
  April 05, 2022
  
  Growing up in South Brunswick, New Jersey, psychology major and student advisory board member Sanjana Oak rarely saw herself represented on the television screen. When she did, that character was grossly stereotyped or there only for comedic relief. What was worse, in real life, her peers expected her to behave in that same way. Curious about whether her experience was unique, she set up a research project through the STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholars Program in the Pennoni Honors College.
  
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- Psychological & Brain Sciences PhD Programs Set Students Up for Exceptional Placements
  
  March 31, 2022
  
  In February, 100 percent of eligible doctoral candidates in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences programs matched with exceptional internship placement sites. This included three out of the eight students matching with the VA San Diego/University of California, San Diego—one of the leading internship sites in the country.
  
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- United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Provides CoAS Faculty with Grant for The Promise’s New City-Wide Expungement Initiative
  
  March 28, 2022
  
  For individuals convicted of a summary offense, such as retail theft, who have had no subsequent arrests for a designated number of years, expungement—the erasure of a formal arrest or conviction record—may be a path to a fresh start...
  
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- Discovering How tDCS Brain Stimulation Therapeutically Modifies Brain Circuits in Depression
  
  March 17, 2022
  
  Researchers who conducted a small randomized trial of a form of non-invasive brain stimulation called tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) have found mechanistic evidence supporting its ability to help patients with moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD).
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  March 11, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- National Traveling Exhibit Returns to Celebrate Women of Color in Psychology
  
  March 03, 2022
  
  The I Am Psyched! national touring exhibit has returned to Drexel and is being presented in person this month after last year’s virtual presentation due to the pandemic.
  
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- Sociology Professor Recognized with Esteemed Reeder Award
  
  February 21, 2022
  Professor of Sociology Susan E. Bell, PhD, is the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Leo G. Reeder Award, the highest honor presented by the American Sociology Association’s (ASA) Medical Sociology section. The award recognizes the lifetime achievements of sociologists who have significantly advanced the field through innovative research, mentoring and service to the medical sociology community.
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- MFA Program Launches Scholarship Fund to Support Marginalized Writers
  
  February 17, 2022
  
  When the first cohort of students in Drexel’s MFA in Creative Writing program graduated, in the spring of 2021, its members raised and donated $1,300 to fund the program’s civic engagement efforts. The gesture was well in keeping with a core tenet of the University, the College and the program itself, and it touched MFA program director Nomi Eve deeply.
  
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- Report: Students Better at Recognizing Relationally Aggressive Classmates
  
  February 15, 2022
  
  Researchers from the Psychological and Brain Sciences department in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University and the Center for Violence Prevention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) recently published a study investigating various factors that may contribute to identification of relationally aggressive students, including their academic competence, prosocial behavior, popularity and gender.
  
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- Biological Sciences Major Lakshmi Parvathinathan Dreams of a More Inclusive Future
  
  February 15, 2022
  Lakshmi Parvathinathan has dedicated herself to fight for Documented Dreamers—students who have grown up in the United States as child dependents of long-term visa holders but who will age out of their dependent status and face deportation on their 21st birthdays.
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- Student Interns in Drexel Publishing Group Produce Book Honoring Black Alumni Experience
  
  February 10, 2022
  During Homecoming Weekend, the Drexel Black Alumni Council (DUBAC) launched a special collection of essays. Titled A Legacy to Share, the new book honors over 50 years of history since the first wave of Black students arrived on Drexel’s campus in the late 1960s. Student interns in the Drexel Publishing Group were responsible for copy editing, proofreading and applying styles for formatting the book.
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- Professional Residency Gives MFA Students Insight to Publishing World
  
  February 08, 2022
  This past November, second-year students in the MFA in Creative Writing program found themselves under the bright lights of New York City to get a feel for what getting a book published is all about. The professional residency is a distinctive part of Drexel’s low-residency MFA program, giving students the opportunity to meet with publishers, agents and editors, form professional ties and gain real-world perspective on the publishing industry.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  February 07, 2022
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Biological Sciences Major Carlie Relyea Contributes to Vaccine Trials Through Co-op
  
  February 07, 2022
  During her co-op, Carlie Relyea assisted with the Pfizer pediatric and adolescent vaccination trial at the Pediatric Clinical Research Center in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The experience helped clarify her dream of being a pediatric doctor.
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- Professor of Politics Christian Hunold, PhD, Named Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement
  
  January 27, 2022
  Christian Hunold, PhD, professor of politics, has been appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement, effective February 1. In his new role, Hunold will be responsible for leadership and oversight of faculty affairs tasks. He will also manage and review academic space in the College, assessing needs, priorities and allocations; supervise our IT support team; and represent CoAS on the Vice Provost of Faculty Advancement's university-wide committee of associate deans.
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- PhD Student Alejandro Manga Examines Role of Bike Movements in Ecological Transition
  
  January 26, 2022
  As planners across the globe look to increase cycling as a mode of transportation in the face of climate change, Communication, Culture and Media (CCM) doctoral student Alejandro Manga researches the role bike movements can have in building a culture of cycling for a just ecological transition.
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- A Passion for Research: Meet History and Art History Major Jamie Clifford
  
  January 18, 2022
  From the small class sizes and personal attention from professors to the research opportunities, co-op and flexibility in course selection, studying history at Drexel has been a great experience for Jamie Clifford. Learn how these experiences have prepared Clifford for a future in graduate school and museum curation.
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- Resilience & Joy: Lessons of Da Land
  
  January 12, 2022
  Led by environmental science major Alexis Wiley, a twelve-week cocurricular program introduced Drexel students and community members to food sovereignty and land justice issues in Black Philadelphia. The course also moved outside of the classroom and offered a hands-on participatory experience. Working with local community partners, students supplemented their coursework with harvesting, planting, seedkeeping, land rebuilding and food preparation workshops to better understand the Lessons of Da Land.
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- Environmental Science PhD Student Lena Champlin Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change
  
  January 10, 2022
  A new children’s book co-written and illustrated by environmental science doctoral student Lena Champlin aims to help young readers transform climate anxiety into climate action.
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2021
- Atmospheric Chemist Using NOAA Grant to Measure New Sources of Increased Ozone Production
  
  December 15, 2021
  Despite a decline in ground-level ozone in the United States, the ozone in the air of many cities remains high, and scientists don’t know why. A new grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration will support the work of Associate Professor of Chemistry Ezra Wood, PhD, who is the principal investigator of a project to characterize ozone formation in New York City.
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- Arts and Sciences Students Named Inaugural Nina Henderson Provost Scholars
  
  December 10, 2021
  
  Executive Vice President and Nina Henderson Provost Paul Jensen recently announced the inaugural class of Nina Henderson Provost Scholars, which included three students from the College of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations to Jana Lenart, biological sciences, August Modiga, philosophy, politics and economics, and Disha Patel, chemistry.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  December 08, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- How Drexel Students Are Prepping, De-stressing for the First Finals Week Back
  
  December 06, 2021
  
  This week marks the first fully in-person finals week since fall 2019. Undergraduate students hanging around campus on Dec. 3 explained how they’re preparing and how they plan to celebrate afterward.
  
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- Meet Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics Jesse Goldman, PhD
  
  November 23, 2021
  Jesse Goldman, assistant teaching professor of physics, received his PhD in experimental high-energy physics in 2000 and, following post-doctoral research on neutrino oscillations, turned his focus to physics teaching. His current research interests include the analysis and data-reduction of space-telescope image data and cosmic-ray applications for compact detectors.
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- Biological Sciences Major Nick Sookhoo is on the Path to Medical School
  
  November 22, 2021
  From his research experience to co-op, biological sciences student Nick Sookhoo is gaining the skills he will need to be successful in medical school and achieve his longtime dream of becoming a doctor.
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- Students Receive Chemistry Research Experience Through Maryanoff Scholars Program
  
  November 18, 2021
  
  Thanks to the generous support of Drexel alumni Bruce (BS '69, PhD '72) and Cynthia (BS '72) Maryanoff, selected College of Arts and Sciences students are able to participate in a chemistry research program during the first summer after their freshman year. Here recent Maryanoff Scholars share their research projects and their experience in the program.
  
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- Let’s Start Crafting Environmental Policy Through an Anti-Racist Lens
  
  November 17, 2021
  Pursuing equity and sustainability together requires a dramatic shift in thinking, Drexel’s Gwen Ottinger and Jennifer Britton wrote in this “Rebuilding Philly” essay.
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- Bolstering Commercial Corridors Is a Vital Part of Rebounding From COVID-19
  
  November 17, 2021
  As small retailers close, the commercial corridors they occupy face the prospect of a downward spiral, and the impact is most likely to be greater in poorer communities, Richardson Dilworth, PhD, head and professor in Drexel’s Department of Politics, wrote in a “Rebuilding Philly” essay.
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- Student-run Film Festival Puts Focus on the Climate
  
  November 16, 2021
  Cinema for the Climate is coming to the Academy of Natural Sciences on Saturday, December 4. Organized by students in the Climate Films & Advocacy course, the event will feature screenings of the family-friendly film 2040 and the more adult-oriented Mossville: When Great Trees Fall. This is a free event.
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- Global Studies Major Serena Hermitt Discovers Passion for Community Work
  
  November 15, 2021
  After arriving at Drexel for her first year undecided on a major, Serena Hermitt found the perfect major that fit all of her interests due to its interdisciplinary nature: Global Studies. Now, with a transformative course abroad experience and two co-ops under her belt, Hermitt has discovered her passion for working in the community.
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- Meet Assistant Research Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies Kathleen Powell, PhD
  
  November 11, 2021
  Kathleen Powell, PhD, is an assistant research professor in the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, with a joint affiliation with the Center for Public Policy. Broadly, her research examines the various impacts of involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice systems. She focuses on identifying person-level outcomes of being arrested, on community supervision or incarcerated.
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- Sociology Event Explores Intersection of Racial Justice and the Environment
  
  November 10, 2021
  For decades, studies have shown that Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) communities and low-income communities face greater environmental and climate threats, while contributing the least to these problems. However, the environmental justice movement has not always considered how these populations are disproportionately affected by environmental issues. To call attention to environmental racism, the Department of Sociology kicked off a new series of social justice-themed events.
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- Kris Unsworth, PhD, Named Director of Center for Science, Technology & Society
  
  November 09, 2021
  Kris Unsworth, PhD, from the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, has been appointed director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society, effective Fall 2021. She will lead the planning and implementation of initiatives to increase the visibility of the Center both inside and outside the university.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  November 03, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- 8 Tips for Accomplishable Activism
  
  November 01, 2021
  
  Omkari Williams — a speaker, writer, podcast host and coach for activists — shared these tips in her “Activism For the Rest of Us” workshop hosted on Oct. 27 by the Pennoni Honors College and supported by The Center for Black Culture, the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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- Two Arts and Sciences Faculty Members Named 2021-2022 Provost Fellows
  
  November 01, 2021
  The Office of the Provost recognized four faculty experts as its 2021-2022 cohort of Provost Fellows, including the College of Arts and Sciences’ Deirdre McMahon, PhD, and Asta Zelenkauskaite, PhD. A Provost Fellow is a faculty member who partners with senior administration to spearhead a project critical to Drexel’s success.
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- Facing Climate Change: Meet Associate Professor Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD
  
  October 29, 2021
  Although Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD, has been studying climate change impacts for the past 20 years, she had a transformative experience when it touched her family. While she felt called to do something more to address climate change, she also felt that she needed to use her individual choices to do something beyond reducing her family’s carbon footprint. Watson has decided to focus on her abilities as a teacher and mentor to make a difference in the fight for climate justice.
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- Keisha April MS ’18, PhD ’20 Works to Change Policies, Practices in Criminal Justice
  
  October 27, 2021
  Keisha April, PhD, a recent graduate of Drexel’s Clinical Psychology PhD program, won the Art Nezu Dissertation Diversity Award for her dissertation “Let’s ‘talk’ about the police: The role of race and the intergenerational transmission of police legitimacy attitudes in the legal socialization of youth.” This prestigious award recognizes an individual whose doctoral dissertation makes an outstanding contribution to the field of professional psychology and diversity and/or multiculturalism.
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- BEES Major Calvin Keeys Awarded Scholarship for Black and Latinx Birders
  
  October 21, 2021
  First-year environmental science student Calvin Keeys was recently named a recipient of the Black and Latinx Birders Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by Amplify the Future, an organization whose mission is to amplify opportunities for equity in conservation.
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- Writing Her Own Journey: Meet English Major Madison Betts
  
  October 20, 2021
  Drexel’s 10-week term format allowed Madison Betts to discover her true passion of writing. On the five-year, three co-op plan, Betts is gaining experience in publishing while looking forward to graduate school and one day publishing her own book.
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- Termite Brains Can Grow in Anticipation of a Single Moment of Flight and Light
  
  October 20, 2021
  
  New research on dampwood termites shows select members of the colony will experience brain changes in anticipation of cognitive demand. Drexel researchers measured developmental differences in the relative sizes of visual processing brain regions, called optic lobes, among dampwood termite castes to test whether optic lobe investment matches caste differences in exposure to visually complex environments.
  
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- From Co-op to Law School, Avery Maudlin Credits Philosophy Major for Defining his Path
  
  October 19, 2021
  Avery completed three co-ops and is currently a fellow at the Kline & Specter law firm, where he is currently working on a mass tort class action case, serving as a liaison between incoming clients and attorneys. He views the skills learned in his philosophy classes—the ability to intake information and make your own knowledge—as extremely important in the legal field.
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- History Alum Alina Palimaru ’08
  Works to De-Radicalize Violent Extremists
  
  October 18, 2021
  With extremism on the rise, Drexel history alumna Alina Palimaru ’08 has turned her work to addressing it. The associate research analyst at the RAND Corporation will deliver a virtual talk on the topic on Thursday, November 18. Here she discusses the importance of studying history, her current work, truth decay and her least favorite memory of Drexel, among other things.
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- Meet Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology Manuel Alejandro Semán Senderos, PhD
  
  October 14, 2021
  Manuel Alejandro Semán Senderos, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biology. He previously earned his PhD at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Hal Dietz studying fibrotic diseases. His research focus was cell biology processes gone awry in disease and the use of genetic tools in order to find and validate new therapeutic targets.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  October 13, 2021
  Last term, Drexel faculty were recognized for their research and achievements, like Alexis Roth, PhD, associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, who received a NIH R01 grant for $4.9 million to assess HIV prevention interventions over the next five years.
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- Drexel Publishing Group Gives Undergraduate Students Real-World Publishing Experience
  
  October 12, 2021
  The course WRIT 405 – Internship in Publishing gives students practical experience in the publishing world through a variety of projects run by the Drexel Publishing Group (DPG). Students write and edit book reviews and articles for DPG’s online publicationWrite Now Philly and learn about production and design while applying styles, formatting and copyediting books that DPG publishes.
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- Meet Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology Brad Nabors, PhD
  
  October 07, 2021
  Brad Nabors, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Sociology. He earned his PhD at the University of Southern California, where his dissertation focused on organized nonbelief and the normative boundaries of religious pluralism. Since 2015 he has taught a range of courses at Drexel, including Sociology of Health and Illness, Sociology of Deviance, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Introduction to Sociology.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  October 07, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- CoAS Relaunches Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
  
  October 05, 2021
  Seeking to fulfill its commitment to a justice-oriented curriculum for all of Drexel University, the College of Arts and Sciences relaunched its Center for Interdisciplinary Studies to support collaboration across three key interdisciplinary programs. With new directors in place, the College’s programs in Africana Studies, Jewish Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies will work across disciplines and areas of inquiry to foster greater inclusion and understanding across the University.
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- Research Co-op Leads to Innovative Breakthrough for Math and Physics Major Omesh Dhar Dwivedi
  
  October 04, 2021
  Drexel undergraduate Omesh Dhar Dwivedi was part of a team of researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory who have proposed a step-by-step chemical pathway to creating boron nitride nanotubes. The math and physics major from Lucknow, India, discusses the work he did during his co-op.
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- Philosophy, Politics & Economics Major August Modiga Finds Co-op Success
  
  September 30, 2021
  As a global alliances intern at SAP, August Modiga was part of a team that presented SAP’s business solutions and products to potential customers. The philosophy, politics and economics major shares her experience and the skills she developed that she will carry with her throughout her career.
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- Meet WELL Center Assistant Research Professor Erica Schulte, PhD
  
  September 29, 2021
  Erica Schulte, PhD, is an assistant research professor in the WELL Center. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Kansas and her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. Schulte completed a predoctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship with the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- History Co-ops Dive Deep into Drexel Archives
  
  September 27, 2021
  Over the spring and summer Teaching Professor of History Lloyd Ackert, PhD, mentored a diverse group of co-op students in research projects centered on three Drexel archives and special collections. Exploring the archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Legacy Center and the Schramm Inc. Collection at University Libraries, the twenty-two co-op students investigated their own unique and individualized research projects based on their background, interests and career plans.
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- Meet Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies Jakeya Caruthers, PhD
  
  September 22, 2021
  Jakeya Caruthers, PhD, is a new assistant professor of English and Africana Studies. Her research attends to black political aesthetics within 20th and 21st century cultural production and to the study of race, gender, sexuality and state discipline.
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- Communication Major Emma Whitehouse Contributes Research to Prestigious Conference
  
  September 21, 2021
  With mentor Hyunmin Lee, PhD, associate professor of communication, communication major Emma Whitehouse recently had a paper accepted for the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)’s 104th annual conference, which took place last month. The paper investigates the growing popularity of corporate social advocacy (CSA) and how companies communicate their CSAs.
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- Meet New Associate Dean for Research Evangelia Chrysikou, PhD
  
  September 20, 2021
  Evangelia Chrysikou, PhD, was appointed to a three-year term as associate dean for research following her service as interim associate dean. The Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences PhD program recently took the time to answer questions about her own research, the importance of undergraduate research opportunities and her goals as associate dean, among other things.
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- Meet Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology Megan Bolton
  
  September 15, 2021
  Megan Bolton, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Sociology. She received her PhD in sociology from Indiana University, minoring in social science research methods and concentrating in medical sociology.
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- Community Read Examines Lasting Legacy of American Universities’ Ties to Slavery
  
  September 13, 2021
  The College of Arts and Sciences’ inaugural DEI Community Read focused inward in its exploration of the interconnected histories of colonialism, slavery, race and higher education through its discussion of Craig Steven Wilder’s Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities.
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- Meet Assistant Professor of Politics Travis Curtice, PhD
  
  September 10, 2021
  Travis Curtice is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics. Prior to coming to Drexel, he held fellowships with the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and the Democracy Program at the Carter Center.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  September 09, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- PhD Student Greg Loring-Albright Investigates “Keepsake” Games
  
  September 09, 2021
  Communication, Culture and Media PhD student Greg Loring-Albright and Wes Willison, an independent scholar, recently presented their research “Memorable Artifacts: The Co-Production of Unique Materiality Via Game Rules” at GENeration Analog, the first tabletop games and education conference presented by Analog Games Studies and Gen Con, the preeminent consumer marketing event for hobby games in North America.
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- An Academic Reckoning: Meet Dane Ward BS ’09 PhD ’13
  
  September 08, 2021
  Assistant Teaching Professor of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science and Drexel alum Dane Ward, PhD, was recently named an Outstanding Mentor of the Year. Here he discusses the importance of mentorship, expanding access to STEM and equity-based environmental science.
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- 10 New Dragons Discuss Starting at Drexel This Fall
  
  September 02, 2021
  
  DrexelNow checked in with the new students joining our campus community this fall about their past experiences, future plans, and their hopes and worries about starting their Drexel careers amidst the ongoing pandemic.
  
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- In an Unpredictable World, Don’t Wait to Make the Most of Your College Experience
  
  September 01, 2021
  
  Jaara Ndaw, a fourth-year global studies student and member of the Center for Black Culture 2021–2022 Advisory Board, planned to take it slow her first year at Drexel and get more involved later. Then, the pandemic happened. She compels new students to be aware of the challenges they face when starting college, but also to step out of their comfort zone in order to not miss out on the great opportunities Drexel has to offer.
  
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- Associate Dean Sandy Friedlander Retires After 34 Year Career at Drexel
  
  September 01, 2021
  Friedlander arrived at Drexel in 1987, on the heels of earning his doctorate in rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon, when he was hired as a writing researcher in what was then the Department of Humanities and Communications. He began teaching writing and communication to undergraduate and graduate students and went on to hold numerous administrative positions in the Department of Humanities and Communications, the Department of Culture and Communication, and the Department of Communication, before becoming associate dean of undergraduate education.
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- Students Share Co-op Experiences in the College of Arts and Sciences
  
  August 31, 2021
  During the spring/summer co-op, the College of Arts and Sciences invested $425,000 to offer 51 positions for students to pursue. Two students, Victoria Wible and Tetyana Yevdosyuk, share their experiences.
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- Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Sharp ‘02 Discusses Co-op Success, Communications Career
  
  August 30, 2021
  Jessica Sharp, a communication alum and co-founder and principal of Maven Communications, credits her success to her co-op experiences at Drexel. Here she discusses those experiences as well as what she loves about working in the constantly changing field of strategic communications.
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- CoAS Faculty and Research Featured in EXEL Magazine
  
  August 24, 2021
  The new issue of EXEL, Drexel University’s research magazine, features a number of articles on College of Arts and Sciences faculty members, departments, centers and programs, recognizing the significant contributions they have made to research and discoveries.
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- College to Mark Return to Campus with ‘CoAS Comes Back!’ Celebration
  
  August 17, 2021
  The College of Arts and Sciences, recognized by President John Fry as “the heart of the University,” presents CoAS Comes Back! on Tuesday, October 5, from 3 to 7 p.m., in Gateway Garden. All Arts and Sciences students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to gather, connect in person, and enjoy food, fun and music.
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- Dieting: Villain or Scapegoat? Research Reevaluates Weight Loss Dieting
  
  August 17, 2021
  For decades, there has been an accepted definition of dieting in academia, and in society as a whole. Michael Lowe, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has recently reevaluated the decades of dieting research to redefine the way researchers and the public define – and therefore understand - dieting and the culture of weight loss.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  August 12, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Environmental Science PhD Candidate Lincoln Rehm Named John A. Knauss Fellow
  
  August 11, 2021
  Lincoln Rehm, an environmental science doctoral candidate who studies giant clams and coral reef ecology, has been named a John A. Knauss Fellow. As a Knauss Fellow, Rehm will receive hands-on experience transferring science to policy and management through a one-year appointment with a federal government office in Washington, DC.
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- NIH R01 Award to Develop Next-Generation Dry Electroencephalography (EEG)
  
  August 09, 2021
  Assistant Professor of Psychology John Medaglia, PhD, and collaborator Flavia Vitale, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, have been awarded an R01 research project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a next-generation dry EEG using MXene electrodes, creating an update to this neuroscience technique that has been fundamentally unchanged for over 100 years.
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- Meet New Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Scott Warnock
  
  August 04, 2021
  As Director of the University Writing Program Scott Warnock, PhD, prepares to assume the role of Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences on September 1, he took the time to discuss his research interests, how remote learning will affect in-person classes going forward, antiracist pedagogy and his favorite food truck on campus, among other things.
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- Open Science Hardware Accelerates Innovation, Democratizes Science
  
  July 29, 2021
  Open Science Hardware (OSH) could be a game changer for the democratization of science, as long as there is infrastructure to prevent recreating existing inequities. Julieta Arancio, a postdoctoral researcher under the mentorship of Gwen Ottinger, is studying the OpenFlexure project to develop policy recommendations for university management, researchers and anyone trying to promote OSH.
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- Athletic Director Emeritus Reflects on 23 Years in College Athletics
  
  July 21, 2021
  Eric Zillmer, PsyD, shared some of what he saw and experienced during his run of more than 23 years at the helm of collegiate sports for the University — and what comes next.
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- Students Explore the Ethics of Science and Technology in STS Minor
  
  July 21, 2021
  Appealing to a wide range of students—from those who are pre-med, studying engineering or computing and informatics, to students who are interested in the societal and ethical impact of science and technology—the Science, Technology and Society (STS) minor allows students to explore the cultural, ethical, historical, political and institutional dimensions of science, medicine and technology.
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- NSF Career Award Supports Work that Could Redefine the Night Sky
  
  July 19, 2021
  Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, PhD, associate professor of physics, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award to look for supermassive black holes in the sky using neutrinos. Neilson is conducting this work as part of the IceCube collaboration, which is a team of approximately 300 physicists from 53 institutions in 12 countries, working with data collected from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the geographic South Pole.
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- Drexel Student Named Miss Philadelphia 2021
  
  July 14, 2021
  
  Elaine Ficarra, a rising third-year biology major and Pennoni Honors College student, earned the title of Miss Philadelphia after competition was postponed due to the pandemic last year, and placed third runner up at the Miss Pennsylvania competition in June.
  
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- Biological Sciences Alum Mallika Kodavatiganti ’21 Combines Passions for Co-op Success
  
  July 12, 2021
  Biological sciences alum Mallika Kodavatiganti '21 shares how her extracurricular activities, creative experiences and coursework inspired the work she did during co-ops at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. She was recently honored with a 2021 Cooperative Education Award.
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- Eco-Passionate Students Find Outlet, Experience Through Climate and Sustainability Working Group
  
  July 09, 2021
  
  As plans for a centralized sustainability office at Drexel continue to formulate, students seeking climate and sustainability impact opportunities have found a home working with Drexel’s cross-functional and interdisciplinary working group started last spring in conjunction with the University’s “Climate Year” initiative.
  
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- Drexel Helps Set Climate Resilience Research Agenda for Philadelphia
  
  July 09, 2021
  A new collaboration between the University, Academy of Natural Sciences, City of Philadelphia, DVRPC and local organizations will ultimately create a research agenda to help make the region more climate resilient.
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- Recognizing Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Creativity, Teaching and Professional Service
  
  July 08, 2021
  As a means of supporting the ongoing development of Drexel University’s research, scholarship and creative activities, as well as recognizing excellence in teaching and professional service, the Office of Research & Innovation and the Office of Faculty Advancement and Undergraduate Affairs are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020-21 Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards and the 2020-21 Provost Awards for Teaching, Scholarship and Professional Service.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  July 07, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Henry Israeli Appointed Director of Jewish Studies
  
  July 01, 2021
  Henry Israeli, from the Department of English and Philosophy, has been appointed to the position of Director of Jewish Studies, effective Fall 2021, to lead the planning and implementation of a range of initiatives to increase the visibility of the program both inside and outside the University while developing a strategic plan in collaboration with Amelia Hoover Green, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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- Creativity Can’t Wait: CoAS Graduates First Class of Creative Writing MFA Students
  
  June 30, 2021
  Last month, the College of Arts and Sciences graduated its first class of Creative Writing MFA students. The low-residency program launched in the fall of 2019 and has quickly become known as a program with a strong community where the students’ support of one another and their creative reach is inspiring and uplifting. Meet the thirteen members of the Class of 2021.
  
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- Trouble from Below: Subterranean Army Ants Raid Nests of Endangered Amazon River Turtles
  
  June 28, 2021
  Learn more about the predation on nests of three species of Amazon River turtles (Podocnemis) by underground-foraging army ants (Labidus coecus) being studied right now by Professor Sean O'Donnell.
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- Jennifer Yusin, PhD, Appointed Director of Women’s and Gender Studies
  
  June 28, 2021
  Jennifer Yusin, PhD, from the Department of English and Philosophy, has been appointed to the position of Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, effective Fall 2021, to lead the planning and implementation of a range of initiatives to increase the visibility of the program both inside and outside the university while developing a strategic plan in collaboration with Amelia Hoover Green, PhD, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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- Advocating for a Free Press: Meet María Paula Mijares Torres '23
  
  June 23, 2021
  Communication major María Paula Mijares Torres was recently recognized by the Lenfest Institute of Journalism for her advocacy for journalism. She is currently exploring her passion for the field in a co-op at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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- 'Good Morning America' Scholarship Recipient Lyric Wise Can’t Wait to Be a Dragon
  
  June 21, 2021
  
  The 18-year-old Paul Robeson High School grad who won a $50,000 scholarship live on national television explains her existing ties to the University, as well as her excitement and plans for starting at Drexel this fall.
  
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- Drexel Writers Room Collaboration Shines 7-Story Spotlight on Local High School Graduates
  
  June 21, 2021
  
  As part of its TRIPOD initiative, the university-community literary arts program Writers Room helped celebrate and share stories of the Paul Robeson High School senior class and their resiliency during the pandemic — culminating in the projection of the students’ portraits on the side of the University City Campus’ Nesbitt Hall on the evening of June 17.
  
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- Watch Your Professors Give TEDx Talks During a Student-Curated Virtual Event This Week
  
  June 21, 2021
  
  TEDxDrexelU, a student organization whose mission it is to bring the spirit of TED to the Drexel community, will present a two-day virtual conference featuring Drexel faculty and alumni speakers June 26–27.
  
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- Juneteenth Discussion Looks Back to Move Forward
  
  June 17, 2021
  On Wednesday, June 16, the Office of Equality and Diversity and the Center for Black Culture dedicated time to reflect on all that has happened and to think about what yet needs to be done in a panel discussion on the topic of Juneteenth and racial justice. Titled “Looking Back to Move Forward: A Frank Conversation in Commemoration of Juneteenth,” the event was moderated by Patience Ajoff-Foster, PhD, CDP, executive director for diversity and inclusive culture.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  June 16, 2021
  Last term, Drexel University faculty were recognized for their scholarly research and professional contributions and recognitions.
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- Two Recent CoAS Alums Named Fulbright Honorees
  
  June 16, 2021
  Congratulations to recent CoAS alumni Jorge Fortin-Mejia ’19, who has been selected as a recipient, and Parisa Khoshnood ’20, who has been selected as an alternate, for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2021-22.
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- Drexel Virtually Celebrates 2021 Graduates of Colleges, Schools, Heritage Groups
  
  June 14, 2021
  
  Before the University-wide ceremony at Citizen’s Bank Park on June 11, commencement for Drexel’s colleges, schools and students of the African diaspora were held virtually though celebrated wholeheartedly.
  
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- Capping Off the Return of Drexel’s Commencement Cap Contest
  
  June 14, 2021
  The top three designs from the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 showed the Philly skyline, the future’s possibilities and recognizing achievements of the past.
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- Abioseh Porter, PhD, Appointed Interim Director of Africana Studies
  
  June 14, 2021
  Abioseh Porter, PhD, professor of English, has been appointed to the position of Interim Director of Africana Studies, effective Fall 2021, to lead the planning and implementation of a range of initiatives to increase the visibility of the program both inside and outside the University while developing a Strategic Plan in collaboration with Amelia Hoover Green, PhD, associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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- New Publication Celebrates the Intersection of the Arts and Sciences
  
  June 10, 2021
  Inspired by their backgrounds attending liberal arts institutions for undergraduate education, Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science (BEES) PhD candidates Karmi Oxman and Virginia Caponera launched Green Verses, a new arts zine that features creative work from BEES students.
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- Celebrating Our Honors Day 2021 Awardees
  
  June 10, 2021
  As the annual Honors Day celebration demonstrates, the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences is home to many of Drexel's finest students. Through our comprehensive, real-world approach to education they are well prepared to respond confidently to the world’s most pressing issues — now and long into their future. Interdisciplinary study and hands-on skills spanning the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences equip these capable achievers to serve all of society through scholarship, research and civic engagement, and to advance positive change.
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- Congratulations to Our 2021 Gilman Scholars
  
  June 09, 2021
  We are pleased to announce that four CoAS students have received Gilman Scholarships to support study or co-op abroad in 2021. Congratulations to Manmeen Kaur, Elana Sargent, Jade Umstead and Brenda Vong!
  
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- 2021 Graduate Student Awards
  
  June 08, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the following graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences, who recently received Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference Awards and Graduate Student Excellence Awards.
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- Meet Undergraduate Student Commencement Speaker Tim Hanlon
  
  June 07, 2021
  Tim Hanlon is an honors biology major with a concentration in organismal biology and physiology, a minor in neuroscience, certificates in creative writing and in publishing, and is also the outgoing Student Body President. Hanlon recently took the time to reflect on his time at Drexel and share what’s in store for him after graduation.
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- Meet Graduate Student Commencement Speaker Angel Hogan
  
  June 04, 2021
  Angel Hogan is a member of Drexel’s first graduating Creative Writing MFA class. She is an activist, poet and filmmaker. Hogan recently took time from her very busy schedule to tell us a little about herself, the MFA program and her artistic pursuits.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  June 03, 2021
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Sophomore Kejsi Ruka Goes from STAR Scholar to Award Winner
  
  June 02, 2021
  Global Studies major Kejsi Ruka recently presented her research at the Stanford Student Research Conference, where she was awarded Best Poster in the Qualitative Social Science Research Category. Her conference poster presented her analysis of what unionized energy workers think about energy transitions and the future of energy in the United States.
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- Spring 2021 CoAS Interdepartmental Research Showcase
  
  June 01, 2021
  At the Spring 2021 CoAS Interdepartmental Research Showcase, Emily Greberman, a Criminology & Justice Studies and Psychology major, took home first prize for her research presentation on "Twitter As a Mechanism for Coping with a Traumatic Event: Ferguson and the Shooting of Michael Brown."
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- Standing in Solidarity Event Draws Attention to Anti-Asian Racism and Offers Path Forward
  
  May 28, 2021
  
  To promote this educational awareness during a time when anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise, Drexel’s Office of Equality and Diversity held a panel discussion event in collaboration with Rebecca Clothey, PhD, director of the Asian Studies minor program. This panel featured a conversation grounded in the experiences of Asian and Asian American students, faculty and professional staff members in the Drexel community, with dialogue from students and faculty in the College of Arts and Science.
  
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- History Professor Nic John Ramos, PhD, Troubles the Line
  
  May 26, 2021
  
  Award-winning Assistant Professor of History Nic John Ramos, PhD, does not easily fit into any one category. Though he teaches in the Department of History, his doctorate is in American Studies and Ethnicity, which he describes as really being at the intersection of Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies. Meanwhile, his research exists at the intersection of race and medicine. And in his classes, students are just as likely to encounter graphic novels and poetry as they are historical documents and books.
  
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- Drexel University Announces 2021 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 24, 2021
  The speakers and honorary degree recipients addressing graduating Dragons this year are well-known and respected in their various fields, and several have deep, longstanding ties to Drexel.
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- Michael Silverstein’s Research Provides Answers for People with ADHD, EFD in Highly Cited Paper
  
  May 24, 2021
  Michael Silverstein, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, investigated the relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and executive dysfunction symptoms in adults and found that ADHD symptoms were strongly correlated with and predictive of executive function deficits (EFDs), guiding clinicians to take a more holistic approach to treatment. The resulting paper received enough citations to place it in the top one percent of the academic field of psychiatry/psychology based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.
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- Scott Warnock, PhD, Appointed Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
  
  May 24, 2021
  Scott Warnock, PhD, from the Department of English and Philosophy, has been appointed to the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education to provide leadership in all areas of undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences while fostering initiatives to improve faculty’s teaching experience.
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- Junior Victoria Wible Tackles Energy Transitions in Sociology Co-op
  
  May 21, 2021
  
  Victoria Wible, a sociology major and research assistant on co-op this spring with the Labor and Energy Project at Drexel, presented her research at the Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Science Conference, organized through Lebanon Valley College.
  
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- Two Students, Alum Named 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellows
  
  May 20, 2021
  Two CoAS graduate students and one recent alumni have received 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to promote research efforts in physics and clinical psychology. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program aims to encourage innovation and creativity in STEM fields by investing in outstanding graduate students through a five-year fellowship program. The fellowship includes three years’ worth of financial support, with an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 awarded to the researcher and their institution.
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- New Quantum Technology and Quantum Information Certificate Prepares Students for Careers in Emerging Field
  
  May 19, 2021
  
  To address the critical shortage of skilled workers in quantum technology and quantum information, Drexel University will offer a new post-baccalaureate certificate in this area. Beginning fall 2021, the Department of Physics will accept applicants who hold bachelor's degrees in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, or electrical and computer engineering, and offer them opportunities to learn the fundamentals of quantum technology and quantum information. The aim is to provide a strong foundation in this emerging area, with a focus on the foundations of quantum physics, technological advances on the quantum level, and real-world applications.
  
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- Evangelia Chrysikou, PhD Appointed Associate Dean for Research
  
  May 18, 2021
  
  Evangelia G. Chrysikou, PhD, from the Department of Psychology, has been appointed to a 3-year term as Associate Dean for Research to provide leadership to all research and scholarly/creative inquiry programs in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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- SEA-PHAGES Lab Innovates for Remote Learning Environment
  
  May 17, 2021
  
  Susan Gurney, PhD, and Brett Condon, PhD, who co-teach the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) course, had a novel solution to move their extremely hands-on lab online.
  
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- Unsettled and Unsettling: An Interview with Maegan Poland on Her Debut Short Story Collection
  
  May 13, 2021
  
  The award-winning debut short story collection from Assistant Teaching Professor of English Maegan Poland, PhD, features wildly imaginative and beautifully detailed stories. In this interview, Poland discusses her interests and influences, among other things.
  
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- Visiting Authors Highlight 2021 Drexel Writing Festival, Set for May 17-21
  
  May 07, 2021
  
  The 2021 Drexel Writing Festival returns virtually May 17-21, and features esteemed visiting writers Karen E. Bender, Robert Anthony Siegel, Artress Bethany White, and Kayleb Rae Candrilli.
  
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- #ForeverDragons: Save the Date for the CoAS Commencement 2021
  
  May 04, 2021
  
  On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, the College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2021 with a virtual commencement. The ceremony will be live-streamed from Mandell Theater, where a small party of dignitaries and speakers will gather.
  
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- Drexel Names New Computing Cluster After Historic Alumna
  
  April 29, 2021
  Picotte, the University’s high-performing computing equipment, is named for Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, who is believed to be the first Native American physician in the U.S.
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- CoAS Students Present Research at UN Commission on the Status of Women
  
  April 26, 2021
  CoAS students Liz Pham and Zyrah Alvi recently presented their research on corruption at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2021 Forum.
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- New Linguistics Minor Puts Focus on the Nature of Language
  
  April 21, 2021
  Beginning in fall 2021, undergraduate students across the University will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the building blocks of language through a new minor in Linguistics. Offered by the Department of Communication, the minor offers courses that teach social and cultural aspects of communicating with people of diverse backgrounds, technical aspects of how language creates meaning, and psychological aspects of how language affects the human mind.
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- 2021 Global Research Symposium: International Solutions for A Global Crisis
  
  April 20, 2021
  The University’s “Climate Year: Global Research Symposium” brought together Drexel faculty and international partners to present and discuss ways of studying, addressing and combatting climate change.
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- Defense Mechanisms in Aphids Can Become a Double-edged Sword, Sharpened by the Seasons
  
  April 20, 2021
  
  Evolution is unfolding in real time within many natural animal populations and researchers are now observing how this influences biodiversity in the field. In a newly published study in Molecular Ecology a team of Drexel University scientists examined the biological variations in pea aphids, insects that reproduce frequently enough to evolve before our eyes, by tracing the prevalence of their protective endosymbiont, Hamiltonella defensa, which the insects use to ward off parasitoid wasps.
  
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- Rivers in History Course Brings the Past into the Future with ArcGIS
  
  April 19, 2021
  
  Due to COVID-19, Associate Professor of History Debjani Bhattacharyya, PhD, re-envisioned her usually hands-on course Rivers in History, using the advanced technology of ArcGIS.
  
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- PhD Student Luis Grande Branger Tackles Aquaman and White Supremacy in New Publication
  
  April 15, 2021
  Communication, Culture and Media (CCM) doctoral student Luis Grande Branger has an essay on "Aquaman and the American White Supremacy" forthcoming in a new collection of critical essays on the work of movie director James Wan.
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- Undergraduate Research Leads to Lead Authorship in Biology Publication
  
  April 14, 2021
  Shivani Patel '20, Nicole Naranjo '18, and Kimheak Sao '16 conducted work as undergraduates in the Petrie Lab that led to a recent publication in Molecular Biology of the Cell.
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- The Future of Artificial Intelligence Requires the Guidance of Sociology
  
  April 13, 2021
  
  In the race to out-compete other companies– artificial intelligence (AI) design is lacking a deep understanding of what data about humans mean and its relation to equity. Two Drexel University sociologists suggest we pay greater attention to the societal impact of AI, as it is appearing more frequently than ever before.
  
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- Global Studies Students Draw Attention to International Human Rights Violations
  
  April 12, 2021
  For their senior capstone projects, Global Studies students worked with Scholars at Risk to raise awareness of human rights violations against four incarcerated or missing scholars.
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- Clinical Psychology PhD Student Fareshte Erani Awarded F31 Fellowship from National Institutes of Health
  
  April 08, 2021
  Clinical Psychology PhD student Fareshte Erani was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, which supports the research training of predoctoral students from diverse backgrounds that are underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical research workforce.
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- Junior Medina Talebi Accepted to Prestigious Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
  
  April 05, 2021
  College of Arts and Sciences junior Medina Talebi has been accepted to attend the highly competitive Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI), which helps prepare undergraduate students from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities for an academic career in political science.
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- The Future is Bright for CoAS Alum Shahmar Beasley ’19, JD ’22
  
  March 31, 2021
  
  In a short time, College of Arts and Sciences alumnus Shahmar Beasley ’19 has accomplished a lot. From being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar to campaigning for various politicians and attending Drexel’s Kline School of Law, Beasley keeps a full calendar.
  
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- Global at Home: Drexel Study Abroad Goes Virtual During the Pandemic
  
  March 29, 2021
  
  Since March 2020, Drexel faculty and international academic partners have been pivoting planned study abroad trips to engaging remote learning opportunities.
  
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- New Climate Change Minor Prepares Students for Solving One of the World’s Most Pressing Problems
  
  March 29, 2021
  
  Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing humankind today, and in the coming decades it will impact every aspect of people’s lives and careers. Even though actions are being taken to reduce global emissions, today’s students will live through a period of rapid climate change that is without precedent in human history. To help prepare students to face these problems, the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) will offer a new minor in Climate Change beginning in Fall 2021.
  
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- Freshman Renae Tingling to Appear in The Norton Field Guide to Writing
  
  March 25, 2021
  
  Drexel University student Renae Tingling has essay written for first year writing class accepted for publication in The Norton Field Guide for Writing, a well-known and highly regarded writing instructional used in college writing courses across the nation.
  
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- Physicist David Goldberg Helps Create the Most Accurate Map of the World
  
  March 23, 2021
  Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Physics David Goldberg, PhD, is part of a team that has created the most accurate flat map of the world: a double-sided circle that features the Northern Hemisphere on one side and the Southern Hemisphere on the other.
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- CoAS Launches New Master’s Program in Strategic and Digital Communication
  
  March 16, 2021
  Changing times, new technologies, and an increasingly digital environment: In a constantly shifting media landscape, communication professionals have to be flexible. They must be not only prepared to face change head-on, but also able to step up and lead others in what it means to innovate and communicate in the digital age. To help current and aspiring communication professionals meet these challenges and opportunities, the Department of Communication is launching the Master of Science in Strategic and Digital Communication (MS-SDC).
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- Graduate Course Shifts Focus on Black Women Writers, Away From the ‘Single Story’
  
  February 26, 2021
  
  “Black Women Writing: Short Stories (CW T680),” which is being offered to graduate students this term, promotes anti-racism by disrupting the white literary cannon and shining a light on 19^th century through 21^st century Black women renegades.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  February 17, 2021
  This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including Miriam Giguere, PhD, head of the Department of Performing Arts and professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, who was awarded a $400,000 grant to create a citywide music-based project.
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- COVID Campus: How It Feels to Be Back for Dragons
  
  February 01, 2021
  
  DrexelNow spoke with undergraduate students on campus about this phase of Drexel University’s reopening, including health and safety protocols for residence halls and in-person learning, making new friends and staying connected, and their advice and hopes for the near future.
  
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- Need an Impartial Sounding Board? Meet the Drexel Ombuds
  
  January 28, 2021
  
  Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, a professor of psychology, has been the Drexel Ombuds since 2018, and specializes in lending an ear and offering advice to any Dragons in need.
  
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- New Minor to Offer Co-Curricular, Collaborative Approach to Creating a Just World
  
  January 20, 2021
  
  Drexel’s Department of Criminology and Justice Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences is now offering a Justice Studies minor to all undergraduate students interested in viewing their disciplines through a social justice lens.
  
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2020
- Inaugural DEI Community Read Takes Up Racism, Slavery and Higher Education
  
  December 18, 2020
  The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a Community Read of the book Ebony & Ivy is being offered as a 1-credit special-topics course in politics in the winter and spring, open to all Drexel students. Community members and faculty, staff and alumni from the entire University are also invited to participate, at no cost. Meetings are from 6 to 6:50 p.m. on Thursdays and will be conducted via Zoom.
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- Talking to Kids about Weight: What the Internet Says and Why Researchers Are Wary
  
  December 17, 2020
  
  Researchers from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University systematically reviewed numerous independently published guidelines for having conversations with children about weight status to analyze their content, consistency, actionability and scientific support. They recommend future guidelines unify their messages for caregivers and health care professionals and be better supported by scholarly data.
  
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- Drexel Deans Look Back at 2020 — Part One
  
  December 16, 2020
  After a tumultuous year of change and uncertainty, deans from the University’s colleges and schools reflected on what happened and what they’ve learned.
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- Does Sharing Health Data Help Maintain Weight Loss?
  
  December 14, 2020
  Research from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University suggests that health counselors having access to self-monitored health data would improve a person’s weight loss maintenance.
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- Paper Wasps to Fenceline Communities: Top Student-Led Research from Spring and Summer
  
  December 07, 2020
  The College of Arts and Sciences’ first-ever virtual Research Day showcased unique and innovative research conducted last spring and summer by Drexel students and their CoAS faculty mentors. The research may have been conducted as part of a research co-op, STAR Scholars project, independent funding and more. Learn more about the students who received the day’s top prizes and how the awardees have used the projects to push forward in their academic and professional careers.
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- Building Community through Student News on “Inside Ambition”
  
  December 07, 2020
  Last winter, third-year communication major Alexandra George noted a sense of disconnect and lack of school spirit at Drexel University. Out of this idea was born “Inside Ambition,” Drexel University Television’s casual news show that aims to foster community at Drexel and provide a connection between students and the University. The show reports on news affecting students and shares interviews with Drexel community members about what is happening on campus, even as it films remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Welcoming New Faculty to the College of Arts and Sciences
  
  December 07, 2020
  Meet the new faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, and please join us in offering them a warm welcome to our community!
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- “Feeling Medicine:” Q&A on Medicine and the Pelvic Exam
  
  December 07, 2020
  Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by NYU Press, medical sociologist Kelly Underman, PhD, takes us inside gynecological teaching programs — drawing from in-depth interviews with students, faculty and the gynecological teaching associates who use their own bodies to teach the exam.
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- Policy Student’s Op-Ed Leads to Recycling Program Grant
  
  December 07, 2020
  Breath Hand, MS environmental policy ’21, knew from the early years of adulthood that every action she took in favor of the environment would help counteract the daunting effects of climate change and global warming. Studying environmental policy at Drexel was one of those actions.
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- Drexel-Funded Research Examines Racial Equity On and Off Campus
  
  November 09, 2020
  The University supported 22 projects focused on societal challenges in communities and within Drexel itself.
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- Winter Courses
  
  October 28, 2020
  Dive into money laundering cases, the rich biodiversity of Ecuador, or the philosophy of desire in these new and noteworthy winter courses!
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- Four CoAS Projects Funded in Support of Racial Equity
  
  October 28, 2020
  This summer, Drexel University’s Office of Research and Innovation funded projects by 22 faculty and staff across the university from its Rapid Response Research and Development Fund, which was designated for urgent action, short-term projects focused on racial equity. Learn more about the funded projects out of the College of Arts and Sciences, and how the researchers are tackling issues from bystandership among police officers to inclusive teaching practices.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  October 28, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards
  
  October 28, 2020
  The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  October 21, 2020
  This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including the work of Janet Chen, MD, assistant professor in the College of Medicine, who is a principal investigator for the Gilead Sciences-sponsored clinical trial evaluating young COVID-19 patients treated with the drug remdesivir.
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- BEES Students Show Off Their Research Mussels
  
  October 14, 2020
  Freshwater mussels are the most imperiled group of organisms in North America. Check out how Drexel BEES students have contributed with their “research mussels!”
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- Wake Up to Information and Change with “Good Morning, Neighbors”
  
  October 08, 2020
  In its sixth season, the morning radio show on WKDU is tackling interviews and education related to Black Lives Matter while staying true to its root goal of connecting Drexel to the surrounding community.
  
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- During a Historic Time, Drexel’s Virtual Convocation Looks Ahead
  
  September 30, 2020
  Looking and sounding different than past years, the 2020 ceremony outlined how Drexel will be working to improve educational, working and living environments on and off campus.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  September 29, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Anti-Racism Syllabus Draws on Black History in Philadelphia to Inspire Change
  
  September 29, 2020
  Like many organizations, Drexel’s Department of Sociology spoke up with passion and eloquence after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police and the nationwide wave of protests that followed.
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- Chemistry Laboratory Specialist Helps Department Go Virtual
  
  September 28, 2020
  Drexel University’s Department of Chemistry maintains high-tech instrumentation facilities and laboratories to support the research enterprises of faculty and students. The department’s laboratory specialist, Alan Shaffer, is integral to the success of those enterprises — particularly in the challenging shift to remote teaching and learning. We spoke with Shaffer to learn more about the function of his role in the chemistry department.
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- ChemGSA Presidents Past and Future Reflect on Chemistry Journey
  
  September 28, 2020
  We caught up with two presidents of the Chemistry Department Graduate Student Association (ChemGSA) — outgoing president DJ Hall, and new president Jerica Wilson — to get their views on chemistry, ChemGSA and their futures.
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- CoAS Names Inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  
  September 25, 2020
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Amelia Hoover Green, PhD, has been named its inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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- Drexel English Language Center Connects International Scholars Amid Pandemic
  
  September 25, 2020
  Dinner parties with US host families. Coffee hangouts at Ross Commons. Touring historic Philadelphia. Classes in One Drexel Plaza. For 12 years, Drexel’s English Language Center (ELC) has hosted international Fulbright Fellows from all over the world in rich summer pre-academic programs to prepare them for success in U.S. graduate schools and post-doctoral appointments. This year, everything had to change.
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- Cross-Disciplinary and Multi-Institutional: Drexel, Jefferson, Behavioral Science and Cancer
  
  September 25, 2020
  Meghan Butryn, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and a licensed clinical psychologist. She also serves as Director of Research in Drexel’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science.
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- How Drexel’s STAR Scholars Program Still Went According to Plan Despite Pandemic
  
  September 10, 2020
  The program, which gives highly motivated first-year students the opportunity to conduct faculty-mentored undergraduate research, supported 101 students this summer with stipends and remote positions, plus more in-person opportunities planned for the upcoming academic year.
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- Drexel Researchers Receive Funding for Racial Equity Projects
  
  August 31, 2020
  
  Just over $100,000 was awarded to 22 faculty and professional staff through Drexel's Rapid Response Research & Development Fund.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  August 26, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Meet Three New CoAS Directors
  
  August 26, 2020
  Over the past few months, Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences has welcomed (albeit remotely) new administrative leadership from as far away as Tennessee and North Carolina. Meet the three directors who are leading the College in the areas of advising, student success, marketing, communications and recruitment!
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- Meet the Drexel CoAS Director of Advising and Student Success
  
  August 26, 2020
  Brad Petitfils, PhD, is the Director of Advising and Student Success in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences. Hailing from New Orleans, he brings to Drexel a wealth of experience spanning campus planning and assessment, curriculum development and instructional technology, as well as international and global engagement. Get to know Dr. Petitfils with this Q&A!
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- Free-Roaming Dogs Prevent Giant Pandas from Thriving in the Wild
  
  August 17, 2020
  
  Before China declared giant pandas a protected species in 1962 – hunters in pursuit of the black and white bear used dogs to track them. Since then measures have been put in place to protect the vulnerable pandas, but more than half a century later, dogs are still jeopardizing their safety, according to a group of researchers that included Drexel’s James Spotila, PhD.
  
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- #COVIDCalls and the Academy of Natural Sciences
  
  August 12, 2020
  Earlier this summer, Department of History head and professor Scott Knowles, PhD, discussed COVID-19 with experts from the Academy of Natural Sciences as the pandemic relates to biodiversity, water quality, environmental justice and maintaining museums and their collections.
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- New CoAS Minors, Concentrations and Certificates
  
  August 12, 2020
  Cultivate your intellectual passions and diversify your skills with one of these new and revised CoAS programs!
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- Writing for Social Change in a Side-by-Side Course
  
  August 12, 2020
  When Drexel University moved to an online setting for spring term, no one knew how successful the courses would be. This was especially true for nine Drexel students, one professor, and a handful of members of the nonprofit organization Utility Emergency Services Fund (or UESF, pronounced “you-sef”), who had set out to forge a new partnership. A Community-Based Learning course, Writing for Social Change (WRIT 315) was led by Professor Elizabeth Kimball, who connected the students with the professional staff of UESF.
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- A Virtual Update on Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  July 29, 2020
  On July 28, several members of the Executive Planning Committee provided insight into how they are working to prepare for Drexel’s future in the midst of this year’s unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice.
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- CASTLE Launches Faculty Fellows Program
  
  July 27, 2020
  A new initiative out of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE) adds an additional layer to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Sustaining Excellence Program at Drexel University, which is aimed at improving retention of STEM undergraduates by developing evidence-based competencies among STEM educators through community building, mentorship and recognition of innovative teaching.
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- New Online Lit Journal Launches with Civic Engagement Focus
  
  July 27, 2020
  As cities around the world shut down in response to COVID-19, and the #StayHomePHL campaign ushered Philadelphians indoors, a small group of Drexel University students launched an online literary journal. While the timing may appear far from ideal, Paper Dragon was created, by the first cohort of Drexel’s MFA in Creative Writing program, to give a venue to diverse voices rising through adversity.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  July 27, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- A Robust, Caffeinated Comedy: “The Great American Deception”
  
  July 27, 2020
  In the near future, a mall-society spanning coast to coast has replaced much of the USA, and Private Investigator Frank Harken has made a name for himself as a no-nonsense detective. After wisecracking, coffee-making robot Arjay becomes Harken’s sidekick, the unlikely duo takes on the case of a missing woman and travels through the outlandish underworld of the Great American.
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- Drexel Rallies Around Co-op Students Affected by the Pandemic
  
  July 27, 2020
  When spring/summer co-op students started to lose positions due to the hardships brought on by COVID-19, several University colleges, schools and departments heeded the call to create new positions and provide funding to support this Drexel rite of passage.
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- Online Session for Faculty and Professional Staff Shares Campus Return Coping Strategies
  
  July 27, 2020
  In the July 23 presentation “When Pandemic Becomes Endemic: Managing Distress While Living With Covid-19,” College of Medicine Vice Chair for Education, and Director of Residency and Professor of psychiatry Donna Sudak, MD, suggested ways in which Dragons can manage their anxiety in these uncertain times.
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- Fall Courses
  
  July 22, 2020
  From the 2020 presidential election to the origins of the universe, to your community, learn and apply a range of relevant topics in these noteworthy fall courses.
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- CoAS Shines at Annual Celebration of Drexel Authors
  
  July 22, 2020
  In June, Drexel University gathered virtually to recognize over 100 accomplished authors and editors in its eighth-annual Celebrating Drexel Authors event. Members of the College of Arts and Sciences featured prominently in the event, including professors, graduate students and alumni from across several departments.
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- Meet Drexel’s New Student Body President
  
  July 22, 2020
  Drexel’s Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) recently announced its new crop of officers, led by President and biological sciences major Tim Hanlon! Read on to find out more about Tim’s plans for the role and how Drexel students can utilize the USGA to make their voices heard.
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- CoAS Creates New Role: Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  
  July 22, 2020
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that it will appoint an internal candidate to the new role of Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with an expected start date of September 1, 2020. This new position will report directly to the Dean and become a member of the Dean’s Leadership Team, a group comprising Department Heads, Associate Deans and Directors.
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- Drexel’s College-level Commencement Ceremonies Go Virtual
  
  June 15, 2020
  
  Though forced to celebrate from afar this year, the University’s colleges and schools created diverse, robust and meaningful virtual celebrations for their 2020 graduates
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  June 10, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Daniel Drexler and Sumita Gangwani Win 2020 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize
  
  June 10, 2020
  Two master’s students in science, technology and society, Daniel Drexler (Drex) ’20 and Sumita Gangwani, are the recipients of the 2020 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society (STS) Prize. This is the fifth year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize.
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- How did Drexel Adapt Courses for Remote Teaching and Learning This Spring?
  
  June 08, 2020
  The classroom experience was different this term, but faculty found creative and innovative ways to translate the physical learning environment digitally for students, with the help of colleagues and professional staff members from across the University.
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- 20 Thoughts from the Drexel University Class of 2020
  
  June 08, 2020
  
  The Class of 2020 is an historic one. Here are their thoughts during graduation week.
  
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- Psychology Grant to Address Youth Confinement Amid COVID-19
  
  June 05, 2020
  Correctional facilities have emerged as hotspots for the spread of COVID-19, and confined youth face an increased risk of COVID-19 infection. Given the overrepresentation of youth of color in correctional facilities, the disproportionate infection and mortality rate of COVID-19 among communities of color is compounded for these youth.
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- CoAS is Committed to Anti-Racism
  
  June 05, 2020
  The recent killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are the latest in an unconscionably long line of racially based tragedies in our country. The College of Arts and Sciences – its leadership, faculty, students and staff – stands in solidarity with and support of Black people and all victims of hatred and injustice.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion
  
  June 05, 2020
  We are pleased to announce faculty promotions and tenure appointments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members!
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- The Drexel Story Medicine Pivot in Response to the Pandemic
  
  June 04, 2020
  I hate myself for admitting this, but this darned pandemic has made me a better teacher. I know that any teacher reading this right would also hate me for saying such. So right now I am ducking for cover and turning off the comments section. But it's true. I am better at what I have been tasked to do all along, because I have suddenly been forced to do it differently.
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- Q&A with Balzan Fellow Debjani Bhattacharyya
  
  June 04, 2020
  Assistant Professor of History Debjani Bhattacharyya, PhD, has had a busy year. After completing a visiting fellowship at Princeton University’s Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies over the fall and winter, she received another visiting scholarship: This summer, she’ll be at the Institute of Asia and Africa Studies at the University of Humboldt, Berlin, conducting research for her newest book project.
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- Five Global Studies Majors Win Fellowships and Awards
  
  May 22, 2020
  Drexel University’s Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages has much to celebrate, as four of its students and alumni have received or were alternates for major awards. Global Studies majors won two Fulbright Awards, presented by the U.S. Department of State. Two Global Studies majors are alternates for the Fulbright, and third is an alternate for the Boren Scholarship.
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- Dragons Stick Together to Make Social Distancing Decals
  
  May 12, 2020
  Alumni, adjunct faculty and a student co-op are creating labels illustrating spaces six feet apart. And, they’re donating them to life-sustaining businesses.
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- Supporting Sustainability and Resilience in Las Marias, Puerto Rico
  
  May 07, 2020
  The “Disaster and Resilience in Puerto Rico” Community-Based Learning (CBL) course created by Steve Dolph, PhD, took students from across Drexel to Plenitud PR, a nonprofit educational farm and community dedicated to service in sustainability and the arts, located in Las Marias, Puerto Rico over winter break.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  May 06, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Drexel History Alum Joins Team Making PPE For Frontline Workers
  
  May 06, 2020
  Joseph Zwillenberg, a 2019 Drexel history alumnus and veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, has joined the fight against COVID-19 as a full-time volunteer.
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- MS Comm Alum Wins Fulbright and National Geographic Grants
  
  May 05, 2020
  Insects have a PR problem, says MS Communication alumna Isa Betancourt ’19. The author of the book “Backyard Bugs of Philadelphia” and the face of social media initiatives like The Bugscope live broadcast on Periscope, Betancourt has spread insect appreciation with help from her role as Curatorial Assistant of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
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- Five CoAS Faculty Tapped for Inaugural Drexel Teaching Academy
  
  May 05, 2020
  Five faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences are participating in the Teaching and Learning Center’s first Drexel Teaching Academy, a 10-week program designed to develop pedagogical experts across the University and foster an interdisciplinary community among faculty who already hold this expertise.
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- Summer Courses
  
  May 05, 2020
  Explore the media’s influence on society, the role of the United Nations and the causes and consequences of aging in these new and noteworthy summer courses. While course meeting times are listed for scheduling purposes, courses may consist of a mix of synchronous and asynchronous engagements
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- Co-Op 100 Spotlight: Prairie Yang
  
  April 29, 2020
  
  For 100 years, Drexel has equipped students for the real world through our renowned cooperative education program, also known as Co-op. Drexel’s Co-op program provides students with up to 18 months of real-world work experience with industry leaders. This allows students to test-drive careers and see firsthand how the knowledge they've gained in the classroom can be applied in the field, while building an impressive résumé before graduation.
  
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- Faculty Spotlight: Chemistry Prof Lee Hoffman, PhD
  
  April 29, 2020
  Lee Hoffman, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry at Drexel University. He is heavily involved with the general chemistry course sequence for both chemistry and non-chemistry science majors, including students from the Honors College, as well as with coordination and instruction of CHEM 425 (inorganic chem lab for graduating chemistry majors).
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- International Food Scientist Once Called Drexel Home
  
  April 29, 2020
  Anthony Del Vecchio, BS/MS chemistry ’63, was a Drexel alumnus who enjoyed a distinguished career as an international food scientist, and who passed away the end of April 2019. As a result of his work, he was awarded multiple patents, which are now on display in the chemistry department conference room and the library in Disque Hall.
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- Drexel’s Science in Motion Program Helps Level the Playing Field
  
  April 29, 2020
  Drexel University’s Science in Motion (SIM) program is an innovative, basic education/higher education partnership, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2000, that provides equipment and materials for high school and middle school chemistry classes.
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- Aha! + Aaaah: Creative Insight Triggers a Neural Reward Signal
  
  April 09, 2020
  
  A new neuroimaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab points to an answer of what may have driven the evolutionary development of creativity.
  
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- Psychology PhD Student Creates COVID-19 Resource List
  
  April 07, 2020
  As the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread, clinical psychology PhD student Kelsey Clark was inspired by her training as both a scientist and a clinical practitioner to do something. She created the COIVD-19 Resource List — now stretching over 400 items long — to connect the public with a range of resources, with a focus on mental health.
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- Sharing Excess: Battling Food Insecurity Through COVID-19
  
  April 06, 2020
  When most of the activity in Philadelphia came to a halt due in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus, Drexel University alum Evan Ehlers and his food recovery nonprofit saw more action than ever — and rose to the challenge to benefit the city’s less fortunate.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  April 03, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Living with Autoimmune Illnesses
  
  March 31, 2020
  Kelly Joyce, PhD, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Science, Technology and Society (STS), and Mel Jeske, an alum of Drexel’s MS in STS program, published a series of articles that explore how people living in the United States make sense of and manage autoimmune illnesses.
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- Meet Sociology Prof Amanda McMillan Lequieu
  
  March 31, 2020
  Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and an environmental sociologist of work and home. She studies how working-class communities impacted by natural resource economies adapt to globalizing economies and changing environments across rural and urban contexts.
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- Some Thoughts on What Comes After a Mobility Shock
  
  March 31, 2020
  As the coronavirus sweeps around the world, outpacing public health efforts to contain it, all human mobilities have been brought to an abrupt halt. People have stopped going to work, children are kept home from school, many businesses have closed their doors, airplanes have stopped flying, cruise ships are turned away from ports, borders are closing, factories have stopped churning out products, and the shipment of goods globally has vastly slowed.
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- What’s New in APA Style
  
  March 31, 2020
  It had been over a decade since the American Psychology Association (APA) last revamped its writing manual when the organization released the 7th edition of its famous APA Style Guide in October 2019. The latest edition of the manual contains a number of updates and additions designed to make APA style more useful for students, teachers and researchers.
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- Where in the Brain Does Creativity Come from? Evidence from Jazz Musicians
  
  March 31, 2020
  
  A new brain-imaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab sheds light on the controversy on which side of the brain is responsible for creativity by studying the brain of jazz guitarists during improvisation.
  
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- Q&A: #COVIDCalls with Disaster Historian Scott Knowles
  
  March 27, 2020
  Every day, the head of Drexel’s Department of History speaks with experts about news and developments related to COVID-19 — and he wants you to listen in.
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- Online Learning Tips From Your Fellow Dragons
  
  March 27, 2020
  Some Drexel University students will take their first online class this spring as the curriculum goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To help cope with this transition, some of Drexel's top online students provided their online learning hacks and best practices.
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- ‘But You Don’t Look Sick?’ How Broad Categories like Autoimmune Impact Patient Experience
  
  March 23, 2020
  When your disease is hard to name and doesn’t have visible symptoms, it can be hard for others to understand that you are sick. And, when people don’t know much about your disease, it can be hard to explain it to family and friends.
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- Meet New Global Studies Prof Monserrat Bores Martínez
  
  March 02, 2020
  Monserrat Bores Martínez is an assistant teaching professor in Drexel University’s Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages. In addition to her teaching and research, she previously served as a Fulbright faculty adviser at Princeton University, as co-director of the Puebla Education Abroad Program at Penn State University, and as a volunteer translator at a pediatric clinic.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  March 02, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- In Equatorial Guinea, Drexel Leaders Deepen Longstanding Research Partnership
  
  March 02, 2020
  A delegation led by President John Fry traveled to the African nation to further the University’s commitment to its Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program.
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- An International Co-op Uncovering Drexel Family History
  
  February 26, 2020
  A history and sociology major completed a co-op in the city archives of the Austrian ancestral home of the Drexel family to learn more about the University founder’s father.
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- Lending a Helping, Digital Hand in the Face of the Coronavirus
  
  February 19, 2020
  The director of Drexel’s University Writing Program helped faculty at NYU Shanghai convert their writing classes for digital learning after the campus shut down face-to-face operations.
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- $600 Million Milestone Surpassed by The Campaign for Drexel
  
  February 13, 2020
  Drexel supporters have carried the University’s most ambitious fundraising campaign past its three-quarter mark.
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- Earth Day, Every Day: Talking Climate Change With Your Peers
  
  February 12, 2020
  Healthy debate and discourse are at the center of most undergraduate students’ lifestyles, but it may be hard to have a conversation with peers about climate change. Two activist students weigh in on how to ease the burden.
  
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- Drexel MFA Student Opens Harriett’s Bookshop in Fishtown
  
  February 03, 2020
  Harriett’s Bookshop, named in honor of Harriet Tubman, features a monthly literary rotation curated according to a theme — a comingling of new voices and “old voices that are new again,” says owner Jeannine Cook, a community activist and student in Drexel University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
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- Q&A with an Analog Game Designer and Scholar
  
  February 03, 2020
  We’re in the middle of a “gaming renaissance,” says Drexel student Greg Loring-Albright. So, what does that mean for you, exactly? Anyone can become a game creator! Loring-Albright shares his perspectives as a PhD candidate in communication, culture and media (CCM) who focuses in academic game studies and has also created his own games.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  February 03, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Meet New English Prof Maegan Poland
  
  February 03, 2020
  
  Maegan Poland, PhD, teaches creative writing through Drexel Storylab and composition in the First-Year Writing Program. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Mississippi Review, Pleiades and Beloit Fiction Journal, and has been awarded a Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize anthology, a Tin House scholarship and a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She has served as Fiction Editor for Witness magazine, and as Managing Editor for Yalobusha Review.
  
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- Drexel Study: Physical Activity is Good for Your Appetite, Too
  
  February 03, 2020
  Researchers from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University found exercise to be a protective factor in a study where participants in a weight loss program, who were following a reduced-calorie diet, engaged in exercise in their real-world environments.
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- Spring Courses
  
  January 31, 2020
  Check out these new and noteworthy courses for Drexel’s spring term — like “Economy Gap and Homelessness,” a Community-Based Learning course taught in Japanese that explores social issues through media and community service.
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- Contemporary Sociology Theory Class Visits Eastern State Penitentiary
  
  January 31, 2020
  In November, Kelly Underman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, took her students in SOC 356 Contemporary Sociology Theory, to Eastern State Penitentiary. The field trip was intended to set the stage for the course unit on sociological theories of “Power,” beginning with the work of philosopher Michel Foucault.
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- A Drexel PhD Student’s 'Summer' at the South Pole
  
  January 31, 2020
  Steve Sclafani, a Drexel doctoral student in physics, spent over a month at the South Pole supporting research in the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, and following in the footsteps of his mentor.
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- Where Do We Want Drexel To Be in 10 Years?
  
  January 22, 2020
  Starting this month, the committee working on Drexel’s new 10-Year Strategic Plan will begin meeting with colleges and schools to seek input on how Drexel should navigate the upcoming crucial decade.
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- Hidden Treasures: America’s First Drexel
  
  January 22, 2020
  In the early 19th century, the University’s founder’s father, Francis Martin Drexel, left his native Austria to become a famous portrait painter in America. He ended up creating a banking dynasty that led to the creation and funding of Drexel University.
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- Employee Spotlight: The Nezus
  
  January 21, 2020
  Drexel psychology professors and husband-and-wife team Art and Christine Nezu celebrated 30 years at the University last year — and 36-plus years of marriage.
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- Major-switcher Memoirs: Meet a Dragon Who Declared Four Different Majors Her First Year at Drexel
  
  January 17, 2020
  Similar to national trends, more than one-third of Drexel undergraduate students change their major at least once. Like Elizabeth Warnock, who, after three failed switches within two different colleges her freshman year, found the elusive perfect fit she’d been seeking.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  January 16, 2020
  Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty — like two Drexel professors who were awarded fellows of the National Academies of Inventors.
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- Drexel-Inspired New Year’s Resolutions
  
  January 08, 2020
  Still looking for a New Year’s resolution? Hint — we’ve been sharing ideas all year long! Check out some of our top articles from the year for a little aspiration inspiration.
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- Course Methodology: STS Theory Studio
  
  January 08, 2020
  I did not expect that students would use their potluck dish as part of their final project submission. We ate heptapod brownies, inspired by the extraterrestrial species in the movie “Arrival,” and learned about bacteria, mold, and transnational technoscience as we sampled artisan cheeses. These potluck offerings were science, technology and society theory models, in edible form — nourishment for finals week at Drexel University.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  January 08, 2020
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Public Policy Course Tackles Philadelphia’s PES Refinery Problem
  
  January 07, 2020
  The Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in South Philadelphia was the largest and oldest refinery complex on the East Coast until it shut down this summer, following an explosion on June 21, when a highly flammable processing liquid leaked and caught fire from a corroded elbow joint, sending a massive fireball into the Grays Ferry darkness.
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- How to Become a Forensic Psychologist
  
  January 06, 2020
  Aided by depictions in the media and popular culture, forensic psychology is a rapidly growing field. However, there are still many misconceptions about what it means to be a forensic psychologist — and how to become one. A team from Drexel’s Department of Psychology sought to address the lack of career guidance and widen access to the field in the new book “Becoming a Forensic Psychologist,” published by Routledge.
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- 10 Years Ago at Drexel CoAS
  
  January 06, 2020
  As we kick off a new decade of scholarship and innovation, join us for a fun look back at life in the College of Arts and Sciences 10 years ago!
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2019
- Maria T. Schultheis Joins Office of Research & Innovation Leadership Team
  
  December 13, 2019
  The Psychology Department professor was recently appointed vice provost of research.
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- Top Drexel Stories of 2019
  
  December 11, 2019
  Here’s a look back on what happened at the University this year and the Dragons who were involved with some of the biggest news and events that had impacted campus and society as a whole.
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- 2019 Service Recognition: 616 Dragons With Over 7,900 Combined Years of Work at Drexel
  
  December 10, 2019
  The University recently held its annual recognition of faculty and professional staff with major service milestones, including a College of Arts and Sciences faculty member with a half century of teaching at Drexel.
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- Remembering Robert Immordino, Department of Mathematics
  
  November 19, 2019
  On November 8, 2019, Robert Immordino, MS, associate teaching professor in the Department of Mathematics, passed away following a several-year battle with lung cancer.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  November 18, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Meet New Physics Prof Jörn Venderbos, PhD
  
  November 15, 2019
  Assistant Professor of Physics Jörn Venderbos, PhD, heads the Quantum Condensed Matter theory group and holds a joint appointment in the College of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research is aimed at understanding the fundamental properties of novel quantum materials, designing new materials for applications in quantum information science, and developing tools to describe the collective behavior of correlated electron systems.
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- A Poem from “Our Age of Anxiety”
  
  November 15, 2019
  Henry Israeli’s fourth book of poetry, “Our Age of Anxiety,” was published by Wine Pine Press in September as the winner of the 2019 Wine Pine Poetry Prize. An associate teaching professor in Drexel’s Department of English and Philosophy, Israeli shares his inspiration behind the collection alongside its titular poem.
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- Brent Luuvas, PhD, Awarded John Collier Jr. Award for Still Photography
  
  November 15, 2019
  Brent Luvaas, PhD, associate professor in the Drexel University Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages, was awarded the 2019 John Collier Jr. Award for Still Photography for his book “Street Style: An Ethnography of Fashion Blogging,” published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic.
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- Students Become Scientists in Marine Field Methods Course
  
  November 15, 2019
  It takes most of the morning for students in the Marine Field Methods course to walk from bay to beach of Island State Park, New Jersey. On bayside, the students rub sand between their fingers and note the shoreline drop-off caused by erosion. Assistant teaching professor Dane Ward, PhD, peels algae off the side of the dock, its presence indicative of a low-energy environment caused by the shelter of the barrier island they are standing on.
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- Q&A with Drexel’s Pre-Health Advisor
  
  November 15, 2019
  Considering a career in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy or other health-related fields? Drexel’s Pre-Health Advisor, Mary Beth Davis, PhD, is here to help! Davis shares answers to commonly asked questions and how to leverage Drexel’s resources to prepare for a health-related career.
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- Drexel Celebrates a Decade in the Yellow-Ribbon Program
  
  November 04, 2019
  The University was one of the first colleges to participate in the government’s tuition program for post-9/11 veterans since 2009 — and it’s still one of the few to offer unlimited spaces to student-veterans every year.
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- Drexel Chemistry Students Unveil East Coast’s Largest Periodic Table
  
  October 31, 2019
  In celebration of both the International Year of the Periodic Table in 2019 and National Chemistry Week, students from two chemistry organizations unfurled a 100-foot-tall, 135-foot-wide handmade periodic table on Buckley Field.
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- New Faculty Keep Drexel Abreast of Disruptive Technologies
  
  October 30, 2019
  Among the top academic and research talent hired this year were faculty in new and developing fields that have the potential to impact mainstream industries.
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- 5 Tips for Taking an International Co-op
  
  October 28, 2019
  Sarah DiPasquale went on two consecutive co-ops to China, and her experiences there make her passionate about encouraging other Drexel students to consider international co-op opportunities.
  
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- Exposing the Networks of Climate Action Opposition, It’s Not Just Oil…
  
  October 25, 2019
  It comes as no surprise that coal companies, railroads and electrical utilities are the most numerous and influential members of the Climate Change Countermovement (CCCM). For the first time, a Drexel University researcher has exposed the corporate membership of the twelve major coalitions opposing climate action in the United States.
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- Three Cool Co-Ops From Spring/Summer Cycle
  
  October 22, 2019
  What do Drexel history, MIT research and an electric vehicle startup have in common? They are all topics of recent co-ops completed by students in the College of Arts and Sciences! As the University celebrates 100 years of co-op, learn more about the amazing research and industry experiences of our majors in three recent co-ops.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  October 21, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- 12 Ways to Feel Connected at Drexel
  
  October 21, 2019
  Whether it’s your first quarter at Drexel or your last, there are myriad opportunities to connect to Drexel’s many communities and students. Check out these 12 tips for finding your Drexel home, courtesy of the College’s Student Advisory Board.
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- Student Work-Study Jobs
  
  October 18, 2019
  Sharpen your professional and research skills, earn extra money and gain valuable experience with these work study job opportunities!
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- Winter Courses
  
  October 18, 2019
  Explore creativity in research, the history of the Earth, globalization and more in these new and noteworthy winter courses!
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- Meet Global Studies Prof Lina Martínez Hernández, PhD
  
  October 18, 2019
  Lina Martínez Hernández, PhD, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages, seeks to connect classroom to community and introduce students to Spanish-speaking and migrant groups.
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- Dakota Storm Peterson to Study Grassroots Vehicles for Change With Fulbright Award
  
  October 10, 2019
  A 2018 graduate of Drexel University’s political science program is the recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dakota Storm Peterson recently embarked on his grant to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will conduct research at the University of Sarajevo and within Mreža za izgradnju mira (“the Peacebuilding Network”), a nongovernmental organization.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  October 10, 2019
  Read all about the sponsored research, major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel — like the Dornsife School of Public Health’s Alex Ortega, PhD, who was awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study psychiatric and substance use disorders among island Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricane Maria.
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- New Book Examines Ethics and Logistics of Problem-Solving Courts
  
  October 02, 2019
  A new book based in research by Drexel University’s Department of Psychology is the first to provide a comprehensive look at problem-solving courts — judicial courts that seek to address the behavioral health needs that underpin criminal behavior.
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- 100^th Anniversary of Co-op Kicks Off at Convocation
  
  September 30, 2019
  Convocation, one of Drexel’s most time-honored traditions, also served this year as the kick off for a years-long celebration of the Drexel Co-op program.
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- A Note From the Dean on the New Academic Year
  
  September 25, 2019
  This week not only marks the official start of fall, but also the beginning of a brand-new academic year. I'd like to welcome our new and returning Dragons to campus and wish our students the best of luck as they embark on co-op opportunities and adventures abroad.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  September 25, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Team to Investigate Obesity Treatments with $3.65M NIH Grant
  
  September 24, 2019
  Researchers in Drexel University’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) will use a new $3.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate mindfulness and acceptance-based interventions for obesity. Principal Investigator and Psychology Professor Evan Forman, PhD, tells us more about the grant, which is co-investigated by Meghan Butryn, PhD, associate professor of psychology, Adrienne Juarascio, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, Stephanie Manasse, PhD, assistant research professor in the WELL Center, and Donna Coffman, PhD, an assistant professor in Temple University’s College of Public Health.
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- Welcoming New Faculty to the College of Arts and Sciences
  
  September 24, 2019
  We are thrilled to welcome the following new faculty members to the College of Arts and Sciences community.
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- Bio Grad Takes on Mental Health Stigma and Medicine
  
  September 23, 2019
  On co-op at Johnson & Johnson, Deanna Mauro ’19 stood confidently before a room of senior scientists. Mauro, a biological sciences major at Drexel University, had spent the past six months running her own project, designed to increase the effectiveness of a specific immunotherapy.
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- Course Spotlight: Chimpanzee Biodiversity and Conservation in Cameroon
  
  September 20, 2019
  Most biology courses don’t take place foreign national park, or require an independent, chimpanzee research project — but Chimpanzee Biodiversity and Conservation is not your average biology course.
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- Welcoming Dean Norma Bouchard, PhD, to the College of Arts & Sciences
  
  September 20, 2019
  The College of Arts and Sciences is delighted to announce that Norma Bouchard, PhD, has assumed her role as dean of the College, effective September 3, 2019. Dean Bouchard joins Drexel University from San Diego State University, where she was dean of the College of Arts and Letters and a professor of European studies for four years.
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- Announcing the New Associate Dean of Graduate Education
  
  September 20, 2019
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Michelle Dolinski, PhD, associate professor of physics, has been appointed associate dean of graduate education. Dolinski received her PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She joined Drexel’s Department of Physics in 2012.
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- ‘What Might This Be?’ The Art and Science of Rorschach Inkblots Opens at Drexel
  
  September 19, 2019
  
  “What might this be?” Is an innocent question, and one that Hermann Rorschach asked of a series of inkblots he developed, in hope of diving further into the inner workings of the human mind in the 1920s. Rorschach combined two of his passions, graphic arts and the science of medicine, as a catalyst for inquiry into the psyche – and in this process, he also created art.
  
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- A Fish By Another Name
  
  August 27, 2019
  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University's ongoing effort to collect Late Devonian vertebrate fossils (370 to 360 million years old) in Pennsylvania has resulted in lots of new discoveries from highway road cuts exposing the rocks of the Catskill Formation.
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- Are We Really Protecting Rivers and Streams From Pollution? It’s Hard to Say, And That’s a Problem.
  
  August 20, 2019
  
  More public and private resources than ever are being directed to protecting and preserving aquatic ecosystems and watersheds. Whether mandated for land development, farming or in response to the growing severity and number of natural disasters – scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University found evidence that decades of watershed restoration and mitigation projects have taken place, but their impact is mostly perceived; data is relatively undocumented — or simply missing.
  
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- Q&A with Drexel’s Pre-Law Adviser
  
  August 15, 2019
  Interested in a pre-law path at Drexel? Whether you’re still undecided or ready to start the law school application process, Drexel’s pre-law adviser Joanna Craig, JD, has advice for how to put your best foot forward before applying to law school.
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- New CoAS Major and Minors for 2019
  
  August 15, 2019
  Cultivate your intellectual passions and diversify your skills and with one of these new CoAS programs!
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- Student Organization Spotlight: Weekend Warriors
  
  August 15, 2019
  Need a break from city living? The Weekend Warriors show how easy it is to get back to nature with fun and affordable trips not far from campus. We caught up with trip leader Anika Arose, a global studies major with minors in Spanish and sociology, to learn about her experiences with the organization.
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- On Totalitarianism and Complicity: Q&A with Philosophy Prof Adam Knowles, PhD
  
  August 13, 2019
  A new book by Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy Adam Knowles, PhD, reexamines the philosophical and political affinities of Martin Heidegger, one of the most famous intellectuals to embrace fascism in Nazi Germany. Knowles gives us the backstory on “Heidegger’s Fascist Affinities: A Politics of Silence,” published by Stanford University Press, and shares what’s next for his research as he embarks on a fellowship to Germany.
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- Interdisciplinary Drexel Team Wins NSF Grant for Innovative Graduate Minor
  
  August 13, 2019
  An interdisciplinary team led by Chemistry Department Head Fraser Fleming, PhD, will use a $500K grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate minor.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  August 13, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- New Exhibit Explores the Best of the BEES
  
  August 12, 2019
  The Drexel Collection’s new show is centered around the educational and professional opportunities made available by the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science.
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- Ted Daeschler Addresses Challenges of Communicating Geoscience Research
  
  August 09, 2019
  
  On June 10, the Drexel Libraries welcomed Ted Daeschler, PhD, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Academy of Natural Sciences and Professor in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences, to discuss the importance of communicating geosciences research to inspire citizen engagement during the final ScholarSip event of the 2018/2019 academic year.
  
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- The Names Behind Drexel Buildings
  
  August 07, 2019
  Ever wondered who Bossone or Stratton or Disque were, and why those are the names of buildings on Drexel’s University City Campus?
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- Keeping Tabs on the Environment
  
  August 02, 2019
  Summertime means the height of field work season for many Academy scientists. They can be found up and down the Delaware River watershed measuring fish, collecting algae samples, measuring sea level rise due to climate change, testing water for the presence of harmful chemicals and more.
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- New Interim Department Head of Biology
  
  July 23, 2019
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Sean O’Donnell, PhD, has been appointed Interim Head of Drexel University’s Department of Biology.
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- COM Major Finds Community “In the Heart of Brotherly Love”
  
  July 23, 2019
  A lifelong North Philly resident, Roy Aguilar knows a thing or two about neighborhood pride. “People who live in prideful places in Philadelphia tend to be biased toward their neighborhood,” says Aguilar, a recent graduate of the communication major at Drexel University. “There is a sense of community. We feel like we are a special people, because we support one another.”
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- Drexel Writing and Tutoring Centers Open in Korman
  
  July 23, 2019
  
  Drexel students now have access to a one-stop shop for academic support with Drexel’s new Writing and Tutoring Centers! In May, several of Drexel’s academic tutoring centers moved to the Korman Center, co-locating to support student academic success. Read on to learn more about these resources — and how you can take advantage of them!
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  July 23, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- International Biology Collaboration Leads to Nature Publication
  
  July 23, 2019
  A new paper published in the journal Nature is the result of a successful international collaboration — and it started right on Drexel’s campus in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Ryan Petrie, PhD.
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- Fall Courses
  
  July 23, 2019
  Explore your interests in these cool fall courses — from war narratives to the history of the universe and the link between philosophy, politics and economics.
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- Student Work-Study Opportunities
  
  July 23, 2019
  Looking for an on-campus job this fall? Apply for a work-study position with one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ departments or offices!
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Spring 2019
  
  July 11, 2019
  Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel, like the 53 faculty and staff members who were named this year’s Drexel Areas of Research Excellence (DARE) awardees.
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- Photo Recap: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Drexel’s New Veterans Lounge
  
  July 10, 2019
  The space in the Creese Student Center officially opened with a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony last month. Tom Masci '68, an Army vet, made a generous gift to help with the improvements to the area, which boasts a business center, study tables and a small meeting area.
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- Exploring Drexel’s Diverse History, One Class Project at a Time
  
  July 05, 2019
  A new spin on an old class enabled Drexel students to research areas of University history that spoke to them, such as women, LGBTQ+ students, working-class students and international students at Drexel.
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- This New Species of Shipworm Has an Appetite for Stone
  
  June 28, 2019
  As alluded to by its name, most shipworms bore into and digest wood – making them a natural nemesis to docks, pier infrastructure, wooden vessels and sailors alike. The mollusks digest the wood with the help of symbiotic bacteria that live in their gills. The enzymes and other molecules from the bacteria may help in the development of new antibiotics and bio-fuels.
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- Two Physics Majors Receive Goldwater Scholarships
  
  June 27, 2019
  This year, physics majors James Minock and Johannes Wagner were Drexel’s sole recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship. Minock and Wagner were selected from a highly-competitive pool of 5,000 natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering college sophomores and juniors who were nominated by 443 academic institutions across the United States.
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- What Can You Do With a Minor in Nonprofit Communication?
  
  June 25, 2019
  Combining industry-driven courses and professional experience, Drexel University’s minor in nonprofit communication provides training in communication strategy geared specifically to the nonprofit sector.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  June 25, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- 15 Can’t-Miss Outdoor Activities Near Drexel
  
  June 25, 2019
  It’s officially summer, which means it’s time to bookend those classes and co-ops with some fun in the sun! So, grab your friends, slather on some sunscreen and enjoy all that Philadelphia has to offer with these 15 can’t-miss outdoor activities — all just a short trip from Drexel’s campus!
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- Student Organization Spotlight: Drexel’s German Club
  
  June 25, 2019
  “Sprechen Sie Deutsch,” or are you simply interested in German culture? Get involved with Drexel’s German Club! We caught up with its president and founder, health administration and finance major Amarah Malik, to learn more about the club.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion
  
  June 25, 2019
  We are pleased to announce faculty promotions and tenure appointments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Student Fellowships
  
  June 25, 2019
  Students in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences are scientific innovators, global explorers and leaders in education, communication and advocacy. Reflecting their accomplishments is the impressive number of national and international fellowships they received this year to support graduate education, professional experiences and research abroad.
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- Intro to Astronomy Class Provides Innovative, Interpersonal Ways to Discover the Cosmos
  
  June 24, 2019
  PHYS 131 is Drexel’s introductory course to Astronomy open to all majors, and faculty may soon pilot a video game class to further pique student interest in the subject.
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- Mona Elgohail Receives the Drexel Common Good Award and the Exceptional Graduate Student Award
  
  June 19, 2019
  Mona Elgohail, a clinical psychology PhD student mentored by Pamela Geller, PhD, was awarded the university-wide Drexel Common Good Award for her academic excellence and commitment to improving the world around her by making contributions to local, national and global communities through scholarship and civic engagement.
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- Commencement 2019 in Tweets
  
  June 17, 2019
  Here’s what graduates, faculty, staff, friends, family, mentors and honorees had to say on Twitter about Drexel University’s 131^st commencement ceremony hosted at Citizens Bank Park on June 14.
  
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- Albert Herr Teaching Assistant Awardees
  
  June 04, 2019
  Congratulations to Aleksandr Yaroslavskiy and Joshua Jackson for receiving this year's Albert Herr Teaching Assistant Award! This award is given annually to teaching assistants who have excelled in the classroom.
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- ‘Hidden Treasures’ Follow-Up: Drexel Alumnus and Professor Remembers the University’s Astronomy Society
  
  June 03, 2019
  In response to a previous article about the "hidden treasure" that is the University's observatory, an alumnus and current Drexel assistant clinical professor reminisced about what it was like being the vice president of Drexel's Astronomy Society when he was a chemistry major here at Drexel before graduating in the ’70s.
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- Heard Around Campus — May
  
  May 29, 2019
  This month's installment of the “Heard Around Campus” feature contains information about University awards and recently completed construction projects.
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- CoAS Students Receive University-Wide Awards
  
  May 23, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the following College of Arts and Sciences students who have received university-wide awards.
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- Five Things to Know About Judy Wicks, the 2019 CoAS Commencement Speaker
  
  May 23, 2019
  Judy Wicks is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and community leader — and the 2019 Drexel College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Keynote speaker. As the founder of numerous businesses and nonprofits, including the Drexel-favorite White Dog Cafe, she is a leader in the sustainable business movement and an advocate for a more compassionate, eco-friendly and locally based economy.
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- Drexel Writing Center Creates Community Through Anti-Racist Pedagogy
  
  May 23, 2019
  The Drexel Writing Center has long been a space where the Drexel community — students, faculty and staff — can turn for one-to-one support through every stage of the writing process. For DWC staff, creating an inclusive community for both writers and tutors is a central focus.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  May 23, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Drexel Researcher Studies Effects of Forest Fires on Climate and Air Quality
  
  May 23, 2019
  Ezra Wood, PhD, associate professor of chemistry, and his research group are part of a multi-year project studying the atmospheric chemistry of smoke from forest fires. Wood shares some background information and updates on the project.
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- Meet the College of Arts and Sciences’ Newest Forever Dragons
  
  May 22, 2019
  They’ve found their intellectual passions, expanded their worldviews, made friends and memories — and now they’re ready to turn their tassels! Members of the graduating class of 2019 share their advice, Philly faves, memories and more before they head off on their next adventure.
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- Finding Focus Through a Drexel Non-Profit Co-op
  
  May 22, 2019
  
  Nicole Kalitsi was tasked with pioneering a new role during her co-op with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Supported by Drexel University’s Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships, this experience helped the fourth-year global studies student zero in on her future career goals.
  
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- Student Job Opportunities
  
  May 21, 2019
  Sharpen your professional and research skills, earn extra money and gain valuable experience with these work study job opportunities!
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- College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards
  
  May 21, 2019
  The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college, and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
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- Physics Major Keziah Sheldon Receives Fulbright Award
  
  May 17, 2019
  Senior physics major Keziah Sheldon was one of three College of Arts and Sciences students and alumni to be awarded a Fulbright Study/Research award this year. The award supports nine months of full-time research sponsored by the Fulbright Program, the United States’ flagship international educational exchange program.
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- Hallie Espel-Huynh Receives Post-Candidacy Research Excellence Award
  
  May 13, 2019
  Hallie Espel-Huynh was awarded the Post-Candidacy Research Excellence Award, which is presented to graduate students at Drexel who have completed innovative research that has potential for wide dissemination and a significant impact on the field.
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- Drexel University Announces 2019 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 08, 2019
  The full lineup of speakers for this year’s commencement ceremonies contains a multitude of men and women from different industries with great accomplishments in their fields.
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- Train Your Brain to Eat Less Sugar
  
  May 07, 2019
  A recent study led by Evan Forman, PhD, a psychology professor in Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences, shows that a computer game can be used to train its players to eat less sugar, as way of reducing their weight and improving their health.
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- ‘Me too.’ Movement Founder Gets Real During On-Campus Event
  
  May 03, 2019
  Tarana Burke held little back while explaining her background, her work and her hardships to a captive audience of Drexel University students, faculty and staff.
  
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- First-Gen Student Uses COM Skills to Inspire Others’ Educational Journeys
  
  May 03, 2019
  As a high school freshman, Brandon Medina had life after graduation planned out: he would stay in his hometown of Philadelphia and join his father’s taxi business. When the family business closed, he began a journey that would ultimately change his mindset, leading him to the Communication major at Drexel and illuminating his passion for educating others.
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- Paralympic Preview: Exploring Disability Studies Ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games
  
  May 01, 2019
  World-leading athletes, incredible feats of human performance and plenty of heart: the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games will be a cause for both celebration and scholarship. Amy Slaton, PhD, professor of history, and Scott Knowles, PhD, department head of history and panel moderator, gave us a primer on the games ahead of the Dean’s Seminar.
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- Protecting Bioko’s Biodiversity, Part 2
  
  May 01, 2019
  
  In her second post, Professor Stefanie Kroll, Phd recounts her travels from the capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, to the small town of Moka (population around 200) on Bioko Island. This unassuming place has been the home base for the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program for over 20 years and where she and other Drexel faculty and students do research year round.
  
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- CoAS to Offer New Interdisciplinary Major in Philosophy, Politics & Economics
  
  April 29, 2019
  This fall, Drexel University will join an exclusive group of U.S. and international universities offering a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). A joint endeavor of the Department of Politics, the Department of English and Philosophy and the LeBow College of Business’ School of Economics, the BA in PPE provides a multidisciplinary foundation for professionals who will address the complex, interconnected challenges of contemporary life.
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- Summer Courses
  
  April 29, 2019
  Board a 25-foot research vessel, explore intercultural experiences or trace a gendered history of film in these featured summer courses!
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  April 29, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Behind the 2019 Steinbright Co-op Photo Contest Winning Entries
  
  April 29, 2019
  The winners of the @Work and @Play categories explain their winning entries and what co-op means to them.
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- How Drexel Celebrates Pride Week
  
  April 26, 2019
  Pride Week is here at Drexel! Leading up to the Drexel Drag Show on Friday, May 3, and The Ball on Saturday, May 4, the Queer Student Union is hosting an event each day of the week. We caught up with Sara Aykit, a senior English major and the president and co-founder of the Queer Student Union, to learn more about the events.
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- Parents Learn Skills to Encourage Healthier Diet in Children, Without Leaving the Dinner Table
  
  April 25, 2019
  A new project from Drexel University's Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) called "Project PICNIC" aims to help parents guide their children toward healthier choices, without it turning into a battle of wills.
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- Chandler Puhy Elected to APSSC
  
  April 23, 2019
  Chandler Puhy, a clinical doctoral student in Drexel's Department of Psychology, has been elected to the Association for Psychological Science graduate student caucus executive board (APSSC) for 2019-2020 academic year.
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- Drexel to Welcome ‘me too.’ Movement Founder Tarana Burke
  
  April 18, 2019
  As part of the Campus Activities Board’s annual culture and discovery program, Burke will address Drexel students, faculty and staff as well as take part in both a moderated and an audience Q&A.
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- Psychology PhD Student Lauren Johnson Receives Provost's Award for Best Oral Research Presentation
  
  April 16, 2019
  Drexel Psychology PhD Student Lauren Johnson received the Provost’s Award for Best Oral Research Presentation for her work “Problem-Solving Approach to Moral Injury in Deployed Veterans at Risk for Suicide” presented at the 2019 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference.
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- Drexel Ice Cream Now Available at Franklin Fountain
  
  April 15, 2019
  The student-designed “Dragon’s Breath” ice cream flavor will now be available for purchase at the Old City ice cream parlor.
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- Drexel Hosts Radio Personality Terry Gross for an Evening of Interview
  
  April 15, 2019
  Terry Gross, the host and co-executive producer of NPR’s “Fresh Air,” discussed her interview techniques with a sold-out audience as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Lecture Series.
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- Hidden Treasures: The Drexel Home of Philadelphia’s Largest Telescope
  
  April 15, 2019
  Drexel University’s Joseph R. Lynch Observatory is located on the roof of Curtis Hall and contains Philadelphia’s largest telescope.
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- Drexel Experts Consider the Green New Deal
  
  April 12, 2019
  Unrealistic. Not ambitious enough. Too little, too late. Worth a shot? Already the subject of a great deal of conjecture and debate, the Green New Deal, a broad set of policy goals addressing environmental justice and climate change, recently reinvigorated by House Democrats, is likely to remain a central issue as the 2020 election approaches. Drexel faculty experts, with background spanning environmental science, engineering, atmospheric chemistry, environmental justice and policy, labor and environmental economics weigh in on the origin, scope and viability of the GND’s goals and similar policy efforts.
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- Psychology PhD Student Mina Ratkalkar Receives AASECT Scholarship
  
  April 12, 2019
  Drexel Doctoral student Mina Ratkalkar has received The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sexual Attitude Reassessment Scholarship.
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Winter 2019
  
  April 10, 2019
  Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel — including a College of Medicine associate professor’s five-year, R01-type individual research grant for $2.8 million.
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- “The Ambitious Elementary School:” Q&A on Educational Inequity
  
  April 03, 2019
  Elizabeth McGee Hassrick, PhD, an assistant professor in Drexel’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute and Department of Sociology, and colleagues spent five years investigating a charter elementary school in Chicago with a remarkably different educational model. The results? Students in the charter school — most of whom were admitted through a random lottery — had significantly higher test scores than peers in other schools, an effect that continued at least through middle school. The students’ results also nearly closed the racial achievement gap in the city.
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- With Newly Adopted Research Center, the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program Welcomes CoAS Faculty and Students
  
  April 03, 2019
  This spring, faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences traveled to Equatorial Guinea to celebrate the official government adoption of the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program’s scientific research center. The events not only highlighted the accomplishments of the program, but also shed light on opportunities for further collaboration with Drexel University researchers and students.
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- What’s New with Writers Room? Three Things to Know
  
  April 02, 2019
  Writers Room, a university-community literary arts program, has taken its creative placemaking, social justice and civic engagement in new directions in recent months. Find out what Writers Room has been up to — and how you can get involved.
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- Student Organization Spotlight: American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  
  April 01, 2019
  Drexel’s chapter of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, or simply “bio club,” is open to any student interested in the life sciences. We caught up with the current president of Drexel ASBMB, biological sciences senior Mary Doan, to learn more about the organization.
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- TA Tell-All: Three Drexel Teaching Assistants’ Thoughts on Working with Students, Faculty and Each Other
  
  April 01, 2019
  
  DrexelNow got together three Drexel University teaching assistants from different disciplines and background experiences, along with a knowledgeable moderator, for a roundtable discussion about their most notable experiences, techniques and suggestions for improvement.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  April 01, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- What’s it Like to Go on ‘Wheel of Fortune?’ One Drexel Student Explains All
  
  March 29, 2019
  Drexel student Zaarah Abdul-Aziz recently appeared on the show on a March 20 episode during its special “College Week Spring Break” programming.
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- Drexel Study: Smartphone App Predicts Diet Lapse
  
  March 27, 2019
  According to a recent study, led by Evan Forman, PhD, a psychology professor in Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences, a first-of-its-kind smartphone app called OnTrack can predict ahead of time when users are likely to lapse in their weight loss plan and help them stay on track.
  
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- Drexel Faculty and Students Present at the Annual ESS Meeting
  
  March 25, 2019
  The Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Annual Meeting was held in Boston, MA from March 14-17, 2019. ESS was founded in 1930 to support sociological research in the northeast United States, and has about 1,200 members. Drexel faculty and students participated in the conference, making critical contributions to global health, medical education, race and clinical medicine, social theory and urban sociology.
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- New Species Announced at the Academy: 445 Days in Rewind
  
  March 22, 2019
  
  The continued discovery and documentation of new species shows life on Earth can still surprise us – and it’s clear that conservation and proper cohabitation of this world is increasingly important. Scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University helped discover and recently published a few new slimy, shelled and fossilized species within the past 445 days, and each instance serves as a reminder of just how important biodiversity is.
  
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- Protecting Bioko's Biodiversity
  
  March 21, 2019
  My first few days are spent in the capital, Malabo, at the Study Abroad house with the Drexel University students, Mary Katherine “Katy” Gonder, PhD, director of the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, David Montgomery, BBPP national manager, and their truly dedicated staff. About two-thirds into the academic quarter, everyone seems just as busy and lively as I imagine they were in week one, which speaks to the value and importance of their conservation and education work on this tropical island.
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- Merck Chairman and CEO Kenneth Frazier to Speak at Drexel’s 2019 Commencement
  
  March 11, 2019
  
  Merck & Co., Inc. Chairman and CEO Kenneth C. Frazier will address the class of 2019 at Drexel’s University-wide commencement ceremony on June 14. In what has become a Drexel tradition, the University will once again hold its University-wide ceremony at Citizens Bank Park. Frazier’s contributions in the business, legal and humanitarian fields are especially notable.
  
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- Welcoming New Associate Deans in the College
  
  March 11, 2019
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of two new associate deans in graduate education and research.
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- Norma Bouchard Appointed Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
  
  March 06, 2019
  Norma Bouchard, PhD, who is currently the dean of the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University, will become the next dean of Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Q&A on Uyghur Relations with Drexel’s New Director of Global Studies
  
  March 05, 2019
  After 10 years in Drexel University’s School of Education, Rebecca Clothey, PhD, begins her tenure as the new director of the College’s Global Studies program this month. For the past decade, she has conducted research on education issues related to the Uyghur (Uighur) people — a population making international headlines for reported human-rights violations against them in China, including mass detention in “re-education camps,” surveillance, and physical and psychological violence.
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- Research Update: CoAS Professors with Fulbright Awards
  
  March 05, 2019
  
  We caught up with professors in the College of Arts and Sciences who recently won awards through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program. From Mexico to Montpellier, these four profs are taking their research and teaching abroad.
  
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- Oh, the Places You’ll Go: 10 CoAS Majors Share Favorite Travel Destinations
  
  March 05, 2019
  Sure, you could complete your whole degree in Philadelphia, but why not take advantage of Drexel opportunities around the globe? With gorgeous photos, insider tips and stories from international locales, 10 College of Arts and Sciences students share the best place their major has taken them.
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- Student Work-Study Opportunities
  
  March 05, 2019
  
  Looking for an on-campus job this fall? Apply for a work-study position with one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ departments or centers!
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  March 05, 2019
  
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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- The Life of a Liberty Scholar
  
  March 04, 2019
  
  Since 2010, Drexel University’s Liberty Scholars program has awarded more than $76 million in full-tuition scholarships to more than 400 low-income graduates from Philadelphia high schools. But supporting these students through graduation takes more — and means more — than what money can buy.
  
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- 9 Empowerment Tips for Drexel Students
  
  March 04, 2019
  
  Female deans from Drexel University will soon gather to discuss professional and emotional empowerment at the Dean’s Panel during the Women’s Empowerment Summit hosted by the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship. In advance, DrexelNow asked them each to share their one key empowerment tip for students.
  
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- Did an Asteroid Cancel Dinosaurs? The Truth is in the Lava
  
  February 26, 2019
  
  About sixty-six million years ago a planet-wide catastrophe brought the non-avian dinosaurs to their demise, and the end of the Cretaceous period was marked by a mass extinction of its fauna and flora. New data, published in the journal Science, says it’s possible that intense volcanic eruptions in India coincided with the worldwide extinction – ultimately cementing the fate of the massive reptiles.
  
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- The Speed of Thinking Exhibition and Panel
  
  February 18, 2019
  The Center for Mobilities Research & Policy co-organized a panel discussion on February 13th, 2019 in association with the Pearlstein Gallery’s exhibition The Speed of Thinking.
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- How Fast Are the Oceans Warming?
  
  February 15, 2019
  
  The greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere make our planet habitable, taking it from an average global temperature of -18 degrees C (zero degrees F) to a balmy 15 degrees C (60 degrees F). Current human activities, such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation, are increasing the concentration of these greenhouse gases, increasing the amount of the sun’s energy that is getting trapped.
  
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- What Makes Some People Creative Thinkers and Others Analytical?
  
  February 13, 2019
  A new brain-imaging study from Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab reveals that the different "cognitive styles" of creative and analytical thinkers are due to fundamental differences in their brain activity that can be observed even when people are not working on a problem.
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- A Tale of Two Colleges: Drexel and Stillman Act on Memorandum of Understanding
  
  February 13, 2019
  
  Drexel University and Stillman College, a historically black university based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in May 2018 which created unique opportunities for students from both schools — and expansion plans are already underway.
  
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- New Access to Open-Licensed Materials Could Make a Difference for Students
  
  February 05, 2019
  Drexel faculty now have greater access to open-licensed textbooks — and are already starting to implement them in the classroom.
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- Why Consider Graduate School?
  
  February 05, 2019
  When it comes to life after graduation, there are many exciting decisions to consider, from choosing where to put down roots, to applying for jobs and determining if graduate or professional school is right for you.
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- Can a 6-hour Program Prevent Obesity? Drexel Psychologist Wants to Find Out
  
  February 05, 2019
  What if an hour a week for six weeks could prevent young adults from becoming obese? Meghan Butryn, PhD, a Drexel University psychology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is trying to find out.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  February 04, 2019
  We are proud to recognize the recent presentations, publications, awards and honors of members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- How to be More Creative at Work
  
  February 04, 2019
  Research by cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists reveals that a vacation could do the trick according to Drexel Psychology professor John Kounios, PhD
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- Triangle in Trouble: Drexel’s Independent Newspaper Calls on Students in Fundraising Campaign
  
  February 04, 2019
  
  Drexel University’s student newspaper, The Triangle, announced that it no longer could afford printing costs, and is looking to students and the Drexel community for support.
  
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- Meet Psychology Prof Megan Meyer
  
  February 01, 2019
  For Megan L. Meyer, PhD, assistant teaching professor of psychology, student learning transcends the classroom with annual Habitat for Humanity trips and a pedagogy focused on "connections over content."
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- "The Commander's Dilemma": Q&A on Wartime Violence
  
  February 01, 2019
  Why do some military groups commit many types of violence, whereas others carefully control violence against citizens? In her new book “The Commander’s Dilemma: Violence and Restraint in Wartime,” Cornell University Press, Assistant Professor of Politics Amelia Hoover Green, PhD — whose research focuses on conflict-related violence, intra-armed groups and human rights — argues that restraint occurs when fighters understand why they are fighting. That is, when commanders invest in political education.
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- Communication Major Shares Tips for Success after Working at Fox 29
  
  February 01, 2019
  I was told that work experience and networking would be two of the best things that I could do for myself while in college. In addition to my schoolwork, extracurriculars, and two co-ops, I decided to complete an internship for credit in my third final year at Drexel. I landed an amazing opportunity at Fox 29 studios in Philadelphia, working on one of their entertainment television shows called "The Q."
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- Apply Now: Student Master Class with NPR’s Terry Gross
  
  February 01, 2019
  Before she delivers the 2019 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture on April 10, join us for a special master class with Terry Gross, host of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program “Fresh Air.” Apply now to be one of only 10 CoAS students who will meet and learn from National Public Radio’s foremost interviewer.
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- Student Organization Q&A: Drexel Mock Trial Association
  
  February 01, 2019
  We caught up with Talha Mukhtar, a philosophy and political science major, to chat about his experiences with the Drexel Undergraduate Mock Trial Association. Mukhtar is a senior and the current president of DUMT.
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- Rising Leaders: Shahmar Beasley
  
  January 25, 2019
  Shahmar Beasley is a community leader in the truest sense. His internship experience — with two Pennsylvania state representatives, a Philadelphia judge and a criminal defense attorney — is matched only by his civic engagement. Between fundraising for underserved communities and studying for the LSAT exam, he also organized the Thomas R. Kline School of Law’s first District Attorney candidates debate as the past president of Drexel Democrats.
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- Rising Leaders: Kiana Williams
  
  January 25, 2019
  Kiana Williams has conducted research on cancer-causing enzyme misregulation, engaged patients in programming at a children’s hospital, and cared for infants with severe medical conditions. A mentor to underprivileged middle school students, Williams is a strong believer in inspiring people to work together — a motivation that underlies her goal of becoming a medical doctor.
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- Rising Leaders: Sumita Gangwani
  
  January 25, 2019
  Sumita Gangwani has taken her passion for sustainability into diverse roles — studying green energy in Iceland, researching the politics of energy development in Philadelphia, and influencing sustainable retail policies on co-op in Washington, D.C. As an on-campus leader, she has advocated for Drexel to remain committed to its environmental initiatives and has helped empower new Dragons as a student ambassador and mentor.
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- Rising Leaders: Anthony Perez
  
  January 25, 2019
  Anthony Perez is an advocate for underserved populations. He’s written grants for nonprofit funding, worked as a human rights intern in Argentina, and helped raise money for disaster relief in Puerto Rico. At his most recent co-op, he assisted immigrants and asylum seekers in attaining permanent residency and public benefits in the U.S.
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- Rising Leaders: Sara Aykit
  
  January 25, 2019
  Sara Aykit has harnessed the power of storytelling to celebrate diversity and the common experiences that unite us. A Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar, she has attended writing workshops in Ireland and served as a memory writer for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Her focus on community building has led her to become a student advocate with Drexel’s Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion and to assist with refugee resettlement while on co-op at the nonprofit Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Pennsylvania.
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- Follow My Lead: Maggie Deptola
  
  January 24, 2019
  A drive to address economic inequalities — and a less-than- engaging high school experience — led Maggie Deptola to Coded by Kids, a local nonprofit that aspires to make technology education accessible to all middle and high school students. Her work caught the eye of professional networking giant LinkedIn, which featured Deptola in its #InItTogether campaign. Her likeness has since been featured on billboards throughout Philadelphia and even in a commercial that aired during the 2018 Winter Olympics — a fitting nod to her Olympian determination to transform education.
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- Follow My Lead: Amber Racine, Esq.
  
  January 24, 2019
  Stumbling upon personal injury law during her co-op as a history and politics student and A.J. Drexel Scholar at Drexel, Amber Racine has since become a rising star of the field. Her accolades range from “Lawyer on the Fast Track” from The Legal Intelligencer to being named chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors for 2019. Her successes aside, Racine is most grateful for the chance to make a difference in people’s lives.
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- Follow My Lead: Anthony DeSimone, PhD
  
  January 24, 2019
  No matter the day or season, Anthony DeSimone’s mornings start the same: a 4 a.m. wakeup and quick email check, followed by a one- to three-hour run. The discipline required to maintain these morning rituals weaves its way through every aspect of DeSimone’s life, allowing him to tackle the pressures of leading more than 2,000 engineers and a unit that brings in $5 billion in revenue annually.
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- Follow My Lead: Nicholas Barber
  
  January 24, 2019
  For recent alumnus Nicholas Barber, science doesn’t end with discovery. A good scientist, he believes, uses research to inform policy, improve communities and mitigate harm to our planet. After five years at Drexel University — a journey brimming with awards, mentorship experiences and research — Barber is now studying earth science on a full scholarship at the University of Cambridge as the second Gates Cambridge scholar in Drexel history.
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- Follow My Lead: Ekwoge Abwe, PhD
  
  January 24, 2019
  Ekwoge Abwe has a gift for rallying others to the cause of conservation. From hunters to farmers to local community members, he has worked for two decades to empower the citizens of Cameroon to protect the country’s fragile ecosystems and its numerous endangered and endemic species.
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- Follow My Lead: Madelyn Caltabiano, PhD
  
  January 24, 2019
  For 37 years, Lyn Caltabiano has been a leader in the field of pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) at two of the top pharma companies in the world — GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co. From leading operations for GSK’s early phase clinical development and oncology R&D to strengthening project and alliance management at Merck, she has sought one challenge after the next, never allowing herself to get too comfortable.
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- Antarctic Paleontological Expedition: Week 7
  
  January 22, 2019
  Windy days at our Deception Glacier camp made for challenging working conditions, but nonetheless we got some good work done to wrap up our field season.
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- Striking It With Fossil Trove: Week Six
  
  January 14, 2019
  Weather this week has been clear but cold and windy. We’ve explored about 10 miles from camp around Alligator Peak, with some good finds of dense bone beds of Devonian fish remains.
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Fall 2018
  
  January 11, 2019
  This update reflects the sponsored research and major gifts, honors and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel University.
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- Psychology PhD Candidate named 2018 Muslim Mental Health Policy Advocate
  
  January 09, 2019
  Mona Elgohail, a clinical psychology PhD candidate mentored by Pamela Geller, PhD, has been named Muslim Mental Health Policy Advocate of 2018 for her research and advocacy around mental health wellness, particularly in the area of fertility and infertility, by the University of Southern California's Center for Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology. She will be receiving this award at their annual conference in February of 2019.
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- Finding Fossil Fish in Antarctica: Week 5
  
  January 07, 2019
  Week 5 in Antarctica started with clear skies but strong winds creating dangerous wind chills. Winds dropped to more normal levels after a couple of days, and we’ve gotten several good workdays on the rock outcrops.
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- Spring Courses
  
  January 04, 2019
  Explore celebrity philanthropy and activism, identify birds in local parks and reserves, and examine the media’s portrayal of environmental issues in these new and noteworthy spring courses.
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- Support and Resources for Drexel Faculty and Administrators Seeking External Funding
  
  January 04, 2019
  Drexel’s Office of Foundation and Corporate Relations (FCR) builds strong partnerships with private and corporate foundations that grow Drexel's teaching, research and civic engagement initiatives. FCR offers a wide range of support and resources for Drexel faculty and administrators seeking external funding for their academic research and programs.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  January 03, 2019
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of the members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Student Organization Spotlight: The Criminal Justice Society
  
  January 03, 2019
  Learn about Drexel’s Criminal Justice Society — and how you can get involved — from two criminology and justice studies majors: Sean McClellan ’21, president of the society, and Yih-Chia Lam ’19.
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- CoAS Appoints Director of Online Education
  
  January 03, 2019
  In her new role, Vadell will collaborate with faculty, College leadership and Drexel University Online to shape and support a vision for curricular and faculty development, as well as student success, in the College’s technology-enhanced pedagogy.
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- Meet Politics Prof Jack Santucci
  
  January 03, 2019
  Assistant Teaching Professor of Politics Jon “Jack” Santucci, PhD, has studied proportional represenation and attitudes toward the electoral process, and encourages his students to dig deeper into political narratives.
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- John Medaglia Named as APS Rising Star
  
  January 03, 2019
  The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has named John Medaglia as an APS Rising Star. This designation is presented to outstanding APS members who are in the earliest stages of their research career.
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2018
- Finding Fossils in Antarctica: Week 4
  
  December 31, 2018
  
  Ted Daeschler, PhD, professor in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, reports on his fourth week in Antarctica...
  
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- Whiteout in Antarctica: Week 3
  
  December 23, 2018
  From BEES Prof Ted Daeschler from Antartica Week Three: We got our team into our field site at Deception Glacier on December 19 and 20. Weather was clear for the move days, and we set up camp in a ravine bounded by Devonian outcrop on one side and a tongue of glacial ice on the other. We are well protected from prevailing winds from off the ice cap.
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- Environmental Studies Major Promotes Sustainability in Retail
  
  December 21, 2018
  If IKEA sounds like an unlikely co-op employer for an Environmental Studies and Sustainability major, it’s not news to Sumita Gangwani. The sophomore received questioning looks when she told friends that she would complete her first co-op in corporate communications at the Swedish retail giant’s North American headquarters.
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- Reporting From Antarctica, Week Two
  
  December 17, 2018
  Week Two at McMurdo Station in Antarctica has been spent with more training, including a “shake-down” of equipment during a night-out in the field. We’ve been getting food, supplies and equipment organized and entered into the cargo system used for air support.
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- Top Drexel Stories of 2018
  
  December 17, 2018
  
  2018 was a big year for Drexel University. Thanks to DrexelNow, you can relive the year's top stories concerning faculty, staff and students who were involved with some of the biggest news and events on and off campus.
  
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- Communication Major Shines in Crisis Management Career
  
  December 14, 2018
  After many years of teaching public relations, I can always spot those students I just know will become what I call “PR Stars.” That’s Ashley Flear. The recent communication graduate never bragged about her many skills, but I noticed how she efficiently developed a website for an ovarian-cancer awareness project, overachieved on every assignment, and then, created an amazing crisis communication magazine for her senior project.
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- Reporting From Antarctica, Week One
  
  December 12, 2018
  Week One in Antarctica has been a whirlwind of training workshops and organizational work at McMurdo Station to get ready for the four weeks we plan to spend at our field sites in the interior of this frozen continent.
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- Meet a Drexel Student Who Used Her Clinical Psychology Education to Combat Suffering of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
  
  December 11, 2018
  
  Mona Elgohail, a PhD candidate in the clinical psychology program in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, brought her clinical training to a city in Jordan near the Syrian border in order to make a difference in “the worst humanitarian crisis of our time.”
  
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- What Will Philadelphia Look Like in 2100? 15 of Drexel's Environmental Experts Weigh In
  
  December 11, 2018
  
  The Drexel University Center for Public Policy debuted the latest edition of Drexel Policy Notes titled Climate Change and the Future of the North American City at the Philadelphia Citizen's Ideas We Should Steal conference on November 30, 2018. The Issue brings together 15 of Drexel's environmental experts to weigh in on what Philadelphia may look like in 2100.
  
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- Mimi Sheller Publishes “Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes”
  
  December 03, 2018
  In 2018 Sheller published her ninth book, “Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes” (Verso, 2018).
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- Camping (For Fossils) in Antarctica
  
  November 28, 2018
  Loads of dark chocolate. Reams of toilet paper. Dozens of hand warmers. Six snowmobiles and a leaf blower. Academy Curator of Paleontology Ted Daeschler, PhD is all packed for his next big camping adventure. He leaves November 29th for a month in Antarctica.
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- Meet Criminology Prof Shannon Jacobsen
  
  November 27, 2018
  Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies Shannon Jacobsen, PhD, was inspired by her own experiences as an undergrad to investigate the role of gender in perceptions of risk and fear of crime on college campuses.
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- Breathtaking: Q&A on Asthma Care and Climate Change with Ali Kenner, PhD
  
  November 27, 2018
  Alison Kenner, PhD, assistant professor of politics and of science, technology and society, has studied how people live with and care for asthma for more than a decade. Her new book, “Breathtaking: Asthma Care in a Time of Climate Change,” published by the University of Minnesota Press, examines this chronic disorder in light of global environmental changes.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  November 26, 2018
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- DIY Gift Ideas Inspired by CoAS Majors
  
  November 26, 2018
  Majors in the College of Arts and Sciences span a wide range of interests — from conservation to communication, global justice to disease biology. Draw some DIY inspiration from the CoAS majors with these 16 homemade gift ideas!
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- 5 Animal Facts and Photos from an Environmental Science Major
  
  November 20, 2018
  Environmental science major Jakub Zegar ’20 has focused his research in conservation biology, herpetology and amphibian thermoregulation while pursuing a STEM education minor at Drexel. He combines his passions in his Instagram account @jakub.zegar, where he shares facts and photos about the animals he encounters out in the field.
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- Startup Fest Highlights, Supports Entrepreneurial Students From Around Drexel
  
  November 15, 2018
  
  The Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship hosted its fifth-annual Startup Fest Nov. 7–8. Students from a variety of majors and background competed to have their business ideas heard and funded.
  
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- Sociology Professor Invited to Serve on Diversity Task Force
  
  November 14, 2018
  The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine represents a global membership of over 9,000 healthcare professionals working in intensive care. The Diversity Task Force was initiated to increase gender, racial and ethnic, and interprofessional diversity in the Society's membership and leadership.
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- Student Veteran Embraces Change and Finds Future in Politics
  
  November 12, 2018
  United States Marine Corps veteran and senior political science major John Brooks shared his path to Drexel and how he’s giving back to veterans in the Philadelphia community. Here’s his story in his own words, as told to staff writer Kylie Gray.
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- Provost’s Council to Set Action Plan for Global Engagement
  
  November 09, 2018
  The Office of the Provost recently established a council to map out a university-wide action plan for global engagement at Drexel.
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- Q+A: Why Should the United States Contribute to Climate Finance?
  
  November 08, 2018
  Global temperatures have been rising for decades, but recent headlines indicate that climate change is happening even faster than climate scientists anticipated. Recent studies show the Earth’s oceans are building and storing heat at rates much higher than previously estimated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recently released a sobering report detailing the looming economic and environmental impacts of a rapidly warming world.
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- Did You Know Exorcisms Aren’t Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus?
  
  October 31, 2018
  Whether you are getting ready for a gory Halloween movie marathon, taking it to the streets to trick-or-treat – or priming your costume for a spooky soiree, remember, as we indulge in the spirit of make-believe and pretend, some scary traditions are based in reality — yikes!
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- Sociology Professors Awarded NSF Grant
  
  October 30, 2018
  Diane M. Sicotte and Kelly A. Joyce were awarded $345,270 from NSF through the Science, Technology and Society program for a three-year project, titled “Societal Aspects of Energy Infrastructure Expansion.”
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- 10 Fall Comfort Foods Near Drexel
  
  October 23, 2018
  With the weather cooling down, there’s no better time to treat yourself to some delicious, fall comfort foods (in moderation, of course)! Check out this list of recommendations from members of Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Top 10 Reasons to Study Philosophy
  
  October 22, 2018
  Many people think the most practical route to a successful and satisfying career necessarily leads through a business or STEM-related field. However, studies have shown that many employers value “broad capacities” and skills like creativity and critical thinking over narrow, technical skills.
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- Research Update: Q&A with Asta Zelenkauskaite, PhD
  
  October 22, 2018
  Asta Zelenkauskaite, PhD, is an associate professor of communication and of communication, culture and media in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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- Research Update from Atmospheric Chemist Ezra Wood, PhD
  
  October 22, 2018
  In May of 2017, Ezra Wood, PhD, associate professor of chemistry, and a group of researchers deployed a large suite of analytical instrumentation to several sites in and near San Antonio, Texas. Their goal was to investigate the formation of ozone, also known as photochemical smog.
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- Meet English Prof Elizabeth Kimball
  
  October 22, 2018
  Liz Kimball, PhD, assistant professor of English, celebrates the diverse roots of Philadelphia as she seeks to bring that historical legacy alive with her students.
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- Would You Zap Your Brain to Improve Your Memory? Researchers Study Attitudes Toward Brain Stimulation
  
  October 22, 2018
  Drexel psychologists studied the public's attitudes toward brain stimulation.
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- Research Finds NJ Numerical Nutrient Criterion Used to Protect Streams is Too High
  
  October 22, 2018
  
  A new way of measuring the relative habitability of freshwater environments for fish and aquatic insects suggests that New Jersey’s water monitoring and treatment standards could use a boost.
  
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  October 19, 2018
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- In the Footsteps of Francis Martin Drexel: A Field Trip to Dornbirn, Austria
  
  October 16, 2018
  In October, a team of 10 Drexel University professors, students and alumni flew to Austria to visit the ancestral birthplace of the University founder’s father.
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- Winter Courses
  
  October 15, 2018
  Explore how natural disasters shape our world, changing perceptions of mental illness, and the effects of social movements on theories of democracy in these new and noteworthy winter courses.
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- Employee Spotlight: Drexel Musical Chairs Edition
  
  October 12, 2018
  Several leadership positions have been filled by Dragons that were already part of the Drexel community.
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Spring and Summer 2018
  
  October 09, 2018
  Over the past two terms, there has been a lot of research funding, commercialization activity and faculty honors at Drexel University.
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- PhD Candidate Finds Place for Entomological Research, Teaching Goals to Grow at Drexel
  
  September 27, 2018
  
  Meghan Barrett, a PhD candidate in Drexel University’s Department of Biology within the College of Arts and Sciences, is sharing her passion for… bugs … with undergraduates and the world.
  
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- New Leadership in the Departments of Communication, History & Psychology
  
  September 26, 2018
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the following changes in College leadership.
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- Student Job Opportunities
  
  September 26, 2018
  
  Sharpen your professional and research skills, earn extra money and gain valuable experience with these student job opportunities!
  
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- Welcoming New Faculty to the College of Arts and Sciences
  
  September 25, 2018
  We are thrilled to introduce the following new faculty members and welcome them to the College of Arts and Sciences community.
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- CoAS Accomplishments in Brief
  
  September 24, 2018
  
  We are pleased to recognize the recent grants, publications, presentations, awards and honors of members of the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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- There Goes the Neighborhood: Urban Coyotes in Pennsylvania and California
  
  September 24, 2018
  
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- Research Update: Q&A with Cell Biologist Ryan Petrie, PhD
  
  September 24, 2018
  Ryan Petrie, PhD, is an assistant professor of biology in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences. He was recently awarded a $323,429 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project “Physical Mechanisms of 3D Cell Motility.”
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- Student Organization Spotlight: PRSSA
  
  September 24, 2018
  The Drexel Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is an organization for students interested in public relations. Most members come from the communication and marketing fields, but others study engineering, economics and even culinary arts. I interviewed communication major Nneka Van Gronigen ’19, the president of Drexel PRSSA from 2016 to 2018, for her perspective on the organization.
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- Women Making Science History
  
  September 20, 2018
  On Museum Day, Saturday, Sept. 22, the Academy is honoring women making science history. General admission to the museum will be free, and visitors will be able to talk with some of our female scientists making a difference. We profile some of them here so you can get to know them before you come. Have your questions ready!
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- Michael Silverstein wins 2018 Junior Scientist Fellowship
  
  September 17, 2018
  Michael Silverstein, a second year doctoral student working under the mentorship of Brian Daly, was awarded the APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship to fund his research into risk factors for and the etiology of PTSD.
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- Drexel Foodies Share Their Favorite Wawa Hoagie Order
  
  September 17, 2018
  
  To celebrate the grand opening of the new Wawa on Drexel University’s University City Campus, DrexelNow asked faculty and staff to relay their favorite Wawa hoagie order, and why.
  
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- Students Find ‘Sanctuaries’ of Cultural Experience, Learning through Spanish-language Global Studies Class
  
  August 28, 2018
  
  SPAN 440 — a Spanish-language course aimed at introducing students to the meaning of “sanctuaries” — was built to offer unique experiences and context to one of today’s most-pressing controversies surrounding immigration.
  
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- A Creative Approach to Teaching Creativity, Interdisciplinary Teamwork for Graduate Students
  
  August 10, 2018
  
  Two Drexel University faculty members from different disciplines have come together to provide a unique opportunity for graduate students: learn how to flex their creative muscles.
  
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- Graduate College, Global Initiatives, Undergraduate Education Moves Announced
  
  August 08, 2018
  Drexel University's Provost announced updates on leadership positions in the Graduate College, Office of International Programs and on his staff.
  
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- Drexel President John Fry Discusses His ‘Civic Pathway’ in Community-Based Learning Class
  
  August 06, 2018
  Drexel President John Fry recently stopped by a classroom with student and community learners, as well as visiting Mandela Fellows, to discuss his views and efforts with civic engagement.
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- Entomologist’s View on “Ant-Man”
  
  August 01, 2018
  
  “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” sequel to Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 2015 “Ant-Man,” is in movie theaters this summer. Wondering how the superheroes compare to real insects, we checked in with the Academy’s Entomology Department, which houses 3.5 million insect specimens – a treasure for researchers around the world.
  
  There we found Robert Conrow, an affable Drexel PhD student and teaching assistant who studies crane flies with Entomology Curator Jon Gelhaus, PhD, a world expert. Gelhaus also is a professor in Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science. Conrow says crane flies would make terrible superheroes “because their long legs easily fall off in the slightest breeze.”
  
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- 8 Philly Day Trip Ideas
  
  July 25, 2018
  Are the lazy days of summer behind you? No way! There’s still time to squeeze in some summer fun. Pack up the car (or hop on a train), grab some road treats and head off on one of these great day trips from the Philly area.
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- Global Studies Alum Travels World, Finds Career in Event Marketing
  
  July 24, 2018
  Growing up, Rebecca Olsho ’16 recalls the global languages and cultures shared around her family’s dinner table. Her parents frequently opened their home to foreign exchange students, exposing Olsho to the diverse perspectives and opportunities of the world.
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- Fall Courses
  
  July 23, 2018
  Learn about the social dynamics of urban spaces, the language of the body in popular culture, and the philosophies of social and political life in these exciting fall courses.
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- Report: Fossil Fuel Industries - The Goliath of Climate-Related Lobbying Efforts, Spent Billions
  
  July 19, 2018
  
  A new study by Drexel environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, shows that between 2000 and 2016, lobbyists spent more than two billion dollars on influencing relevant legislation in the US Congress. As the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of climate lobbying data, Brulle’s research confirms the spending of environmental groups and the renewable energy sector was eclipsed by the spending of the electrical utilities, fossil fuel, and transportation sectors.
  
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- Illustrating a Devonian Predator
  
  July 16, 2018
  Jason Poole was charged with depicting Hyneria lindae, the largest creature living in an ancient stream ecosystem in Devonian-age Pennsylvania, about 365 million years ago. This lobe-finned fish, belonging to a group of back-boned animals called sarcopterygians, was at least twice the size of the largest of the other animals with which it shared the waters.
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- You Have One Job: Compared to Multi-Tasking Workers, Soldier Ant Brains Small
  
  July 16, 2018
  A Drexel University study found that ant colonies evolved to spend less energy on developing the brains of soldier ants, who have relatively simple jobs, compared to multi-tasking workers.
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- Drexel Astrophysicist Proves the Origin of Neutrinos
  
  July 12, 2018
  With nine-and-a-half years of data and a South Pole observatory, a Drexel professor and her colleagues has shown the origin of at least some of the high-energy particles known as "neutrinos."
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- Drexel Opens New Treatment Clinic for Eating Disorders and Weight Management
  
  July 12, 2018
  The WELL Clinic will provide evidence-based treatment for weight management, eating disorders and related conditions, all under one roof.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Student Fellowships
  
  July 11, 2018
  Students in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences are scientific innovators, global explorers and leaders in education, communication and advocacy. Reflecting their accomplishments is the impressive number of national and international fellowships they received this year to support graduate education, professional experiences and research abroad.
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- Work Study Position Available Now
  
  July 03, 2018
  The Departments of History and Politics are seeking a work study department assistant for 10 – 20 hours per week. The position involves physical and electronic filing, information collection and organization, light editing, promotion assistance, set-up and breakdown of lectures and panel discussions, deliveries (not heavy), and other duties as assigned by the Program Manager and Department Administrator.
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- Spring and Summer Update 2018
  
  July 02, 2018
  In March 2018 Sheller gave a Keynote Address at the Mobilities Pedagogies Symposium at Wilfred Laurier University and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Canada, where she was also invited to give a Master Class.
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- Math Professor Receives Midcareer Award for Research in Nonlinear Waves
  
  June 28, 2018
  David Ambrose, PhD, associate department head and professor of mathematics at Drexel University, is the recipient of the second biennial T. Brooke Benjamin Prize in Nonlinear Waves. The SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures awards the prize every two years to an outstanding midcareer researcher in the area of nonlinear waves.
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- Fall Courses
  
  June 26, 2018
  Dig into topics like criminal justice ethics, U.S. immigration and the history of work in these exciting fall courses.
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- Meet Global Studies Prof Amel Mili
  
  June 26, 2018
  Formerly a judge in Tunisia, Amel Mili, JD, PhD, is inspired by the everyday teaching moments in her career as an assistant teaching professor of global studies and modern languages.
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- Rubie Ghazal, PhD, Named Director of Drexel’s English Language Center
  
  June 26, 2018
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that Rehab (Rubie) Ghazal, PhD, has been appointed Director of Drexel’s English Language Center.
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- Biology Class Builds Research Skills, Autonomy in Underclassmen
  
  June 22, 2018
  
  Freshmen and sophomore biology students at Drexel can take the elective BIO 213, which introduces them to independent, novel research and a hands-on learning opportunity working with fruit flies.
  
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- Scientists Discover How Brain Signals Travel to Drive Language Performance
  
  June 21, 2018
  Using transcranial magnetic stimulation and network control theory, Drexel psychologists have taken a novel approach to understanding how signals travel across the brain's highways and how stimulation can lead to better cognitive function.
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- Writers Room Creates Community Through Stories, Photos With Canon Project
  
  June 15, 2018
  
  Drexel University’s Writers Room celebrated the release of the program’s fourth collective work, “Anthology,” and the culmination of its year-long, writer-in-residence program, TRIPOD.
  
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- Drexel Bucket List: 20 Things to Do Before You Graduate
  
  June 14, 2018
  What does it take to become a #ForeverDragon? Beyond the classes, co-ops and research, there are a few things that are quintessentially Drexel. Find out how many of these experiences you can check off your list before you graduate!
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- From Cs to PhD: International Student Overcomes Obstacles to Excel in Biology Research and Education
  
  June 13, 2018
  When Nicole Naranjo takes her seat on stage at the Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Commencement, she will be accompanied by her teacher Angel Garcia from the Centro Educativo Bilingue Interamericano in Ecuador. Naranjo nominated Garcia for the Harold W. Pote “Behind Every Graduate” award, a Drexel initiative to acknowledge inspiring high school teachers with an expenses-paid trip to the ceremonies.
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- 5 Things to Know About CoAS Commencement Speaker Paul Offit, MD
  
  June 12, 2018
  Scientist, educator, vaccine advocate and author Paul Offit, MD has a new title to add to the list: Drexel’s 2018 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Speaker. Learn more about Offit and his accomplishments before the College ceremonies on June 15 at the Mann Center.
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- For Kids With Crohn's, Drexel Student Creates a 'A Guide to Gutsy Living'
  
  June 08, 2018
  After seven years of living with bouts of excruciating gastrointestinal pain and constant trips to the bathroom, the option of ostomy surgery sounded “freeing” to then 19-year-old Jennie David.
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- Meet the 2018 CoAS Commencement Student Speaker: Anuranita Gupta
  
  June 08, 2018
  
  Biological Sciences major and BS + MD student Anuranita Gupta will address graduates as the class of 2018 representative at the College of Arts and Sciences Commencement ceremony on June 15, 2018.
  
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- Long Thought Silent Because of Ice, Study Shows East Antarctica Seismically Active
  
  June 04, 2018
  Half of Antarctica has long thought to be seismically dormant, but a Drexel University researcher tripled the number of recorded earthquakes by monitoring for just one year.
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- Recent Drexel Psychology Student Awards
  
  June 01, 2018
  Psychology graduate students receive awards for their research: Stephanie Goldstein, Helen Burton Murray and Victoria Grunberg.
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- 'Pandas' IMAX Movie Follows the First Artificially Bred Panda into the Wild - And Features Plenty of Drexel Connections
  
  May 31, 2018
  From the professor who dreamed up the panda release program to the alums who run it, Dragons play a huge role in "Pandas."
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- Soccer Star Bridges Activism, Leadership and Research
  
  May 29, 2018
  Outside a soccer stadium in Buenos Aires, 18-year-old Dakota Peterson and his youth academy teammates sat late into the evening. As Latin music drifted overhead, Peterson felt life pulling him — not toward a career in professional soccer, as he had once imagined, but toward one that would invoke a similar spirit of collaboration, leadership and global connectedness.
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- New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics - Study
  
  May 24, 2018
  A new study out of Drexel University showed that, when confronted with physics problems, new parts of a student's brain are utilized after receiving instruction in the topic.
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- Biology Professor Selected for Drexel’s National Leadership Program for Women in STEM
  
  May 23, 2018
  Felice Elefant, PhD, associate professor of biology, is one of 18 Fellows selected nationwide for this year’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering program at Drexel University. ELATE at Drexel is an elite professional and leadership development program for women in the academic STEM fields.
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- Drexel Student Finds Perfect Fit for Volcano Research Through Gates Cambridge Scholarship
  
  May 23, 2018
  
  Nicholas Barber, a geoscience student from the College of Arts and Sciences, has become the second Drexel student to be awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, making his PhD program at the University of Cambridge cost-free.
  
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- Drexel and WELL Center Host First-Ever National Eating Disorders Assoc Regional Conference
  
  May 23, 2018
  On Saturday, May 12th, Drexel University and the WELL Center played host to the first-ever National Eating Disorders Association regional conference. NEDA is the nation's largest eating disorder association, and the NEDA regional conference is designed to bring together individuals who are experiencing eating disorders or who want to learn more about eating and body image issues.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Tenure, Promotion and Awards
  
  May 22, 2018
  The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college, and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
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- Saxbys Creates One-of-a-Kind Drink for Drexel Seniors
  
  May 21, 2018
  In honor of the Drexel University Class of 2018’s upcoming graduation, Saxbys designed a special iced beverage for the graduating seniors.
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- Communication Major Tests Her Limits Abroad
  
  May 21, 2018
  As the plane hovered 13,000 feet above the Earth, Kathy Chen didn’t feel fear until the adventure-seeker beside her hurtled out. Moments later, she and her skydiving instructor were free falling as well, the countryside of Japan and a distant view of Mt. Fuji unfurling beneath them.
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- 5 Things to Know About the Drexel Writing Festival
  
  May 18, 2018
  Think the Drexel Writing Festival is only for English majors? Not true. Here’s why you should come to the festivities on May 21 – 23, 2018.
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- Partnering for Mussel Restoration
  
  May 17, 2018
  
  Freshwater mussels and shad were once plentiful in the Delaware Estuary and its tributaries, providing a range of natural benefits to people and waterways. Today they face an uncertain future in local streams and rivers, creating a serious disadvantage when it comes to ecological health.
  
  Now, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences of Drexel University, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Philadelphia Water Department and Department of Parks and Recreation, Bartram’s Garden, and the Independence Seaport Museum have come together to develop the Aquatic Research and Restoration Center to coordinate large-scale restoration efforts that do not currently exist in the Philadelphia region.
  
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- Restoring Epigenetic Balance Reinstates Memory in Flies With Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms
  
  May 14, 2018
  A study from Drexel University showed that restoring a balance between two epigenetic regulator enzymes restored learning and memory function in flies that displayed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Drexel WELL Clinic to Sponsor National Eating Disorder Association’s (NEDA) #NEDAcon
  
  May 10, 2018
  The WELL Clinic at Drexel University is proud to co-sponsor the National Eating Disorder Association’s (NEDA) #NEDAcon on Saturday, May 12th. #NEDAcon will be the organization’s first ever Regional Conference. Its purpose is to connect individuals who are experiencing eating disorders, or those who are interested in learning more about eating disorders and body image issues
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- 'Non-Smoking' Doesn't Mean Smoke-Free — Drexel Study Finds Third-Hand Smoke Spreads Inside
  
  May 09, 2018
  Despite decades of indoor smoking bans and restrictions, new research from Drexel University suggests the toxins we’ve been trying to keep out are still finding their way into the air inside. Findings by a group of environmental engineers show that third-hand smoke, the chemical residue from cigarette smoke that attaches to anything and anyone in the vicinity of a smoke cloud, can make its way into the air and circulate through buildings where no one is smoking.
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- 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.
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- Adrienne Juarascio Recieves the 2018 Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Junior Faculty Award
  
  May 08, 2018
  Adrienne Juarascio, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, has received the 2018 Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation Junior Faculty Award. The $200,000 award will support the 2-year project "Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Detect Eating Disorder Symptoms in Bulimia Nervosa."
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- Maria T. Schultheis Named Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences
  
  May 08, 2018
  
  As Donna M. Murasko, PhD, prepares to end her 16-year tenure as dean to return to the faculty, the College of Arts and Sciences will move ahead under new leadership with the appointment of Maria T. Schultheis as interim dean, effective July 1.
  
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- Forensic Entomology
  
  May 08, 2018
  Drexel University environmental science graduate Jackie Garcia had the opportunity to pursue an independent study during her senior year. She chose Academy scientist and Drexel professor Jon Gelhaus as her mentor. Together, the two set out to explore the complex field of forensic entomology. We talked with Garcia about learning a new field during an independent study, sharing her work with the public at Bug Fest and inspiring one high school student to pursue her own work in the field.
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- 25 Years of Fossil Collecting Yields Clearest Picture Yet of Extinct 12-Foot Aquatic Predator
  
  May 07, 2018
  More than two decades of exploration at a Pennsylvania fossil site have given Academy of Natural Sciences paleontologists their best idea of how a giant, prehistoric predator would have looked and behaved.
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- STS Faculty Win Awards
  
  May 03, 2018
  Three faculty—Vincent Duclos, Christian Hunold, and Ali Kenner—won Drexel Summer Faculty Research Awards. One faculty—Gwen Ottinger—won a Drexel Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Award. These awards demonstrate STS faculty’s commitment to research, training students, and explaining research findings to diverse publics.
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- Janine Bower Wins 2018 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize
  
  May 03, 2018
  Janine Bower, MS in science, technology and society '18, is the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize. This is the third year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize. Nominated and voted on by STS-affiliated faculty, the prize is presented to a STS graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary performance in research, academics and service to the STS program.
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- Little Dragons Inspired to Dream — and Create, and Play — at Annual Event
  
  May 03, 2018
  At 2018’s annual Inspire a Child to Dream Day, the children of Drexel faculty and staff came to campus for a special day of activities.
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- Communication Alum Directs Original Documentary on Mothers Struggling with Opioid Addiction
  
  May 03, 2018
  
  “One time I was in rehab, and they were talking about how there is an original body of pain. And you create more pain on top of that trying to handle the original thing that hurt you.”
  
  So recalls Ashley Ramey in the trailer for “Original Body of Pain,” a documentary about motherhood and opioid addiction co-directed by Stan Wright, BA Communication ’15, and Dominic Silva, both MFA students at Wake Forest University.
  
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- Announcing the 2018 CoAS Commencement Speaker
  
  May 01, 2018
  Paul A. Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will deliver the College of Arts and Sciences Commencement address on June 15, 2018 at the Mann Center.
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- Global Studies and Political Science Major Investigates Language Politics in Kazakhstan
  
  April 30, 2018
  In the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, Caitlin Walczyk practiced her Russian in cab rides across the city of Almaty. The double major in global studies and political science spent nine months in Kazakhstan as a Boren Scholar, an award that supports undergraduate language study in countries vital to U.S. security interests.
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- #CoASPressPause Instagram Contest
  
  April 30, 2018
  Career-defining co-ops, classes, research and clubs — a Dragon never sleeps. You’ve kept step with the quarter system, taken on all-nighters, navigated professional and research settings, made friends and connections who got you through and helped you grow. Your ambition couldn’t wait — but we’re asking you to pause it for one quick second.
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- Mathematics Major Forges Future in Actuarial Science at Independence Blue Cross
  
  April 30, 2018
  In the spring of 2017, Stephen Costa and his coworkers at Independence Blue Cross were closely following the debate raging over health care reform. The junior mathematics and finance major knew that a new health care policy could affect his work on the company’s Medicare Advantage plans — but how?
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- Meet Global Studies and Sociology Prof Nada Matta
  
  April 30, 2018
  Nada Matta, PhD, assistant professor of global studies and sociology, hopes to refute stereotypes in her courses on the Middle East, and highlight universal trends and similarities across cultures and regions.
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- Jad Abumrad Shares Creative Mantras With Drexel Audience Through Lecture
  
  April 30, 2018
  The “Radiolab” creator and co-host described what he learned about himself and the world during his time away from radio as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual Distinguished Lecture Series.
  
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- Malaria-Carrying Parasites Spread More When They Can Jump Into Multiple Birds - Study
  
  April 27, 2018
  A study out of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University found that blood parasites that cause malaria spread more widely if they can use many different kinds of birds as hosts. But even those "generalist" parasites are limited.
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- Drexel WELL Center brings home 9 honors from the 2018 Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
  
  April 26, 2018
  The Drexel WELL Center recently traveled to New Orleans for the 2018 Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in New Orleans. They brought home 9 honors and awards — see the winners and check out photos from the conference.
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- How a Group of Honors Students Wrote for Drexel Publications — For a Class
  
  April 25, 2018
  Last term, a class of students in the Pennoni Honors College learned about the inner workings of three different Drexel University publications — and got to contribute to them.
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- Successful Sex and Gender Research Forum Held at Drexel University
  
  April 23, 2018
  The 2018 Helen I. Moorehead-Laurencin, MD, Sex and Gender Research Forum was held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Gerri C. LeBow Hall. This interactive, university-wide forum highlighted Drexel University’s multidisciplinary research focused on sex and gender in local, national and global contexts.
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- Drexel Joins Philadelphia's Weeklong Celebration of Science
  
  April 23, 2018
  Students, faculty and staff from around the University will be participating in the Philadelphia Science Festival starting this weekend. The annual celebration of science is a week full of fun and learning for all ages, culminating with a carnival on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Saturday, April 28.
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- 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.
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- Writing Together: How a Student-Professor Bond Turned Into a Book
  
  April 18, 2018
  Associate Professor of English Scott Warnock and his student, Diana Gasiewski, noticed that the student voice was missing from the pedagogy for online writing instruction, so they decided to do something about it.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Winter 2018
  
  April 10, 2018
  Check out what Drexel University faculty and staff accomplished during the winter term.
  
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- Communication Major and Eagles Cheerleader Takes on Midterms, Media and the Super Bowl
  
  April 10, 2018
  A student in the College of Arts and Sciences witnessed the Eagles’ Super Bowl season firsthand as an Eagles cheerleader.
  
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- 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.
  
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- Neurodragons Will Cheer on Eagles Autism Challenge Riders — And You Can Join Them
  
  April 06, 2018
  Drexel’s new student organization for neurodiverse and neurotypical students plans to be out and cheering when the Eagles Autism Challenge comes rolling through campus.
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- Psych PhD Student & Nonprofit Co-Founder Honored at SXSW
  
  April 04, 2018
  Chris Diaz, PhD student in clinical psychology, received the 2018 SXSW Community Service Award at the annual gathering of techies and creators known as South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Diaz, a Navy veteran and Pat Tilman Scholar, is the executive director and co-founder of Action Tank, a nonprofit organization of service-minded veterans focused on improving their community after their time in uniform.
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- From National Defense to Health Care Startup, Physics Major Finds Future Anywhere She Wants
  
  April 03, 2018
  The thrill of solving complex problems — and the countless applications of her degree — have drawn Drexel University physics junior Riley Stanford to bridge the disciplines of engineering, biophysics, chemistry, math and more, and to tackle challenges as wide ranging as threats to national defense and a mutant strain of Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Humanities and Social Sciences Lab Open House Fosters Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  
  April 03, 2018
  
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- Mimi Sheller Gives Plenary Lecture in New Orleans
  
  April 02, 2018
  Mimi Sheller, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy gave the Society & Space Annual Plenary Lecture at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, on 11 April 2018.
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- Chem Major Contributes to Drug Development at GlaxoSmithKline
  
  April 02, 2018
  Despite the widespread availability of pharmaceutical drugs, many of us know little about how they are created. Senior chemistry major Matthew Levine shares an inside view of the drug development process from his two co-ops at global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
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- Meet Global Studies and STS Prof Vincent Duclos
  
  April 02, 2018
  Vincent Duclos, PhD, assistant professor of global studies and of science, technology and society, pushes his students to experiment with the digital spaces they inhabit.
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- Summer Courses
  
  April 01, 2018
  Explore conservative political philosophies, gender in Hollywood, and modern Hindu and Buddhist thought in these new summer courses.
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- Student Job Opportunities
  
  April 01, 2018
  The Drexel WELL Center is offering spring job opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
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- The Little Engineer That Could
  
  March 22, 2018
  
  Mario Scotto Di Vetta is using his co-op opportunities to travel around the country and dig up some dirt on his future career opportunities.
  
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- The Good, The Bad and The Dicty
  
  March 22, 2018
  The entirely student-driven research course called “Dictyostelium” allows Drexel students to participate and contribute to actual research that will be published without the usual brisk time constraints of a research lab.
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- Science for the Community
  
  March 22, 2018
  
  Drexel students join with other university students and industry professionals to help promote science among the youth of the Philadelphia area.
  
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- WELL Center Hosts First Annual Research Symposium
  
  March 19, 2018
  The Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Sciences (WELL) Center, in the College of Arts and Sciences, hosted it's first annual transdisciplinary research symposium, The WELL Symposium, on Friday, March 9th at Lebow College of Business. Programming included three tracks on Obesity, Eating Disorders and Eating Behavior and Physical Activity.
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- Student Spotlight: Data Science Major Brings Users into Design in STS Research Co-op
  
  March 16, 2018
  Stephanie Oppenheim, a sociology major and minor in science, technology and society, sat down with data science major Laurel Vaughan to talk about Vaughan’s STS research co-op. The co-op was funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Award #1U01EB023035-01 with Kelly Joyce, PhD, professor of sociology and Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society.
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- Student Spotlight: Sociology Major Discusses Her Minor in STS
  
  March 16, 2018
  Data science major Laurel Vaughan interviewed Stephanie Oppenheim, a sociology major with minors in political science and science, technology and society, about her decision to minor in STS.
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- Home Away From Home at Drexel’s New Writers Room
  
  March 09, 2018
  Drexel student ends quest of finding a place to call home on campus with new Writers Room located on first floor of MacAlister Hall.
  
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- 7 Very Subtle Ways to Show Your Drexel Pride
  
  March 09, 2018
  Having school pride is hard when you’re trying to keep it together in a fast-paced quarter system. One Drexel student came up with a few clever ways to show Drexel pride without standing out too much.
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- Exploring International LGBTQ Politics
  
  March 08, 2018
  For the second consecutive year, Phillip Ayoub, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Politics, is hosting the LGBTQ Speaker Series. The series, generally held over lunch, includes talks from scholars researching LGBTQ Politics.
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- Without 46 Million Year-Old Bacteria, Turtle Ants Would Need More Bite And Less Armor
  
  March 06, 2018
  Socially transmitted, nitrogen-providing microbes have opened a new ecological frontier for herbivorous turtle ants.
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- New Faculty in the Department of Biology
  
  March 01, 2018
  The Drexel Department of Biology welcomes its newest faculty member, Kari Lenhart, PhD. We are excited to welcome our new assistant professor, Kari Lenhart, PhD. Kari received her PhD from Princeton University. She recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the lab of Stephen DiNardo, PhD...
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- 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.
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- One Dragon’s Journey Across the World
  
  March 01, 2018
  Bianca Walker is accepting her first post-graduate offer in China as an English language teacher.
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- Plants Evolve Away from Obsolete Defenses When Attacked by Immune Herbivores, Study Shows
  
  February 26, 2018
  A new study shows that plants can evolve out of their obsolete defense mechanisms when facing an immune enemy, an illustration of the “defense de-escalation” evolution theory.
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- Mathematics Major Finds Passion for Business at Exelon
  
  February 05, 2018
  A few weeks into her co-op at Exelon Corporation, Hannah Knarr made her way to the office of a vice president. Armed with a whiteboard and a few dry erase markers, the senior Drexel mathematics major was tasked with explaining, in plain language, complex mathematical concepts relevant to the business.
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- Dragons Fly With Eagles at The 2018 Super Bowl
  
  February 05, 2018
  It takes a team to throw a great Super Bowl party, and this year’s production involved many Drexel faculty, staff and students, whether for work or play.
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- Meet Chemistry Prof Jeremiah Scepaniak
  
  February 01, 2018
  A self-proclaimed "scientific vagabond," Jeremiah Scepaniak, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry, joined Drexel after completing postdoctoral research in Germany, and hopes to build scientific literacy in his students.
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- Spring Courses
  
  February 01, 2018
  Gain the skills to ace your first co-op, find out what it takes to become the next big blogger, and learn how Hollywood has affected the environmental movement in these new spring courses.
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- To Improve Self-Control, Call Weight Loss What It Is: Difficult
  
  January 29, 2018
  Painting a realistic picture of the challenges of weight loss can lead to greater long-term outcomes, a new study from a Drexel psychologist shows.
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- Boiling Down Warming Temperatures
  
  January 22, 2018
  
  Weather changes, such as the unseasonably high temperatures in Philadelphia this fall, can have serious impacts on health, says Drexel’s Ali Kenner, PhD, assistant professor of political science and of science, technology and society — especially for senior citizens, who are at higher risk for climate-related health complications.
  
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- One Book, One Philadelphia and One Drexel
  
  January 22, 2018
  Drexel University is hosting several events on campus related to the Free Library of Philadelphia’s One Book, One Philadelphia citywide reading club.
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- Tackling Philly Food Deserts with 3D-Printed Hydroponic Systems
  
  January 20, 2018
  In a city known for its exploding restaurant scene, many low-income Philadelphians struggle daily with limited access to fresh, affordable food. Elise Krespan, a dual master’s student of biology and design research at Drexel, is working with colleagues in the URBN STEAMlab to alleviate widespread issues of food inaccessibility using 3D-printed hydroponic systems that grow produce without soil.
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- Calm Amid the Storm
  
  January 19, 2018
  
  As hurricane Irma barreled toward south Florida in early September, Kathleen Reardon gathered her staff to give them something akin to a pep talk. The situation in the Caribbean looked truly frightening that morning, with Irma devastating island chain after island chain with a ferocity that left meteorologists astounded. There was talk, too, that the just-developing Hurricane Jose might turn northward and put Bermuda — the headquarters for Reardon and her team at global reinsurance firm Hamilton Re — in harm’s way as well.
  
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- To the Ends of the Earth
  
  January 19, 2018
  
  For most people, the thought of camping conjures images of leisurely hikes and starry nights cozied up to a campfire. For geoscience prof Ted Daeschler, PhD, it resembles something more like a two-day flight, followed by a noisy jaunt via military cargo plane, culminating in a 100-mile helicopter ride into the remote terrain and sub-freezing temperatures of Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys.
  
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- Lights, Camera, Medicine
  
  January 18, 2018
  
  Fifteen Drexel students stood bright-eyed and eager to entertain in front of cameras rolling at a local hospital. Part of a Drexel community-based learning course dubbed Story Medicine, the students were there to engage sick and disabled children through live broadcast programming, using skits to infuse laughter with a little education.
  
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- A Breath of Fresh Air
  
  January 17, 2018
  
  If you live in a town or city like Philadelphia where industrial facilities are emitting chemicals into the air, there is plenty of reason to wonder: How is this affecting me? Few communities have access to ambient air-monitoring data, and those that do rarely use it because it is complicated and lacks context.
  
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- New Startup Proves You Can Catch Flies with Sugar
  
  January 17, 2018
  
  A sixth-grade science fair project in 2014 led to the discovery that erythritol, the main component of Truvia, is a natural insecticide. Today, that discovery is the basis of a new Drexel-backed startup, BioLogic Insecticide. Simon D. Kaschock-Marenda, now a freshman at Drexel in the College of Engineering, was 11 when he noticed that Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as fruit flies, died much quicker when they fed on Truvia than on other sweeteners. His father, Daniel Marenda, PhD, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was unconvinced at first.
  
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- Battle Tested
  
  January 17, 2018
  Like many of his fellow Americans, Chris Diaz was profoundly affected by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Quite simply, he says, it was the day that forever changed the trajectory of his life. “On that Tuesday morning, I felt moved to join the military,” recalls the New York native. “And yet, at the same time, I had a newborn son and felt that I couldn’t leave, at least not right at that time.” And so he waited. He spent the next few years helping to raise his young child, and then, just after turning 25, he fulfilled what he considered his obligation to his country and enlisted in the United States Navy.
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- Psychology Professor Kirk Heilbrun Named Drexel Ombuds
  
  January 16, 2018
  Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, a psychology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently named Drexel’s new ombuds.
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- Field Notes
  
  January 16, 2018
  The Unsung, Unpublished Adventures of Drexel Researchers in the Field
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- U.S. French Embassy Says ‘Bonjour’ to Drexel’s French Club
  
  January 16, 2018
  The Drexel French Club, started only a few years ago, will receive funding and guidance from a U.S. French Ambassador to expand its reach at the University.
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- Student Spotlight: Christopher Bonnaig, BA Sociology ‘15
  
  January 16, 2018
  Christopher Bonnaig graduated from Drexel University in 2015, with a major in Sociology and a minor in Communication, Magna Cum Laude. He is currently in law school at the Georgetown University Law Center. During his time at Drexel, Christopher participated in a co-op at the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General in the Bureau of Consumer Protection. He describes his co-op experience as the “perfect marriage of my academic interest in Sociology and professional interest in a legal career”, and lauds his supervisors as “incredibly helpful mentors”, who he still keeps in touch with today.
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- Frame of Mind
  
  January 15, 2018
  Street photographer and Drexel anthropologist Brent Luvaas, PhD, has a way of blending in as he walks city streets. If he’s lucky, a certain slant of light will catch his eye and he will set the exposure for maximum depth of field, waiting patiently for the right subject to walk in front of the lens. Most often, however, the typical elements of a photographer’s labor — setup, composition and lighting — happen almost instantaneously
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- 4 Ways Climate Change Can Affect the Brain
  
  January 11, 2018
  
  The typical images that “climate change” conjures include disappearing coastlines and melting polar ice. But what about animals’ brains — including our own? Can they be affected by the changing climate? Sean O’Donnell, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, argues that they absolutely can.
  
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- Carving A New Path
  
  January 11, 2018
  Cutler Whitely felt the tender spot where his head hit the ice and tried to remember his teammate’s name. His snowboard had slipped out during a routine trick on the rail, sending him hurtling head-first onto the icy Colorado mountain. His brain lurched with the effects of his third concussion — temporary memory loss that day, and migraines and light sensitivity in the days that followed. Recovering in the hospital, Whitely called his mother and told her he was going to leave professional snowboarding.
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- Donna M. Murasko to Conclude Role as Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
  
  January 09, 2018
  
  One of Drexel’s longest serving deans will transition from her role at the end of the academic year.
  
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- Spring Courses
  
  January 09, 2018
  How can writing be a mode of healing for veterans? What can fantasy tell us about what it means to be human? Explore these questions and more with these new courses for the spring quarter.
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- Meet Global Studies Prof Ni Ou
  
  January 09, 2018
  Assistant teaching professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages Ni Ou, MSEd, loves international food and guiding her students on cultural discoveries.
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- Drexel Helps to Establish the Region's First Federal Statistical Research Data Center to Gain Access to Census Data
  
  January 09, 2018
  Researchers from around the city, who are studying public policy and the economy, will have access to some of the nation’s highest quality Census data this coming cycle, thanks to a new federal research center.
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- NSF-Backed Study Investigates the Ethics of Algorithms
  
  January 08, 2018
  Computer algorithms — the sequences of instructions or rules computers follow to solve problems — influence many aspects of our lives, from the products we buy to the people we date and even the jobs we are offered. But who makes algorithms and code, and how do their values translate into the work they do? That's what Kelly Joyce, PhD, wanted to find out in 2013, when she and a fellow researcher were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for their study, The Ethics of Algorithms.
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- Little Wasp Bodies Means Little Wasp Brain Regions, Study Shows
  
  January 02, 2018
  A Drexel study looking at 19 species of paper wasps found that body size may lead to variation in the complex parts of their brains.
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2017
- 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.
  
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- Can’t Switch Your Focus? Your Brain Might Not Be Wired for It
  
  December 19, 2017
  A new study suggests that the extent to which brain signals “stick” to white matter networks is associated with cognitive flexibility, or our ability to switch our focus from one concept to another.
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- Dolan Fund for Innovative Water Research
  
  December 19, 2017
  
  Water scarcity is one of the greatest challenges of our time, according to the United Nations. For the Dolan family of Philadelphia, water runs deep and personal. Almost 90 years ago, Philadelphia-area naturalist/adventurist, Brooke Dolan II, led expeditions to western China and Tibet and collected the Asian mammals on exhibit in the dioramas of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. He and his colleagues also brought back thousands of other specimens to study at a time when the world looked to natural history museums for information on countless little-known species.
  
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- The $100K Halftime Show That Changed One Dragon’s Life
  
  December 12, 2017
  No football team? No problem. Drexel University junior Isaiah Hoffman won a $100,000 tuition scholarship from Dr. Pepper for a successful halftime football toss.
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- 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.
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- Studies Show Barnegat Bay Salt Marshes Provide Millions of Dollars of Water Treatment for Free – For Now
  
  December 07, 2017
  A pair of studies led by Academy of Natural Sciences researchers show that salt marshes along New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay are invaluable for removing nutrients — but they’re threatened by climate change.
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- Microscopic Algae Hold Key to New Jersey’s Nutrient Pollution Now and in the Past
  
  December 07, 2017
  An Academy of Natural Sciences-led study found that the presence of certain species of microscopic algae called diatoms can be reliable indicators of nitrogen pollutions in New Jersey’s bays.
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- How the Drexel Rec Center Lined Up ‘The Balanced Project’
  
  December 06, 2017
  To spotlight the wellness and inclusion mission of Drexel University Recreational Athletics, the Drexel Recreation Center has released a new campaign featuring Dragons working on their physical, mental and emotional health.
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- Geoscience Major Completes Award-Winning Project in Seafloor Volcanology
  
  December 04, 2017
  It was a summer that would make any adventure blogger envious: 12 days at sea aboard a 273-foot vessel, treks through the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, nights beneath the stars on Oregon’s massive stratovolcano Mount Hood. Geoscience major Nick Barber ’18 did all of this — along with award-winning conference presentations and innovative research — in the name of science.
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- The Best Non-Study Places to Study on Drexel’s Campus
  
  December 04, 2017
  Nina Henderson Provost M. Brian Blake, PhD, held a contest on Instagram to encourage students to post a photo of the most creative study spaces on Drexel’s campus.
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- Fossils Fuel This Student’s Attraction to the Academy
  
  December 04, 2017
  Kevin Sievers has been coming to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University since he was a little kid to learn about the ancient animal history on display. Now, as a Drexel student, he gets to work there.
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- Key Talks and Lectures: 2017
  
  December 01, 2017
  Sheller delivered an invited lecture on “Uneven Mobility Futures: Inequality, Justice and Power” for the Grinnell College, Center for the Humanities Speaker Series in March 2017.
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- Q&A: Could Bali's Mount Agung have a Major Eruption?
  
  November 30, 2017
  Around 100,000 people on the Indonesian island of Bali have been evacuated from their homes, and more could follow as the island’s most prominent mountain has begun to show signs of a potential major eruption. Assistant Professor Loÿc Vanderkluysen, PhD, has been monitoring the situation from afar and conversing with his volcanologist colleagues about it.
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- History Professor Tiago Saraiva Wins Pfizer Prize
  
  November 28, 2017
  Tiago Saraiva, PhD, was awarded the Pfizer Prize for best scholarly book, "Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of Fascism" (MIT Press, October 2016) at the 2017 History of Science Society (HSS) annual meeting.
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- In Search of Answers to the Opioid Epidemic
  
  November 20, 2017
  A dean’s seminar hosted by Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences presented a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives on the root causes and the potential solutions to the opioid epidemic.
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- Sociology Alumni Spotlight: Emily Glassman
  
  November 15, 2017
  Sociology Professor Kelly Joyce, PhD, sat down with Emily Glassman, MS Public Policy '19 to talk about her experiences getting her Bachelor's degree in Sociology at Drexel.
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- Project One Wins Big at Drexel Startup Fest
  
  November 15, 2017
  Coming in first place of the University’s business plan competition at the Drexel Startup Fest, Project One received $12,500. Project One is an intelligent learning platform that empowers individuals and organizations to capture and share expert knowledge in a way that’s more engaging and less confusing than the technology currently available for online learning.
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- Writers Room Breaks in New Campus Space with Canon Photography Partnership
  
  November 14, 2017
  
  Drexel University’s Writers Room, a College of Arts and Sciences initiative within the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, will introduce its first satellite location on campus this fall. Located on the first floor of MacAlister Hall, it will serve as the anchor location for a new program created in partnership with Canon Solutions America Inc. to promote literacy and life skills.
  
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- Drexel Honors 907 Student Veterans With Flag Display
  
  November 13, 2017
  In honor of Veterans and Military Family Appreciation Week at Drexel University, 907 American flags were placed on the University City Campus to recognize the 907 student-veterans currently enrolled at the University.
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- Academy of Natural Sciences Scan Reveals the Bones of Satan…Fish
  
  November 08, 2017
  A fish named after the devil because of its underground home was scanned by scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the University of Texas in the hopes of understanding how it’s related to other catfish.
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- Chemistry Major Provides Medical Care and Nutrition in the Gambia
  
  November 08, 2017
  It was 4 a.m. when Drexel Chemistry student Victoria Smith stepped off the plane in Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia. The lights in the terminal flickered and then shut off completely. Two minutes of complete darkness passed before the generator kicked on.
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- Investigating the Ethics of Autism Research
  
  November 08, 2017
  Autism spectrum disorder is a complex issue historically, culturally and scientifically. The broad definition of autism — which encompasses a range of symptoms related to communication, social responsiveness and behavior — raises unique challenges for scientists, many of whom may not have the tools to anticipate the ethical implications of their research.
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- Winter Courses
  
  November 07, 2017
  How does gender affect the formation of knowledge? How can physics bridge communities? Discuss sociological contexts of global health, modern implications of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and more in these new and noteworthy winter courses.
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- Meet Psych Prof John Medaglia
  
  November 07, 2017
  Assistant Professor of Psychology John Medaglia, PhD, talks ballroom dancing, maturing friendships and how interdisciplinary science can shape our community.
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- Drexel Launches Free Counseling Program for Veterans
  
  November 06, 2017
  The skills training program is designed to help veterans reduce stress, improve relationships and achieve meaningful life goals.
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- Whose Analysis? Whose Expertise?: Partnering for Better Data Analytics for Small Cities
  
  November 03, 2017
  On October 20, 2017, Kelly Joyce, PhD, Drexel University, and Susan Sterett, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, gave a talk at University of Massachusetts, Amherst titled “Whose Analysis? Whose Expertise?: Partnering for Better Data Analytics for Small Cities.”
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- Research Shows Clear Rules Can Lower Recidivism for Non-Violent Drug Offenders
  
  October 31, 2017
  With prison systems across the country clogged with inmates, including the 50,000 residing in Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections, state governments are investing heavily in efforts to keep offenders from returning once they’ve served their time. Despite these efforts, nationally more than 67 percent of offenders end up back behind bars. One Drexel University researcher believes it could be due to a simple lack of communication and consistency.
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- Geek of the Week: Ellen Wildner, Biological Sciences '15
  
  October 24, 2017
  Ellen Wildner is a trained biologist and anthropologist. She currently studies snails at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, but like most scientists is curious about everything and how it all connects.
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- Drexel Researcher Wins STAT News Wunderkind Award
  
  October 19, 2017
  STAT — a Boston-based national publication focused on science and health news — has named a Drexel University College of Medicine postdoc one of the "brightest young minds in life science."
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- What Goes Into a Controlled Burn?
  
  October 19, 2017
  
  The fires now ravaging North California have been particularly bad this year because years of drought have left the area much like a tinderbox. One way to combat this build-up of “fuel load” is a controlled burn.
  
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- Day in the Life of a Creek
  
  October 12, 2017
  If you happened to be hiking, biking or boating in the Wissahickon Creek area recently or watched the local news you may have thought you were imaging things. It wasn’t St. Patrick’s Day, but the creek was green!
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- Welcoming New English & Philosophy Department Head J. Roger Kurtz, PhD
  
  September 26, 2017
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce that J. Roger Kurtz, PhD, has been appointed Professor and Head of the Department of English and Philosophy.
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- Meet Sociology Prof Kelly Underman
  
  September 26, 2017
  Assistant Professor of Sociology Kelly Underman, PhD, talks growing up in the Midwest, moving to a new city and her hidden strength.
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- Criminology Student Visits Max Security Prison in Norway
  
  September 26, 2017
  Emma Nolan ’18 performed 14 interviews with Norwegian prison officials in research on comparative punishment practices.
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- Fall Courses
  
  September 25, 2017
  Students still looking for classes to fill their fall schedules can explore workplace identity, comparative social movements, citizen science and more in these fall courses.
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- Q&A: Are the Earthquakes in Mexico Related?
  
  September 21, 2017
  
  Amanda Lough, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a geologist who focuses on seismology, the study of earthquakes. She explains that although there are some rare cases where one earthquake might lead to another, that is almost certainly not the case in Mexico.
  
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- International Workshop on Advanced Materials 2017: Berhampur, India
  
  September 12, 2017
  The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) located in Berhampur, India, and Drexel University are jointly organizing the International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM-2017). The workshop will take place in Berhampur, India, from December 19-21, 2017.
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- Contemporary Art Exploring the Caribbean in Fall Exhibition at Pearlstein Gallery
  
  September 08, 2017
  
  Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery will open The Expanded Caribbean: Contemporary Photograph at the Crossroads, an exhibition of over 50 photographs and four related sculptural and video installations this fall.
  
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- A PhD Student’s Quest to Better Treat Food-Related Disorders
  
  September 01, 2017
  Helen Murray, a third-year doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is determined to improve the detection and treatment of eating, feeding and gastrointestinal disorders, and she’s using her research at Drexel to make it happen.
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- Hurricane Harvey: Even After Floodwaters Recede, They Hold Danger
  
  August 31, 2017
  
  Since Friday, Houston and its surrounding area has been hammered by more than 40 inches of rain, with more set to come. Flooding related to Hurricane Harvey has water cresting dams and forcing people to their rooftops all across the area.
  
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- In Summer Showcase, Drexel Research STARs Set to Shine
  
  August 28, 2017
  Since 2007, the STAR Scholars Program has held a showcase to highlight the research Drexel students do over the summer. This year’s edition on Aug. 31 will include several Dragons who went off-campus — some as far as India — to learn more after their freshman year.
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- Shedding Consistent Pounds Each Week Linked to Long-Term Weight Loss
  
  August 28, 2017
  When it comes to losing weight, it’s not necessarily slow, but steady, that wins the race, according to new research from Drexel psychologists.
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- Seaweed: The New Superfood
  
  August 24, 2017
  Swak! The ocean waves crash around your legs, leaving a slimy green thing clinging to your ankle. Another day at the beach, another piece of seaweed.
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- All Fun, No Sun: Photo Recap of the Solar Eclipse on Drexel’s Campus
  
  August 21, 2017
  During Aug. 21’s historic solar eclipse, Drexel Dragons flocked to Perelman Plaza, where the Physics Department held a special solar eclipse viewing party complete with solar telescopes.
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- Drexel Researcher Makes Air Pollution Data User-Friendly
  
  August 17, 2017
  If you live in a town or city where industrial facilities are emitting chemicals into the air, there is plenty of reason to wonder: How is this affecting me?
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- Quick Take: The Danger of Rolling Back Building Standards in Areas Vulnerable to Flooding
  
  August 17, 2017
  On Aug. 15, President Trump signed an executive order on infrastructure, which includes provisions to roll back building standards that require consideration of climate change and sea-level rise for construction projects in areas that are vulnerable to flooding.
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- College Freshmen Who Weighed Themselves Daily Lost Body Fat
  
  August 16, 2017
  A new study by Drexel psychologists found that college freshmen who weighed themselves daily saw a drop in their BMI.
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- A Life-Changing Visit to a Revolutionary Scandinavian Prison
  
  August 15, 2017
  For 10 days last winter, a small group of Drexel students toured prisons and courthouses in Norway and Sweden to learn how a focus on restoration and rehabilitation creates a radically different criminal justice system.
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- Lost and Found
  
  August 10, 2017
  
  Under a clear Australian sky, Michael Majok Kuch stood patiently waiting to reunite with his mother. It was July 2008, and it had been two decades since he had last seen her — since he fled his burning village in southern Sudan in the middle of the night as flashes of light pierced the clouded air, his childhood suspended by a civil war he was too young to understand. Just 5 years old, he dodged death on a harrowing journey through refugee camps and across borders, on a path that brought him to the United States and to a new life.
  
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- Dinosaur-Era Plant Found Alive in North America for First Time
  
  July 31, 2017
  A large species of green algae was discovered alive in North America for the first time ever, with the only previous record being fossils dating back to the time of the dinosaurs.
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- Young Dragons Take Flight With an Eagle at 'STEAM' Camp
  
  July 26, 2017
  On the final day of the two-week, STEAM-focused section of a Drexel-run summer camp, a group of Young Dragons took to the Philadelphia Eagles’ weight room and practice fields to learn what goes into making their favorite team soar.
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- Drexel Psychology PhD Student Publishes Article in New England Journal of Medicine
  
  July 19, 2017
  
  Jennie David, a 4th year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program, recently had a personal narrative published in the New England Journal of Medicine, titled "The Chair Grant."
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Patrick Rafferty
  
  July 18, 2017
  
  Patrick Rafferty's company works with health care firms, nonprofits and other organizations to create award-winning commercials, public service announcements, documentaries, marketing videos and more. Over the years, he’s interviewed numerous celebrities — everyone from Wyclef Jean to Ross Perot, Bill Gates to Hillary Clinton, Val Kilmer to Quincy Jones — and counts among his clients Discovery Communications, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgetown University, the National Institutes of Health and Walt Disney Pictures.
  
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- Editors Without Borders Work Across Disciplines at Drexel
  
  July 18, 2017
  Graduate students in the Department of Communication reached across disciplinary borders to help graduate students in Drexel’s science and engineering programs.
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- Drexel Political Science Assistant Professor Receives Awards
  
  July 17, 2017
  Political Science Professor Phillip Ayoub recently received two awards: the Drexel Career Development Award (CDA) and first annual Best Article Award from the Gender and Sexual Research Network of the Council for European Studies (GSRN)
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- Employee Spotlight: Eric Zillmer, Renaissance Man
  
  July 17, 2017
  Eric Zillmer, PsyD, Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and Drexel University’s “AD” (athletics director), knows how to merge real-world experiences and classroom teaching — and athletics and academia, or music and neuropsychology.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: George Ullrich
  
  July 12, 2017
  Ullrich, who earned his BS, MS and PhD in physics from Drexel, has spent the last four decades working in and around the U.S. defense industry, and has, over the course of his winding career, established himself as one of the leading experts on nuclear warfare and national defense, tackling everything from weapon development to risk analysis and disaster preparedness. He has worked for the U.S. government and for the defense contractors who work on behalf of the U.S. government, has served on boards and panels from the U.S. Strategic Command’s Strategic Advisory Group to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and was awarded the Secretary of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, the department’s highest civilian award.
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Sciences at Drexel University Officially Opens
  
  July 07, 2017
  The Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Sciences at Drexel University has officially opened! The July 6th launch event featured remarks by WELL Center director Evan Forman, Provost Brian Blake, Vice Provost for Research Aleister Saunders and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Donna Murasko.
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- At Second Saxbys Café, Experiential Learning Finds a New Home
  
  June 28, 2017
  Saxbys opened its second student-run coffee shop on campus this week in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, making the company’s relationship with the Drexel community even stronger.
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- Drexel Undergraduate Thrives in Unique STS Co-op
  
  June 27, 2017
  For her final co-op, Biology major/Politics minor Kelsey Boone found a unique position in the Center for Science, Technology, and Society that enables her to both use her interdisciplinary training and build new, marketable skill sets. Kelsey splits her time between Professor Gwen Ottinger’s research group (the Fair Tech Collective) in the Center for STS and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, an Old City-based non-profit dedicated to the history of chemistry.
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- Bridging Research and Policy in Taipei
  
  June 27, 2017
  
  From May 14 to May 27, 2017, Gwen Ottinger was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Risk Society and Policy Research Center (RSPRC) at National Taiwan University in Taipei. Her visit included academic talks at National Kaohsiung Marine University, National Chengchi University and National Yang-Ming University, as well as a presentation at RSPRC's "I Breathe, I Decide" forum on air pollution.
  
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- Dalton George Wins 2017 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize
  
  June 27, 2017
  Dalton George, MS in science, technology and society '17, is the recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Science, Technology and Society Prize. This is the second year that the Center for STS has offered this annual prize. Nominated and voted on by STS-affiliated faculty, the prize is presented to a STS graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary performance in research, academics and service to the STS program.
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- Fall Courses
  
  June 27, 2017
  Learn to think like a publicist, understand what it means to be a citizen scientist, and examine the idea of peace in these fall courses.
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- A Change of Scenery — and Careers
  
  June 27, 2017
  Nathan Clarke traveled a long way — 9412 miles to be exact — to find himself at Drexel University. As a study abroad student, Clarke had a very clear idea of the kind of experience he wanted to have when he left his home in Melbourne, Australia. His Drexel experience not only checked all the right boxes, but also led to an unexpected career change.
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- College of Arts and Sciences Tenure, Promotion and Awards
  
  June 26, 2017
  The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the University could not be accomplished without the dedication and support of our faculty members. It is their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship that reinforces our position as a modern liberal arts college, and enhances our University’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
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- Sue Kilham Receives Phycological Society of America Career Achievement Award
  
  June 26, 2017
  Sue Kilham, PhD, professor in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, received the Phycological Society of America’s Award of Excellence — a career achievement award that honors scientists who have had a major impact on the field of phycology, and who have a record of sustained scholarly activity, including teaching and service.
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- ABC’s Revived ‘Gong Show’ Pays Tribute to Drexel Alumnus’ Vision
  
  June 26, 2017
  “The Gong Show,” started by Chuck Barris ’53 in 1976, got a reboot this summer with a new incarnation airing on ABC.
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- Former Justice Department Official Joins Drexel’s Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab
  
  June 20, 2017
  
  After serving as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Obama Administration, Robert L. Listenbee, Esq., will return to Philadelphia as a Stoneleigh Foundation Visiting Fellow.
  
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- Protecting the World’s Most Trafficked Animal While on Co-op
  
  June 20, 2017
  What’s a pangolin? And why is Ashleigh Jugan in Vietnam working to keep them safe from hunters? DrexelNow asked the fourth-year environmental sciences major about that and more in a Q&A about a highly unusual co-op.
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- Birds of All Feathers Work Together to Hunt When Army Ants March
  
  June 19, 2017
  When army ants move out, a new Drexel University study found that, instead of chasing each other away, birds work together to follow the column and hunt the insects that marching ants scare out of hiding.
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- Media Watch: Locked Up for Sexting?
  
  June 19, 2017
  A 2014 Drexel University study about teenage “sexting” habits is back in the national spotlight after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new bill that some lawmakers are calling “overbroad” and “punishing.”
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Zee Hakimoglu
  
  June 15, 2017
  
  Zee Hakimoglu’s first laboratory was a rock under a makeshift fort that she and her sisters built alongside a small creek at her family’s home in New Jersey. Hakimoglu, then 11 or 12 years old, spent her days and evenings at the water’s edge, studying the spiders and wondering about the constellations. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in physics from California State College, Sonoma, and her master’s in physics from Drexel, Hakimoglu accepted an associate engineering position at aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin, in their Silicon Valley office.
  
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- Final 125th Anniversary Lecture Offers a Fond Reflection on Big Drexel University Moments
  
  June 09, 2017
  
  The last in a year-long series of public lectures celebrating Drexel’s 125th anniversary brought President John Fry together with several generations of students, faculty, staff and alumni to look back at the personal experiences that define the University.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Elizabeth Lombardo
  
  June 08, 2017
  
  “My life was forever changed by a man whose leg had been amputated,” says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, a clinical psychologist and national media consultant, recalling a former patient at the Baltimore Veterans Association Medical Center. At the time of their meeting, Lombardo had just graduated from Duke University with her master’s in physical therapy. “I knew if I could get him up on the parallel bars, he’d be able to walk,” she says, “and I could teach him how to transfer in and out of his wheelchair.” She considers that day a sign of her true purpose in life. Soon after, she applied to doctoral programs in clinical psychology and chose Drexel’s program (formerly part of Hahnemann University) because of its location and because of Arthur Nezu, PhD, one of the program’s directors, with whom she interviewed.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Ira Taffer
  
  June 06, 2017
  From the age of three, Ira Taffer knew that he wanted to be a chemist — at least, that’s how his mother tells it. What he may not have known was how big a role Drexel would play in shaping his path. He has been a student, co-op employer, Baiada Institute mentor, advisory board member, Alumni Association chair, and then, coming full circle in 2013, interim head of Drexel’s Department of Chemistry.
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- In Fact, Mark Zuckerberg, 'Eureka Moments' Do Exist
  
  June 05, 2017
  In his commencement address at Harvard University this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told graduates, "the idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie. "Not so fast, Zuckerberg. According to research from Drexel University cognitive neuroscientist John Kounios, PhD, those “eureka moments” are real. And, when combined with analytical thinking, they can spur creative breakthroughs.
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- Graduate College Shines a Light on Outstanding Student Achievements
  
  June 01, 2017
  At this year’s Graduate Student Day, the Graduate College and the Graduate Student Association joined together to honor the work done by Drexel students in the classroom and in the community.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Cynthia Maryanoff
  
  May 29, 2017
  Cynthia Maryanoff, BS ’72 is an organic process chemist, recipient of 2015 Perkin Medal, inventor on 67 U.S. or European patents and a coffee-farm owner.
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- Chemistry Faculty Monica Ilies Receives Evidence Based Teaching Award in STEM
  
  May 26, 2017
  
  Monical Ilies, PhD, associate teaching professor in the Department of Chemistry has received the Evidence Based Teaching Award in STEM
  
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- Drexel’s Codebreakers Help Raise Over $800K on Day of Giving
  
  May 25, 2017
  The second Day of Giving was even more successful than the first, pulling in a whopping 3,707 donors to nearly triple the event’s target.
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- Drexel Honors Outstanding Faculty Achievements at Year-End Awards
  
  May 25, 2017
  At the annual Faculty Recognition Awards Ceremony on May 24, Drexel acknowledged the faculty and staff members whose scholarship, service and teaching contribute so much to the University and its students.
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- 2017 Cooperative Education Awards Honor the Best of Drexel’s Co-op Program
  
  May 25, 2017
  Students, employers and faculty were celebrated at Drexel’s 2017 Cooperative Education Awards.
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- From Mind to Mouth, Drexel’s WELL Center Seeks to Improve Eating Behaviors
  
  May 24, 2017
  A new research center opening in July at Drexel University is seeking to untangle Americans’ complicated, and often problematic, relationship with food.
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- Drexel Psychology Faculty and Graduate Students Receive Awards
  
  May 23, 2017
  The Drexel University Department of Psychology graduate students and faculty received several awards recently. Zoe Zhang, PhD, was honored with the COAS Teaching Excellence Award and 2017 Summer Research Award, while graduate students Elizabeth Gale-Bentz, Victoria Grunberg, Emily Haney-Caron, Mark McCurdy, Amanda NeMoyer, Mina Ratkalkar and Anna Marie Raphail received awards, grants and fellowships.
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- Common Artificial Sweetener Likely a Safe, Effective Birth Control, Pesticide for Insects, Drexel Study Finds
  
  May 23, 2017
  Erythritol, a non-nutritive sweetener found in products like Truvia, has proven effective in killing fly larvae and slowing down their egg production, making it a good candidate for human and pet-safe pesticide use.
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- Employee Spotlight: Barbara Hornum and George King
  
  May 22, 2017
  This year, two Drexel employees are celebrating 50 years of working on campus — a campus that they’ve seen drastically change since they started in 1966.
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- Miriam Kotzin Publishes Two New Books
  
  May 22, 2017
  
  Professor of English Miriam Kotzin, PhD, recently published a collection of fiction, Country Music, and poetry, Debris Field.
  
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- Drexel Students Try to Negotiate a Climate Change Accord
  
  May 22, 2017
  Three-dozen Drexel students role-played as global climate officials during a recent classroom exercise, working together to hash out a plan to address the changing environment. Over the course of nearly three hours of negotiations, they developed an agreement to reduce climate change and learned just how challenging such an endeavor can be.
  
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- Drexel Professor Mimi Sheller to Give Keynote at Movimento Forum
  
  May 18, 2017
  Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy Mimi Sheller, PhD, will be the opening keynote speaker at the GVF Communities in Motion Movimento Forum on May 22nd at The Liberty View at Independence Visitor Center, Philadelphia.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Jillian Adair
  
  May 15, 2017
  “I’ve always loved nature, but I never thought I could turn that passion into a career,” says Jillian Adair, a junior in Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science. The once skeptic took a 12-week adventure last summer with the Sea Education Association, studying marine science and maritime history, and then sailing around New Zealand.
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- Ex-Inmates Visit Drexel University Class on Crime and Justice
  
  May 11, 2017
  Professor Cheri Brooks brought to class a pair of recently released men who were given mandatory sentences of life without parole as teenagers, inviting a discussion on crime, punishment, retribution and rehabilitation.
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- Former Mayors Michael Nutter and Ed Rendell Discuss Philadelphia’s Past, Present and Future
  
  May 10, 2017
  Former Philadelphia Mayors Michael Nutter and Ed Rendell reunited on Drexel’s campus for a taping of “The Drexel InterView” to discuss the highs and lows of their terms in City Hall, as well as where they think the city and its population are headed in the future.
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- Study Abroad Tips From Your Drexel Classmates
  
  May 08, 2017
  
  What’s the most important tip for students planning to study abroad? It just might be to leave room for spontaneity, based on the advice offered by your Drexel classmates about the ins and outs and ups and downs of studying in a foreign land.
  
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- Drexel University’s 2017 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 08, 2017
  With Drexel University’s commencement just around the corner, the University is announcing its complete list of speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 ceremonies.
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- Dampening food deserts with a transdicplinary approach
  
  May 05, 2017
  Drexel graduate student Elise Krespan gave a talk at the 2017 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference, which presented a novel solution to alleviate food deserts using a 3D printed hydroponic system in conjunction with cyanobacteria to produce fertilizer.
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- Meet MS Communication Alumna Juliane Mills
  
  May 04, 2017
  
  Meet Drexel Master of Science in Public Communication and Master of Public Health Alumni Juliane Mills.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Yilin Yang
  
  May 01, 2017
  The sub-metropolis of Tianjin, China is home to a bustling port and a multitude of urban developments and structures. Not unlike Philadelphia, it has a rich history in arts, politics and trade. In fact, Tianjin is located at the same elevation as Philly, making their climates similar and adaptable to anyone migrating between the two cities. It was for these reasons — and the opportunity to live within walking distance of the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra — that Yilin Yang, a young, starry-eyed student from Tianjin, decided to cross the ocean to study mathematics at Drexel University.
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- New Drexel Writing Festival Held on Campus
  
  May 01, 2017
  The inaugural Drexel Writing Festival, which replaces the 10-year-old Week of Writing, will take place at Drexel University to host 16 events in just three days.
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- Emerging Graduate Scholars Show Research at First-Ever Conference
  
  May 01, 2017
  Drexel University’s first-ever Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference was recently held to give graduate students a chance to share their interdisciplinary work and test out their presentation skills.
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- More Drexel Authors Recognized Than Ever at 2017 Annual Event
  
  May 01, 2017
  This year marks the fifth time that Drexel authors have been celebrated in a ceremony highlighting their remarkable achievements in publishing.
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- Mobility Futures, Astronauts, Islands, Caribbean Survival and Infrastructural Justice
  
  April 28, 2017
  Mimi Sheller, PhD, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy delivered an invited lecture on “Uneven Mobility Futures: Inequality, Justice and Power” for the Grinnell College, Center for the Humanities Speaker Series on March 1, 2017.
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- Drexel Faculty and Students Present at the Annual ESS Meeting
  
  April 27, 2017
  
  The Eastern Sociological Society’s (ESS) Annual Meeting was held in Philadelphia, PA from February 23rd - 26th, 2017. ESS was founded in 1930 to support sociological research and networking in the northeast United States, and has about 1,200 members. There were approximately 1,450 registrants at this year’s annual meeting and approximately 200 undergraduates presented posters. Drexel was well represented at the annual meeting with both faculty and students presenting.
  
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- Q&A: Extraordinary Four-Foot-Long Clams Finally Found Alive
  
  April 26, 2017
  
  Hiding inside a hard shell that’s up to four feet long and resembles an elephant tusk, there’s a dark-colored earthworm-like creature. At one end, the creature’s body forms a slight bulb. At the other, claw-like appendages. It doesn’t really eat on its own, but ingests products made by bacteria that live within it.
  
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- Psychology Students Receive Research Awards
  
  April 18, 2017
  
  Kayci Vickers and Jillian Tessier both recently received research awards from the Council on Brain Injury.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Eli Gilman
  
  April 17, 2017
  “I’m always inspired to learn,” says Eli Gilman, an alumnus of Drexel’s Center for Public Policy. “That’s what drives me, regardless of the field. Drexel’s Public Policy program fit perfectly with where I wanted to go in my career. It was one of the biggest things that helped me conceptualize large institutional momentum and how to make change.”
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- Drexel’s Vincent O’Leary Receives Truman Scholarship for Environmental Science
  
  April 12, 2017
  O’Leary is the first Dragon to be named a Truman Scholar, which provides a $30,000 scholarship toward graduate school for students pursuing careers in the public sector.
  
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- Drexel hosts the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology
  
  April 11, 2017
  Drexel’s Department of History and Center for Science, Technology and Society (STS) hosted the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of Biology on March 24-25, 2017. The event was organized by Lloyd Ackert, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of History and affiliate faculty member with STS. Participants represented U.S. universities including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Brown, Penn, Franklin & Marshall, Temple, Cornell and Johns Hopkins; and international institutions such as the University of Paris and University of Vienna.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Farrah Rahaman
  
  April 10, 2017
  
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- Stop Making Sense: Sensory Science Meets STS
  
  April 06, 2017
  Drexel's STS Center, in conjunction with the Chemical Heritage Foundation and Drexel's Center for Hospitality and Sports Management, co-hosted a one-day symposium on March 10, 2017, "Stop Making Sense".
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- Sharee Devose: Drexel Co-op at Voice of America
  
  April 06, 2017
  It feels almost like yesterday that I arrived in Washington, D.C., somewhat ready to take on the world of international broadcasting. I was excited on my first day, certainly, but I found it difficult still to believe that, of all people, I could have been chosen to be the first Drexel co-op at Voice of America (VOA), the official international broadcaster of the United States and the largest in the nation. The experience astounds me to this day.
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- Drexel University's STS Students Present at the 2017 STGlobal Conference
  
  April 06, 2017
  Drexel University is a member of STGlobal Consortium. The STGlobal Consortium is a group of universities with students interested in science and technology studies (STS), science and technology policy (STP), and other related topics. It hosts an international graduate student conference is dedicated to inquiry into science and technology policy and science and technology studies.
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- How to Make the Most of Your Drexel Co-op
  
  April 05, 2017
  The co-op is an essential part of a typical Drexel education, but the process can raise a lot of questions. DrexelNow sought the advice of four co-op veterans, who weighed in with tips on the interview process, overcoming hurdles and leaving employers with a good impression.
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- Drexel Takes Eco Education to the Movies at Philadelphia Film Festival
  
  April 04, 2017
  In search of new ways to promote awareness of the realities of climate change and global warming, Drexel faculty members have struck up a relationship with the Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival. The University is sponsoring a block of local films later this month.
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- Drexel Anniversary Public Lectures Announced for Spring
  
  April 03, 2017
  Drexel’s free public lecture series will continue to highlight the University’s 125th anniversary year when the series starts up again this spring term.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
  
  April 03, 2017
  NASA was big in the ’80s.
  
  Sure, it was a force in the decades before, but in the ’80s, when a young Naoko Kurahashi Neilson was making her way through elementary school, NASA was pop-culture big. Kids gathered in classrooms to watch shuttle missions, and teenagers stared wide-eyed as countdowns and liftoffs filled the opening credits of MTV’s first broadcast.
  
  Those images stayed with Neilson. But not just the space shuttles and astronauts.
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- Drexel’s Eric Zillmer Assists in Bringing World-Class Guitarist David Russell to Campus
  
  March 31, 2017
  Renowned classical guitarist David Russell will perform on Drexel’s campus on April 8, thanks, in part, to the efforts of Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology and Director of Athletics Eric Zillmer, PsyD.
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- Evan Forman, Cara Dochat and Leah Schumacher Win Multiple Awards
  
  March 31, 2017
  
  Evan Forman, PhD, Cara Dochat and Leah Schumacher were named the recipients of research awards at the ongoing Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in San Diego.
  
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- Stephanie Kerrigan Wins American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant
  
  March 30, 2017
  PhD student Stephanie Kerrigan was announced as the winner of the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant. The award will help to fund her dissertation, Project Step, which is evaluating the role of financial incentives and performance feedback in helping individuals to reach FitBit-tracked walking goals.
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- Drexel Is Helping the FAA Modernize Technical Training
  
  March 30, 2017
  As a core member of a new Center of Excellence focused on modernizing the training of air traffic controllers and their colleagues, Drexel researchers are doing their part to keep your flight safe and efficient.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Alden Young
  
  March 29, 2017
  Alden Young wears a T-shirt and workout trousers in colors that mimic the attitude of a campus early in the Friday afternoon, in no rush to be any place in particular. He is soft spoken and calm, and seems to be a man simply going with the flow.
  
  “I was born in New Orleans,” he begins.
  
  Something glimmers in his eye as he speaks, as though, like a superhero, Young’s true identity lay somewhere behind the simple frames resting on his nose.
  
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- Progress Report: Drexel’s Research Laboratory Plan Project
  
  March 22, 2017
  Many of the lab renovations in Drexel’s Research Laboratory Plan have been completed and are being used to further the University’s research efforts.
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- Awards, Grants, Fellowships and Scholarships - BEES Students’ Work Pays Off
  
  March 22, 2017
  
  Graduate and undergraduate students in Drexel's Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) received an impressive number of awards, scholarships, grants and fellowships for 2017-18. Their academic prowess also earned the department the record for the highest number of honorees for major scholarships/fellowships out of any department in the University!
  
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- Treatment Window for Fragile X Likely Doesn’t Close After Childhood, Drexel Study Finds
  
  March 20, 2017
  A Drexel University-led study looked into human and rat brain samples and found that the biological structures potentially contributing to Fragile X syndrome are present in adult brains — something that mouse samples did not show.
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- Physics Alumni Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
  
  March 20, 2017
  
  Several Drexel Physics alumni recently received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education.
  
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- Art and Tech Innovator John Maeda to Speak at Drexel Commencement at Citizens Bank Park
  
  March 20, 2017
  
  Computational design guru John Maeda will address the class of 2017 at Drexel University’s commencement, which will be held on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Maeda is the global head of Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic, the parent company of Jetpack, WooCommerce, Longreads, WordPress.com and more. The University-wide ceremony will be held at Citizens Bank Park for the second consecutive year.
  
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- Two Students Receive Psi Chi Research Grant
  
  March 19, 2017
  
  Mary Godfrey and Jillian Tessier both received Psi Chi Research Grants.
  
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- Mobility Futures, Astronauts, Islands, Caribbean Survival and Infrastructural Justice: Upcoming Mobility Events
  
  March 16, 2017
  Mimi Sheller, PhD, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy will be visiting and speaking at several institutions in the upcoming weeks. Including interviewing Drexel Alumni and Astronaut Christopher Ferguson at the Kennedy Space Center.
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- Drexel Professor Mimi Sheller Films Conversation with Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
  
  March 14, 2017
  Mimi Sheller, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy filmed a conversation on 6 December with the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at his studio in Berlin, about his work The Refugee Project, which will be featured on The Artistic Lab, an online art exhibition produced by the Mobile Lives Forum, Paris.
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- Four Students Receive 2017 American Psychology-Law Society Student Presentation Awards
  
  March 14, 2017
  
  Keisha April, Stephanie Singer, Alice Thornewill and Elizabeth Gale-Bentz were awarded 2017 American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Student Presentation Awards.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Christina Achampong
  
  March 08, 2017
  Christina Achampong, an operations researcher for the NSA and 2006 Drexel mathematics alumna, says she owes her sense of resiliency to her teachers, her role as an RA, her extracurricular activities and her three co-ops at Drexel.
  
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- Prestigious Fellowship to Support Drexel Biology PhD Student in Taking on Cancer
  
  March 03, 2017
  Fourth year PhD student Eva Karasmanis’ fascination with cell biology began as soon as she started studying the subject, and eventually inspired her decision to join Drexel’s biology program and the Spiliotis Lab. Armed with the faculty mentorship and state-of-the-art lab space to match her passion and knowledge within the field, Karasmanis recently earned the National Institute for Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, a prestigious fellowship supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Bill Drust
  
  March 01, 2017
  After seven years in a communications role at digital entertainment company Rovi, Bill Drust was looking for a change. While most career jumps look more like hops, Drust took a vaulting leap — and landed in Drexel’s Master’s Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS).
  
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- A Criminology Student Ready to Turn Theory Into Practice
  
  March 01, 2017
  Drexel senior Alli Scott’s classroom and field experience has her set for a career as a crime analyst where she can focus on the root of the problems facing high-crime neighborhoods. But her post-graduation plans don’t stop there — she sees a nonprofit in her future.
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- Drexel Scientist Searches for Dark Matter
  
  February 28, 2017
  We all know that about 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water. That’s something you learn in elementary school. Now, imagine that 80 percent of the Earth was covered in water — but we couldn’t see it and didn’t know exactly where it was, just that there was something else out there.
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- Let’s Talk About Sex (and Gender): Transgender Equality Activist to Speak at Drexel Research Forum
  
  February 24, 2017
  The 2017 Sex and Gender Research Forum will feature interdisciplinary research projects and transgender rights activist Harper Jean Tobin.
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- ‘I am Psyched!’ Interactive Exhibit Explores the Role of Women of Color in Psychology
  
  February 24, 2017
  An interactive exhibit that features minority women who have contributed to psychology will be on display at Drexel University’s W. W. Hagerty Library from Feb. 27 to March 10.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Joe Hodnicki
  
  February 23, 2017
  
  Joe Hodnicki isn’t biased to any one medium; painting, illustration, block printing, merchandise design — he does it all. The biology alum’s deep love of the natural world, particularly the ocean, resonates in his art and design work for big-name brands like Vimeo and Urban Outfitters, nonprofits like the Special Olympics, and independent shops like Grain Surfboards and Mother Earth Brewing Company. He’s built tree houses in the Virgin Islands, produced merchandise for events like the New York and San Diego Surf Film Festivals, and even designed the medals for the 2012 Winter X Games. But the career path that now so perfectly weaves his love of art and science was once unclear to a young Hodnicki.
  
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- Almost 4 Decades Later, Mini Eyeless Catfish Gets a Name
  
  February 23, 2017
  Discovered in a 1978–79 expedition, a pale, eyeless catfish that doesn’t even measure an inch long is now known as Micromyzon orinoco, for the South American river in which it was discovered.
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- The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society Comes to Philadelphia, February 23-26.
  
  February 22, 2017
  The Drexel Department of Sociology is a proud sponsor of the 2017 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Presidential Address and Awards Plenary. ESS President John Torpey (CUNY Graduate Center) will be speaking to the meeting's theme, "The End of the World as We Know It?"
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- At Climate Change Panel, Drexel Faculty Urges Action
  
  February 20, 2017
  Global warming requires an immediate and aggressive response around the globe, but it’s unclear whether the United States will participate under the new administration, according to a discussion led by Drexel professors.
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- Call for Essays: Africana Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies Awards
  
  February 16, 2017
  The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to officially announce the undergraduate student call for essays: Africana Studies -V.P. Franklin Award ($500) and Women's and Gender Studies-Martha Montgomery Award ($200)
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- Journal Article Published in the Journal Obesity
  
  February 15, 2017
  In a recent paper in the journal Obesity, Evan Forman, Meghan Butryn et al. report on results of the NIH-funded Mind Your Health II Trial. Overweight participants assigned to acceptance-based behavioral treatment lost considerably more weight at one year than those assigned to gold standard behavioral treatment. Also is in this issue is Tom Wadden and Bob Berkowitz’s commentary on the meaning of these results.
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- In the Classroom and on the River Banks, Passing on a Love for Science
  
  February 15, 2017
  Vincent O’Leary is using his time at Drexel to get others interested in science, whether that means teaching elementary school students about physics or helping launch a class to explore urban ecology and environmental science.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Shoval Dorani
  
  February 14, 2017
  
  Shoval Dorani has looked justice in the eye before. Rather than diving into college after high school, Dorani left her hometown of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, to fight in her father’s native country for the Israel Defense Forces. As a canine handler and commander in the IDF, Dorani — along with her trained military dog, a Belgian Malinois named Gula — came face-to-face with enemy soldiers in combat for three years. So, when she left the IDF to study in Drexel’s Criminology and Justice Studies program, Dorani had one goal in mind: she wanted to “lock up criminals.”
  
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- World Anthropology Day Comes to Drexel
  
  February 13, 2017
  
  A Feb. 16 event will take a closer look at how current events can be viewed through anthropologists’ eyes. Speakers will cover topics as wide-ranging as native land rights and immigration.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Christopher Nielson
  
  February 09, 2017
  
  Somewhere in the ridges of Pennsylvania on the Appalachian Trail, a young Christopher Nielson decided that science was no longer his true passion. As he wandered, he thought of the overcrowded chemistry labs he frequented that never quite felt like home. He didn’t miss them. Instead, throughout his whole trip, whenever he had free time, all he really wanted to do was read Shakespeare. When he got back to school, he changed his major to English and he hasn’t looked back since.
  
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- Methane Levels Have Increased in Marcellus Shale Region Despite a Dip in Well Installation
  
  February 09, 2017
  Despite a slow down in the number of new natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region of Northeast Pennsylvania, new research led by Drexel University finds that atmospheric methane levels in the area are still increasing. Measurements of methane and other air pollutants taken three years apart in the rural areas of Pennsylvania that have been the target of natural gas development over the last decade, revealed a substantial increase from 2012 to 2015.
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- Drexel Unites to Promote One Book, One Philadelphia
  
  February 09, 2017
  
  Though Drexel has participated in the annual community book club for years, this marks the first year of interdisciplinary collaboration and panel discussions.
  
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- Faculty Forum Discusses Executive Order Banning Travel
  
  February 09, 2017
  
  About 100 members of the Drexel community gathered last evening for a wide-ranging informational forum with a panel of professors to learn more about President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven countries.
  
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- ‘Who Needs a Flu Shot? – Not Me’
  
  February 08, 2017
  
  “There has been a little flu, but there will be more…we have not seen the worst of it, flu usually peaks in February,” said an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer in January. Now in February, we think – people better get their flu shots, take vitamin C and heed the public health cautions plastered across the news media. But what impact do these public health messages actually have on us? Are we going to race out and get our flu shot? According to a Drexel University communication researcher, probably not. And it’s not because we think we’re invincible, it’s because we like to think we’re immune to the influences of messages in the mass media — a communications theory termed the “third-person effect.”
  
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- West Meets East on an Enlightening Medical Co-op in China
  
  February 07, 2017
  Drexel biology student Peter Ngo gained a new perspective on the relationship between Western and Eastern medicine during his six-month co-op shadowing nurses and physicians in Shanghai.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Ian Michael Crumm
  
  February 06, 2017
  Ian Michael Crumm, a senior communication major at Drexel, smiles as he recounts one of his fondest memories: helping to organize and model in a fashion shoot for Beijing’s LifeStyle magazine with one of the city’s well-known fashion bloggers. His friend and fellow Drexel communication major Mollie Snyder was on co-op with the magazine at the time and invited Crumm to be a part of the spread.
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- Review of "Thinking Parent, Thinking Child" by Myrna Shure
  
  February 02, 2017
  
  Read a review of the second edition of "Thinking Parent, Thinking Child", Myrna Shure's updated book.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Lee C. Dolat
  
  February 02, 2017
  Lee Dolat has worked as a research technician at Harvard Medical School, contributed and authored articles for The Journal of Cell Biology and the Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, and become the first student in the history of Drexel’s Department of Biology to secure the esteemed Ruth L. Kirschstein pre-doctoral fellowship award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. And that’s all before he’s even defended his PhD thesis.
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- How to Train 'Superhuman' Geoscientists
  
  February 02, 2017
  The radiologist interpreting your MRI scan and the geologist assessing our natural resource reserves have one important thing in common: They are both exceptionally skilled at perceiving important cues in an image or vista that the rest of us are almost certain to miss.
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- Speaking the Unspoken
  
  February 02, 2017
  Mona Elgohail grew up in a tight-knit, all-American family of six in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Her supportive parents encouraged her to speak her mind — and she often did.
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- Protecting the Persecuted
  
  February 02, 2017
  "Why are you afraid to go home?" he asked. Without speaking, the two children answered in unison, lifting their shirts to reveal raw, pink scars stretching like spider webs across their torsos. It is an image that will haunt Andrew Damron, JD, forever.
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- Investing in Progress
  
  February 02, 2017
  Pinkesh Patel’s academic credentials simply can’t be questioned. He received a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University in physics (with honors) before completing a graduate degree at Caltech, where he dove into the just-developing field of research surrounding gravitational waves. He then went on to a postdoc at Stanford, where he branched out into the world of bioengineering.
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- Healing the Wounded
  
  February 02, 2017
  During the peak of the Iraq war, ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff was struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The man known by millions of viewers across the country suffered a traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him.
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- Breaking the Cycle
  
  February 02, 2017
  It is one of our nation’s most pressing and persistent public health crises. It is responsible for more than 25,000 deaths each year nationwide, and as many as 3,500 annually in Pennsylvania alone. It reaches from the inner cities to wealthy suburbs and out into the countryside, and its recent growth has been described by officials at the Centers for Disease Control as “unprecedented.”
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- Climate Change Workshop Tackles Solutions to a Global Problem
  
  February 01, 2017
  
  The students and faculty who attended COP22 spoke to an audience eager for an update on the international efforts to address the damage humans are doing to the environment.
  
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- Eva Karasmanis Receives an Award from the National Cancer Institute
  
  January 30, 2017
  
  Eva Karasmanis receives the Ruth L. Kirschstein award courtesy of the National Cancer Institute (an agency of the National Institutes of Health).
  
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- Could Technology Help Us Tackle the Obesity Crisis?
  
  January 26, 2017
  Psychology faculty member Evan Forman and students Stephanie Goldstein, Britt Evans and Daniel Flack have just published the commentary “Could technology like computerized neurocognitive training, smartphone apps and virtual reality help tackle the obesity crisis?”
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- Drexel’s Bond to Haiti Shown by Awards From Community Group
  
  January 24, 2017
  The Haitian Coalition of Philadelphia honored three Dragons at their annual gala, recognizing the humanitarian work that the University has accomplished during study abroad courses.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Kate Hughes
  
  January 18, 2017
  The road that brought Kate Hughes to Drexel extends far beyond the streets of Philadelphia. From farming in Spain and Italy, to living in South Africa during the height of the AIDS crisis, to traveling around the Americas on a retrofitted school bus, Hughes has built a diverse and detailed portfolio that includes expertise in peace studies, public health, environmental justice and community organizing. Steeped in experience and radiating a sense of calm and a reassuring confidence, Hughes is the quintessential international area studies adviser — just ask her students.
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Maryann Fitzpatrick and Wolfgang Nadler
  
  January 17, 2017
  
  “It was very rapid, the adoption of the computer here at Drexel, and the use of it,” Wolfgang Nadler says. He gestures to a wall above his desk that he calls the “nostalgia wall.” It’s a visual encyclopedia of how information has been shared. There are at least a dozen pieces of technology. He begins to explain the pieces, how they progressed into what we have today.
  
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- Ted Daeschler Checks in from Antarctica
  
  January 17, 2017
  Ted Daeschler, PhD, recently completed an expedition to explore Antarctic rocks dating to the Devonian Period, a time that ended some 120 million years before the first dinosaurs appeared. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University thought it would be fun to have Ted describe his odyssey in his own words - and he obliged by writing a few posts for their blog while he was on his journey.
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- "Effective Weight Loss: An Acceptance-Based Behavioral Approach" Now Available Digitally and in Hardcover
  
  January 11, 2017
  Evan Forman and Meghan Butryn's new books, "Effective Weight Loss: An Acceptance-Based Behavioral Approach" are now available both in hardcopy and digitally. The pair of books (a guide for clinicians and a workbook for patients) describe a detailed, session-by-session guide for implementing Acceptance-based Behavioral Treatment, which Forman and Butryn developed and evaluated.
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- Mona Elgohail Receives Two NMCS Travel Awards
  
  January 08, 2017
  
  Mona Elgohail, a clinical psychology PhD student mentored by Pamela Geller, PhD, has been awarded two travel grants.
  
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Rebecca Goodman
  
  January 04, 2017
  “On my first night of co-op with the Philadelphia 76ers, my boss led me into the Sixers locker room where the media was gathered,” recalls communication alumna Rebecca Goodman. “He handed me a tape recorder and said, ‘In five minutes, these reporters will be interviewing Allen Iverson. I need you to go in there and record everything he says.’
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- 25 Faces 25 Years: Daniel Mann
  
  January 04, 2017
  When people rank the most desirable places to work, Facebook is consistently positioned at the top of the list. Hundreds of thousands of people apply each year, while many others count themselves out before they even reach the point of submitting an application.
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- An App for Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia
  
  January 03, 2017
  
  For the approximately 8 million Americans who suffer from binge eating disorder, help could be just a download away. Psychologists in Drexel’s Laboratory for Innovations in Health-Related Behavior Change are developing a new smartphone application that aims to tackle binge eating, and they are seeking study volunteers to test it out. The app, called iCAT+, is for patients who suffer from binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa.
  
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2016
- The Way You Move: Tumor Cells Move Differently Than Normal Ones
  
  December 20, 2016
  A new study by a Drexel biology professor determined that tumor cells can’t move the same way that normal cells do to get through tight squeezes in the body, opening up the potential for future, targeted therapies.
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- Dates and Topics for the 125th Anniversary Public Lecture Series Announced for Winter Term
  
  December 19, 2016
  After the completion of a successful series of public lectures during the fall term, a new round of discussions has been finalized for winter term.
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- Climate Change Conference COP22 Energizes Drexel Faculty, Students
  
  December 15, 2016
  
  A group of 10 students and professors went to Morocco in November for the annual gathering of government delegates and climate researchers. They came back refocused and reinvigorated.
  
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- Top Drexel Stories of 2016
  
  December 05, 2016
  Relive the moments and exciting headlines that sparked the most conversation and interest during 2016 through this annual review of the year’s top Drexel stories.
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- Drexel Faculty Experts Explain How to Survive and Thrive During The Holidays
  
  December 01, 2016
  
  It’s that time of year again. The physical, emotional, financial and gastrointestinal strains posed by the holiday season can make it feel like more of a slog than a restorative hiatus. So, as an early gift from the Drexel media relations team, we’ve sifted through the University’s stable of experts to find those best suited to provide some advice on how to make this season a joyous one.
  
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- Urban Climate Change Research Hub Opens at Drexel
  
  November 29, 2016
  In the battle to adapt to and mitigate climate change caused by humans, most environmental engineers and climate scientists agree that cities are the front line. Due to the sheer density of their population, and the quantity of resources they consume, cities have the potential to most quickly and significantly affect—and be affected by—climate risks. They also have the ability to integrate climate resiliency into their plans for the future, according to environmental engineering professor Franco Montalto, PhD, who will direct a network of North American climate change researchers concerting their efforts via a new hub at Drexel University.
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- Q&A With Graduate College Dean and Executive Vice Provost James Herbert
  
  November 03, 2016
  
  You might call the one-year anniversary of Drexel’s Graduate College “the great rollout.” For the past year, with inaugural Dean and Executive Vice Provost James Herbert, PhD, leading the way, the college has moved into its new home and set in place a long list of initiatives. Now it’s time to mobilize.
  
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- Drexel Professor Writes the Incredible True Story of the Life of a Sudanese Refugee
  
  October 24, 2016
  Drexel professor Harriet Levin Millan wrote about the incredible journey of a Sudanese refugee in a book that was made possible through a chance encounter in her creative writing class seven years ago.
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- A New ‘King’ — New, Gigantic, Ancient Armored Fish Discovered
  
  October 11, 2016
  In the Arctic, a team that included scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University found fossils of a giant new species of extinct armored fish that they named Bothriolepis rex — the new king of Bothriolepis.
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- Drexel’s Writers Room Kicks Off ‘NEA Big Read’ With Drummers, Dance and a Poetry Slam
  
  September 19, 2016
  Having received an “NEA Big Read” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Drexel’s Writers Room will honor novelist Zora Neale Hurston.
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- Public Lecture Series Launched to Celebrate Drexel’s 125 Years
  
  September 07, 2016
  This fall, Drexel will hold a series of free lectures dedicated to telling certain chapters of Drexel’s history.
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- ‘Nursery’ Discovered in Belgium Provides Insight into Prehistoric Fish Life
  
  September 02, 2016
  The discovery of a group of young, prehistoric fish fossils provides some insights into the extinct creatures’ lives — and how fish today might be similar to them.
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- Q&A: Scott Knowles on Why He Created Two History Courses to Engage All Students in Current Events
  
  August 22, 2016
  
  Scott Knowles, PhD, associate professor and head of the History Department, will teach two courses this fall about important current events on campus and across the country.
  
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- Q&A With Senior Vice Provost for Research Aleister Saunders
  
  August 11, 2016
  University research typically is a fairly insular endeavor, played out at the department level with little cross-pollination among the various disciplines. Senior Vice Provost for Research Aleister Saunders is trying to widen that view. He has been advocating a university-wide approach to research, looking for those areas where Drexel can support and encourage investigations that cut across departments and disciplines.
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- Making a Solar Energy Conversion Breakthrough With Help From a Ferroelectrics Pioneer
  
  August 08, 2016
  Designers of solar cells may soon be setting their sights higher, as a discovery by a team of researchers has revealed a class of materials that could be better at converting sunlight into energy than those currently being used in solar arrays. Their research shows how a material can be used to extract power from a small portion of the sunlight spectrum with a conversion efficiency that is above its theoretical maximum — a value called the Shockley-Queisser limit. This finding, which could lead to more power-efficient solar cells, was seeded in a near-half-century old discovery by Russian physicist Vladimir M. Fridkin, PhD, a visiting professor of physics at Drexel University, who is also known as one of the innovators behind the photocopier.
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- Drexel Sends First Dragon to Kazakhstan
  
  August 03, 2016
  Caitlin Walczyk will be the first Drexel student to receive a scholarship or fellowship to study in Kazakhstan when she spends a year studying Russian in the country as a Boren Awards honoree.
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- Making the Most of Drexel Connections and Swedish Culture
  
  July 20, 2016
  Psychology student Alli Spiller recently returned from a research co-op in Sweden that she created using Drexel connections and financial support.
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- Drexel Dragon Helps Bring Democratic Delegates to Philadelphia
  
  July 18, 2016
  
  Political science and international area studies double major Greta Jusyte lent a hand in putting on the Democratic National Convention through an internship with the Philadelphia Host Committee.
  
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- Drexel Experts Available to Comment on Democratic National Convention
  
  July 11, 2016
  
  As Philadelphia prepares to host what is likely to be one of the largest and most historically significant Democratic National Conventions, Drexel experts are available to comment on issues ranging from the logistics of putting together the massive gathering and its historical significance, as well as addressing the biggest political issues that will face presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
  
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- Weight Loss Technologies Train the Brain to Resist Temptation
  
  June 30, 2016
  Psychologists have designed a computer game aimed at improving users’ inhibitory control and a mobile app that combats unhealthy urges before they strike.
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- Mountaineering Ants Use Body Heat to Warm Nests
  
  June 29, 2016
  Underground army ants can keep their nests — called bivouacs — warm with their body heat; this social warming may enable fragile offspring to survive in chilly mountain forests , according to Drexel University researchers.
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- Ladykiller: Artificial Sweetener Proves Deadly for Female Flies
  
  June 27, 2016
  In testing multiple artificial sweeteners, a Drexel University research team found that one was particularly deadly for female fruit flies — and left males relatively untouched.
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- Tiny Algae Ideal for Sniffing Out Nutrient Pollution in Water
  
  June 24, 2016
  Tiny algae, called diatoms, living in water could be key to providing a definitive and clear measure of whether streams, rivers and lakes have damaging levels of nutrients in them.
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- Origin of a Myth: The Second Trauma Cure for Amnesia
  
  June 13, 2016
  A Drexel professor explains how scientists’ limited and faulty understanding of the brain hundreds of years ago gave birth to the erroneous idea that amnesia induced by a blow to the head can be cured by a second “conk.”
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- A Legacy of Paying It Forward
  
  June 08, 2016
  Eighty-one years ago, Marjorie Barker Gallagher graduated from Drexel thanks to the generosity of her uncle. His only request was that she promise to send someone else to college instead of paying him back. That legacy continues this year, when Marjorie’s granddaughter Elizabeth became the family’s second Drexel graduate.
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- After Centuries of Confusion, Unique Bones Help Scientists Place Catfish
  
  June 08, 2016
  The Hypophthalmus catfish has long stumped scientists trying to explore its origins, but a pair of researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University finally believes their analysis of the fish’s backbone and unique swim bladder has solved the puzzle.
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- Pandas Don’t Like It Hot: Temperature, Not Food is Biggest Concern for Conservation
  
  June 06, 2016
  China’s bamboo supply is more than enough to support giant pandas after it was discovered that they have bigger appetites than originally believed, but climate change could destroy their plentiful food source anyway.
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- Writers Room Celebrates its Second Year With a Special Reading, Anthology Release and Art Show
  
  June 03, 2016
  Writers Room has created many opportunities for members of the Drexel and West Philadelphia communities to create works of art and literature since its launch last year.
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- Graduate Student Day Honors Research, Dissertations and Promise
  
  June 01, 2016
  Master’s and doctoral students were recognized at Graduate Student Day for their accomplishments throughout the year.
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- Drexel’s Postpartum Depression Clinic Is First of Its Kind in the Region
  
  May 24, 2016
  Mother-Baby Connections is an intensive outpatient clinic based at Drexel that provides therapy for mothers experiencing stress and postpartum depression.
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- Words to Live By: Drexel’s Writers Room Hosting Festival in Celebration of ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’
  
  May 11, 2016
  With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program, Drexel’s Writers Room will host seven weeks of programming to bring local communities together to explore themes from the acclaimed novel and its author’s life.
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- Employee Spotlight: The Kaczmarczik Family
  
  May 11, 2016
  
  Since the 1940s, a member of the Kaczmarczik family has studied, taught or worked on campus. Three generations of Kaczmarcziks have accumulated over 80 years of combined educational and professional experience at Drexel.
  
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- Celebrating the Best of Drexel’s Historic Co-op Program in 2016
  
  May 06, 2016
  Drexel’s annual Cooperative Education Awards honored outstanding co-op students and employers alike.
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- Celebrating All Drexel Authors
  
  April 27, 2016
  
  For the fourth year, the Office of the Provost and Drexel Libraries highlighted the work of Drexel’s authors and editors. This year, for the first time, published students were honored along with faculty and staff.
  
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- Gun Hunting Could Lead to Extinction of Threatened Primates on African Island
  
  April 18, 2016
  A study conducted by a team led by Drexel University scientists found that gun hunting on Bioko Island correlates significantly with lower numbers of the majority of the island’s primate species.
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- Celebrate the Great Outdoors with the Drexel Naturalists’ Association
  
  April 11, 2016
  Now that spring has sprung, students can better appreciate nature in and outside of the city with the Drexel Naturalists’ Association.
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- Double Duty: Proteins Associated with Schizophrenia Hang Around Longer Than Previously Thought
  
  March 31, 2016
  While most scientists believe that TCF4 proteins degraded and disappeared after they assigned jobs to cells in the nervous system, a Drexel University research team discovered that the proteins were hanging around afterward and telling the cells how to do those jobs.
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- Un-Muddying Waters: Drexel Researchers Studying Climate Change in Mongolian, U.S. Rivers
  
  March 29, 2016
  As a part of a National Science Foundation macroecology study spanning two continents, a team of researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will compare river systems in grassland areas of Asia and North America to see how they function and how human activity, including the effects of climate change alters that.
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- WKDU Greets Local Nonprofits With 'Good Morning, Neighbors'
  
  March 23, 2016
  Student-run radio station WKDU, center for the support of nonprofit communications Drexel Edits and the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement come together to welcome local nonprofit organizations with “Good Morning, Neighbors,” a series of biweekly radio interviews.
  
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- Surface-Going Cave Crickets Actually More Isolated Than Cave-Dwelling Cousins
  
  March 16, 2016
  Although other studies on cave-dwelling creatures have found that animals that spend all of their lives in the dark of caves are more likely to be genetically isolated, a recent study on two groups of crickets found the opposite.
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- Know Where Your Mind is During Brain Awareness Week
  
  March 14, 2016
  
  The Drexel Department of Psychology is hosting multiple student- and community-oriented events during Brain Awareness Week, March 14-18, with the goal to educate community members about current trends in scientific research as it relates to brain health across the lifespan and, more generally, to raise awareness about healthy brain habits.
  
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- Seeing the Light: Army Ants Evolve to Regain Sight and More in Return to Surface’s Complex Environment
  
  March 09, 2016
  A study of army ants revealed that some species increased their brain size, including visual brain regions, after evolving above-ground behavior. Their ancestors had lived mainly underground for nearly 60 million years. Such increases in brain capacity are a rarely-studied evolutionary phenomenon.
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- They Needed Women More Than They Thought: Drexel Veterans Speak on the Role of Women in the Military
  
  March 09, 2016
  
  Five Drexel vets gathered on March 2 to discuss the hardships and successes of serving as women in the American and Israeli military.
  
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- Trust Your Aha! Moments, Experiments Show They’re Probably Right
  
  March 07, 2016
  A series of experiments showed that sudden insight may yield more correct solutions than using gradual, methodical thinking.
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- The Science of Eating Disorders
  
  February 25, 2016
  For National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, professors Adrienne Juarascio and Jessica Barson separate fact from fiction and weigh in on the psychological and physiological causes of eating disorders.
  
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- Drexel and Sixers Youth Foundation Team Up to Promote Healthy Behaviors for Middle School Students
  
  February 25, 2016
  
  Middle school students in West Philadelphia will learn strategies to achieve better physical and emotional health through a new collaboration between Drexel University and the Sixers Youth Foundation, a charitable initiative of the Philadelphia 76ers.
  
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- Building Toward Discovery: Drexel Professor’s Role in Finding Gravitational Waves
  
  February 22, 2016
  Sometimes, science is about chipping away at the big questions. One Drexel physics professor recently got credit for his role in developing a big answer.
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- Celebrating 20 Years of Bringing Nobel Prize Winners to Campus
  
  February 15, 2016
  Since its inception in 1995, the Kaczmarczik Lecture series honoring a former Drexel physics professor has brought many high school students and Nobel Prize winners to campus in the name of science.
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- Taser Shock Disrupts Brain Function, Has Implications for Police Interrogations
  
  February 04, 2016
  New research from a first-of-its-kind human study by Drexel University and Arizona State University reveals that the burst of electricity from a stun gun can impair a person’s ability to remember and process information. In a randomized control trial, participants were subjected to Taser shocks and tested for cognitive impairment. Some showed short-term declines in cognitive functioning comparable to dementia, raising serious questions about the ability of police suspects to understand their rights at the point of arrest.
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- Employee Spotlight: Scott Knowles & Richardson Dilworth
  
  February 04, 2016
  Professors Scott Knowles and Richardson Dilworth are reliving Drexel’s entire 125 years of existence in a new book and online oral history that will be unveiled later this year, to coincide with the anniversary of Drexel’s founding in 1891.
  
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- Drexel Criminology Professor to Evaluate SEPTA Body Camera Initiative
  
  February 02, 2016
  
  The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently announced that its transit police officers have been equipped with body cameras. The initiative, which is intended to strengthen relationships with the public and provide valuable evidence for investigations, will be evaluated by Jordan Hyatt, JD, PhD, an assistant professor in Drexel University’s Department of Criminology and Justice Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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- African Biodiversity Researchers to Speak at Drexel Before National Symposium
  
  January 29, 2016
  A group of biodiversity researchers from Drexel-managed programs in Central Africa will speak at the University to discuss the challenges of their work and preparing for the future before they attend the Association for the Advancement of Science symposium.
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- Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey Joins Drexel as Distinguished Visiting Fellow
  
  January 14, 2016
  
  Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey will join Drexel University as the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, a new cross-university strategic initiative that aligns Drexel’s academic work with the real-world need for urban revitalization. He also will be affiliated with the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  
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2015
- Drexel’s New UConnect Initiative Connects West Philadelphia Residents with Essential Social Services
  
  December 21, 2015
  
  A new initiative from Drexel University’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement and the College of Arts and Sciences will address this issue through a service called UConnect, which will train members of the Drexel community to act as navigators, helping local residents get connected with a range of services and opportunities.
  
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- A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Drexel Professor to Use New Telescope to Map Beyond Milky Way
  
  December 15, 2015
  Due to his past involvement with another survey of the night sky, Drexel’s Gordon Richards will take a look out of our galaxy with the help of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which is capable of mapping the entire night sky every three days.
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- Four Drexel Teams Receive Awards in Michelin Connected Mobility Challenge
  
  December 10, 2015
  
  Drexel University and Michelin North America have announced the winner of the Connected Mobility Challenge, a six-week competition to identify innovative solutions with the potential to impact people and their mobility and change the transportation industry.
  
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- Top Drexel Stories of 2015
  
  December 07, 2015
  Drexel made a lot of news this year. Check out the best stories about Drexel that came out in 2015.
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- Co-op Turned Career: How One Student Used the Co-op System to Find a Job After Graduation
  
  December 07, 2015
  Hannah Abrams wasn’t too sure about what she wanted to do after graduation. One international co-op changed everything for her.
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- The Nightmares Before Christmas – And How to Avoid Them
  
  December 07, 2015
  
  It’s that time of year again! The time when your stress levels go through the roof as you shop, cook, wrap, decorate, travel and party-plan yourself into a tizzy while trying to create the perfect holiday season. Drexel experts have identified some of the top stress-inducing holiday nightmares and offer some helpful tips for avoiding them this year.
  
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- Turning the Tables on Terry Gross
  
  November 23, 2015
  
  Terry Gross is currently celebrating 40 years as the award-winning host of National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air,” which boasts nearly 5 million listeners each week across more than 450 NPR stations. The show also has a massively popular podcast. Gross is widely considered one of the country’s leading and most important interviewers, but earlier this month, the legendary interviewer became the interviewee.
  
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- Have an Apple-Shaped Body? You May Be More Susceptible to Binge Eating
  
  November 12, 2015
  
  Women with apple-shaped bodies – those who store more of their fat in their trunk and abdominal regions – may be at particular risk for the development of eating episodes during which they experience a sense of “loss of control,” according to a new study from Drexel University. The study also found that women with greater fat stores in their midsections reported being less satisfied with their bodies, which may contribute to loss-of-control eating.
  
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- A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment Plots a Course for Philadelphia to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  
  November 04, 2015
  Researchers from the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment issued a 97-page report to the City of Philadelphia that plots a detailed course for how the city can reduce its emission of greenhouse gasses—with the goal of an 80 percent reduction by the year 2050. Among its suggestions are retrofitting hospitals, grocery stores, schools and retail stores with better windows and insulation; drawing electricity from low-carbon sources like nuclear, wind and solar power; and encouraging the use of electric vehicles, public transportation, walking and cycling.
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- Deputy Police Commissioner Awarded Stoneleigh Fellowship, Coming to Drexel to Expand School-to-Prison Pipeline Diversion Program
  
  October 28, 2015
  Philadelphia Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel will spend the next three years expanding the successful pre-arrest diversion program in the School District of Philadelphia for students with no histories of juvenile justice involvement. He will continue his work on the program as the first Diana A. Millner Youth Justice Fellow at the Stoneleigh Foundation.
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- Drexel Co-ops by College
  
  October 26, 2015
  These statistics, facts and stories highlight the best that the co-op program has to offer for students in each and every school and college at Drexel.
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- Debating the Pope: Social Scientists Engage Pope's Call for Climate Change Dialogue in Top Journal
  
  September 24, 2015
  
  In Pope Francis’ nearly 200-page climate change encyclical, Laudato SI, published earlier this year, he explicitly calls for a “dialogue with all people about our common home.” A group of leading social scientists provide a scholarly foundation for that dialogue in a special series of commentaries published online this week in Nature Climate Change.
  
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- As Demand for African Timber Soars, Birds Pay the Ultimate Price
  
  September 08, 2015
  
  A new study co-authored by scientists at Drexel University, published in the most recent issue of Biological Conservation, reveals the devastating impact of illegal logging on bird communities in the understory layer of Ghana’s Upper Guinea rain forests, one of the world's 25 “biodiversity hotspots” where the most biologically rich ecosystems are most threatened.
  
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- Drexel and Michelin North American Partner in Connected Mobility Challenge
  
  August 24, 2015
  
  Drexel University announced a new collaboration with Michelin North America to help find and develop new technologies that have the potential to impact people and their mobility, and change the transportation industry.
  
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- New Book Argues that Social Sciences Are Critical to Climate Conversation: Climate Change is a "People Problem"
  
  August 20, 2015
  According to the new book “Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives,” engaging the social – and not just natural – sciences in the climate conversation is essential for effecting large-scale change. Edited by environmental sociologists Robert J. Brulle, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Riley E. Dunlap, a professor at Oklahoma State University, the book breaks new ground by presenting climate change as a thoroughly social phenomenon, embedded in behaviors, institutions and cultural practices.
  
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- Most Adults Are Sexting and That May Not Be a Bad Thing
  
  August 10, 2015
  More than 8 out of 10 people surveyed online admitted to sexting in the prior year, according to a new study from Drexel University’s Women’s Health Psychology Lab. The researchers also found that increased levels of sexting were associated with greater sexual satisfaction, especially for those in a relationship.
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- Drexel Experts Available to Comment on Pope's Visit to Philadelphia
  
  August 04, 2015
  
  Pope Francis – and an estimated 1.5 million people – will descend upon the city of Philadelphia in late September as the capstone to the weeklong, international World Meeting of Families event, during which the Pope will deliver a public mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. From concerns about security measures to transportation, anxiety is already on the rise among Philadelphians regarding how the city will handle the influx of tourists expected to double the city’s population. Drexel University experts are available to comment on a range of issues related to the visit including safety, public health, environmental impact, infrastructure preparedness and tourism. Experts also are able to weigh in about what this once-in-a-lifetime event – and the Pope’s progressive views – mean for the Catholic church.
  
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- Where Commerce and Conservation Clash: Bushmeat Trade Grows with Economic Prosperity in 13-Year Study
  
  August 03, 2015
  
  The bushmeat market in the city of Malabo is bustling—more so today than it was nearly two decades ago, when Gail Hearn, PhD, began what is now one of the region’s longest continuously running studies of commercial hunting activity. Hearn’s team has now published its comprehensive results of 13 years of daily monitoring bushmeat market activity.
  
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- Employee Spotlight: Rachel Wenrick
  
  July 28, 2015
  Since 2007, the College of Arts and Sciences' Rachel Wenrick has been a champion of the written word at Drexel and her latest effort promotes writing in Drexel's surrounding neighborhoods.
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- In Photos: #CoASDayintheLife
  
  July 28, 2015
  From the remarkable, to the beautiful to the breathtaking, the College of Arts and Sciences community did its best to documented just another day as part of its third annual photo contest.
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- Students, Community Members Use “War Stories” to Connect With Veterans
  
  July 20, 2015
  Drexel's English course "War Stories" up to its name, creating opportunities for Drexel students and community members to learn more about veterans.
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- Non-STEM Students Equally Benefit from Undergraduate Research, Study Finds
  
  July 17, 2015
  Most undergraduate research programs cater to STEM majors. A team of Drexel researchers shows why that's a bad idea.
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- Communications Professor Analyzes Local Media Coverage of Japanese-American Incarceration Camps
  
  July 06, 2015
  Ron Bishop, professor and head of the Department of Communication, recently released a book showcasing how the internment of people of Japanese descent, more than 60 percent American citizens, was covered by local newspapers during World War Two.
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- Thick Cortex Could Be Key in Down Syndrome
  
  June 19, 2015
  
  The thickness of the brain’s cerebral cortex could be a key to unlocking answers about intellectual development in youth with Down Syndrome, according to a new study led by a Drexel psychologist.
  
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- Check Out Some of Drexel’s 2015 Senior Projects
  
  June 17, 2015
  Drexel seniors were especially creative this year when creating and completing projects that encompassed everything they've learned during their studies.
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- Do Insect Societies Share Brain Power?
  
  June 17, 2015
  
  A new Drexel study suggests that social behavior evolved very differently in the brains of social insects than in vertebrate animals such as mammals, birds and fish.
  
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- Underground Ants Can't Take the Heat
  
  June 15, 2015
  A new Drexel study shows underground species of army ants are much less tolerant of high temperatures than their aboveground relatives—and that could mean climate change models lack a key element of how animal physiology could affect responses to changing environments.
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- The Drexel Connection to ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’
  
  May 19, 2015
  As freshmen in a war literature English course discovered, Drexel has a lot more in common with one of the greatest war novels of all time, and the most destructive bombing in World War II, than you would think.
  
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- Drexel Researchers First to Detect Air Quality Effects of Natural Gas Extraction in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale Region
  
  May 19, 2015
  A team led by environmental engineers from Drexel University are the first independent researchers to take a closer look at the air quality effects of natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania. The group used a mobile air quality monitoring vehicle to survey regional air quality and pollutant emissions at 13 sites including wells, drilling rigs, compressor stations and processing areas. Their work establishes baseline measurements for this relatively new area of extraction.
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- From Syria to Drexel: Freshman Tells His Rebel Story
  
  May 15, 2015
  In Syria, Mahmoud Hallak helped coordinate protests against the Bashar al-Assad government, lost his father to government forces, and was wounded by a grenade during a demonstration. Now the Drexel freshman is sharing his story to help paint a clear picture of what is going on in his home country.
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- Drexel Professor Behind International LGBT Comics Conference
  
  April 29, 2015
  A Drexel professor has helped organize a conference recognizing and celebrating the work of the LGBT comics community.
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- Why Reforming the United Nations Is So Hard But So Important
  
  April 24, 2015
  
  As the United Nations celebrates its 70th anniversary, DrexelNow checked in with Ambassador (Ret.) Joseph M. Torsella, distinguished visiting fellow in the Center for Public Policy in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, who formerly served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform. From 2011-2014, he was responsible for leading efforts to make the U.N. a more efficient, accountable, respected and effective organization. On Wednesday, May 13, Torsella will give a public discussion at Drexel on “The U.S., the U.N. and U.N. Reform: Why its So Hard...and So Important.” The event will take place from 1:30 – 3 p.m. in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center’s Mitchell Auditorium (32nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia).
  
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- Employee Spotlight: Miriam Kotzin
  
  April 24, 2015
  Miriam Kotzen has been teaching at Drexel for 45 years. She's written a history of the University, led departments and creating groundbreaking online literary magazines. But what does she feel is her greatest legacy?
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- Drexel Joins Philadelphia Science Festival's Weeklong Celebration of Science and Technology
  
  April 22, 2015
  
  Students, faculty and staff from Drexel University will help make the fifth anniversary of the Philadelphia Science Festival one of the biggest citywide celebrations to date. More than 200 regional partner organizations from museums to cultural centers and educational institutions will present over 100 events across the city during the nine-day celebration intended to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
  
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- Mapping Language in the Brain
  
  April 16, 2015
  Aphasia, an impairment of language that often happens after stroke or other brain injury, affects about 1 in 250 people, and can make it difficult to return to work and to maintain social relationships. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications provides a detailed brain map of language impairments in aphasia following stroke.
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- Study of African Birds Reveals Hotbed of Malaria Parasite Diversity
  
  April 08, 2015
  A new study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE explores the scope of malaria parasite diversity in southeast African birds, and provides insight into how lifestyle characteristics of birds can influence their association with different parasite genera.
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- “Before I Die…” Artist Candy Chang to Speak at Drexel
  
  April 02, 2015
  
  On Thursday, April 30 from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Taiwanese-American artist Candy Chang will speak on “Better Cities: Transforming Public Spaces Through Art & Design” at Drexel University’s Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets) as the fifth lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences' annual Distinguished Lecture Series.
  
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- How to Harness the Science of Sparking Ideas
  
  March 30, 2015
  Drexel professor John Kounios has co-authored a new book about the science of "aha moments." It’s the first book about creativity that tells a complete and faithful story of the neuroscience written by the actual scientists who made the discoveries.
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- Turning “Us” and “Them” into “We” Again: Former UN Ambassador Will Discuss American Community
  
  March 19, 2015
  
  In a public discussion, entitled “Renewing the American “We”: What We Owe James Wilson,”
  Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (Ret.), distinguished visiting fellow in the Center for Public Policy in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, will share his thoughts on how we can – and why we must – renew our sense of American community in polarized times and what “forgotten founder” and Pennsylvania native James Wilson has to say about our current situation. The event will take place at the National Constitution Center’s Kirby Auditorium (525 Arch St., Philadelphia) on Wednesday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m.
  
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- Elevated Childhood Weight May Increase Susceptibility to Eating Disorders
  
  March 04, 2015
  A group of researchers at Drexel University, headed up by Michael Lowe, PhD, a clinical psychologist who studies the psychobiology of eating and weight regulation and a professor of psychology in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences, suggests that actual elevations in body mass during childhood may play a much bigger role in the development of disordered eating than previously thought.
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- What Stories Do You Have to Tell? Drexel’s New Storylab Can Help
  
  February 20, 2015
  The Drexel Storylab, a new initiative in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English & Philosophy, aims to help writers of all levels jumpstart the creative process by working with established writers and looking for inspiration in unlikely places.
  
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- #BlackLivesMatter Panel Discussion at Drexel during Black History Month
  
  February 19, 2015
  During Black History Month, a roundtable discussion will be held at Drexel University on Friday, Feb. 20 from 6 – 8 p.m. to examine police violence against African Americans, the criminal justice system and community responses. The event will be held in Drexel's MacAlister Hall, 2019-2020 (3250 Chestnut St., Philadelphia). It is sponsored by Drexel’s Office of Equality and Diversity.
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- Studies of Africa's Most Endangered Chimpanzees Show Complex Evolutionary Past, Perilous Future
  
  January 21, 2015
  A Drexel-led team's complementary analyses of population genetics, geographical distribution and habitat use paint a new picture of the evolutionary past and potentially bleak future of the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee, already the most endangered chimp subspecies.
  
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- New Drexel Course on Affluenza and Consumer Culture is Open to the Public
  
  January 12, 2015
  
  As the dust settles after the chaos of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season, it’s the perfect time to take a closer look at America’s consumer culture, including ‘affluenza,’ the epidemic of overconsumption. In a new course, called “Studying Consumerism,” offered by the Department of Communication in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, students—and a limited number of alumni and members of the general public—can do just that. The winter term course, which runs from Jan. 5 – March 21, will provide students with a broad overview of critical, historical and practical issues pertaining to consumerism as well as branding and marketing.
  
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- A Co-op Covering the Best of Beijing Art and Fashion
  
  January 12, 2015
  Less than a year ago, Mollie Snyder "knew basically nothing about" China. But since starting her co-op at a bilingual Chinese magazine in September, she's been elevated from intern to editor, mingled with celebrities and attended high-end fashion shows.
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2014
- Spanning the Globe: Drexel Research Reaches Around the World in 2014
  
  November 11, 2014
  
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- Newt Eyes and Dragon Scales: A Halloween Q+A on the History of Witchcraft
  
  October 27, 2014
  With Halloween on the horizon, DrexelNow reached out to Jonathan Seitz, PhD, director of undergraduate studies and associate teaching professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, who will be teaching a new course on the history of witchcraft during the winter term. He also authored the book “Witchcraft and Inquisition in Early Modern Venice” (Cambridge University Press, 2011), and is currently conducting research exploring magic and witchcraft practices closer to home — in Pennsylvania around 1700 and in more recent times.
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- What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
  
  October 27, 2014
  Artist, designer and urban planner Candy Chang wants the University City community to think about life and death. She recently installed one of her popular "Before I Die" walls at the University City High School construction site as a precursor to her visit as a distinguished speaker in the spring.
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- How to Write True Stories about Science and Society: The ‘Godfather of Creative Nonfiction’ Joins Drexel for Workshop
  
  October 23, 2014
  Lee Gutkind, “the ‘Godfather’ behind creative nonfiction” (Vanity Fair), will join Drexel University on Monday, Nov. 3 from 2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. for a workshop and discussion to help faculty, students and other scholars, researchers and academics learn how to write about their research for a broad audience. The event aims to help those who have a passion to share their knowledge outside of the classroom, laboratory or institution to communicate their ideas to the public to advance knowledge and create new dialogue.
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- National Constitution Center Founder Named Visiting Fellow at Drexel
  
  October 17, 2014
  
  Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (Ret.) has been named Drexel University Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Public Policy for the duration of this academic year. He will contribute to the teaching and scholarship undertaken by Drexel’s Center for Public Policy, and in particular help advance the Center’s efforts to facilitate public policy discussion and debate in the region.
  
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- Q&A: Understanding the Eruption and Rescue Efforts at Japan's Mt. Ontake
  
  September 30, 2014
  Drexel vulcanologist Loÿc Vanderkluysen, PhD, provides insight into the science of volcanos and what challenges remain during the ongoing rescue effort in Japan.
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- A World-Class Fossil Dig, a One-of-a-Kind Community Event
  
  September 24, 2014
  
  More than a thousand residents and visitors to southern New Jersey will dig their own fossils and learn from the Drexel University paleontologist and students who conduct globally significant scientific research at Mantua Township's third annual Community Fossil Dig Day.
  
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- Psychological Services Center Opens at Drexel, Offering Affordable, Cutting-Edge Care for Philadelphia Region
  
  September 24, 2014
  
  The new Psychological Services Center on Drexel's campus now offers high-quality, scientifically informed, affordable psychological services for the community and clinical training opportunities for doctoral students.
  
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- Drexel Team Unveils Dreadnoughtus: A Gigantic, Exceptionally Complete Sauropod Dinosaur
  
  September 04, 2014
  
  A Drexel-led team has described a new dinosaur species with the most complete skeleton ever found of one of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth. At 85 feet (26 m) long and weighing about 65 tons (59,300 kg) in life, Dreadnoughtus schrani is the largest land animal for which a body mass can be accurately calculated.
  
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- Drexel Professor Creates Start Talking Science Event
  
  August 12, 2014
  Philadelphians will soon get their newest opportunity to meet local scientists and learn about exciting advances in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the region, through an event created by a Drexel professor, called “Start Talking Science.”
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- Roadside Research from the New Jersey Pinelands and Coast to Coast
  
  August 12, 2014
  Three doctoral students from Drexel's Laboratory of Pinelands Research are presenting their work with northern pine snakes and the Pine Barrens gentian at the Ecological Society of America meeting, after doing some new roadside research during their cross-country drive to Sacramento.
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- The Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies, According to One Drexel Expert
  
  August 08, 2014
  What does Drexel physics professor Dave Goldberg, PhD, have in common with George R. R. Martin, Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro? They all recently helped rank ‘The 100 best sci-fi movies’ for Time Out magazine.
  
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- How Is It Possible that Joblessness Could Kill You, But Recessions Could Be Good For Your Health?
  
  July 24, 2014
  While previous studies of individuals have shown that employees who lose their jobs have a higher mortality rate, more comprehensive studies have shown, unexpectedly, that population mortality actually declines as unemployment rates increase. Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor set out to better understand these seemingly contradictory findings.
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- Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino Does Not Contribute to Neighborhood Crime, According to New Study
  
  July 16, 2014
  Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino opened its doors in September 2010 after years of protests from community members who feared that the casino would lead to an increase in neighborhood crime. However, a new study by researchers at Drexel University and Temple University reveals that these concerns were unfounded.
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- Three Drexel Faculty Members on Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers List
  
  July 07, 2014
  Three Drexel University faculty members earned the distinction of being ranked among the most cited researchers in their respective fields according to Thomson Reuters’ “Highly Cited Researchers 2014” list. Gordon Richards, PhD, a professor in theCollege of Arts and Sciences, Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Trustee Chair professor in the College of Engineering, and Peter DeCarlo, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences, were included on the list of 3,215 distinguished researchers compiled by the international media and information company.
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- First Study Asks Autistic Adults about Driving Experiences
  
  June 26, 2014
  
  In the first pilot study asking adults on the autism spectrum about their experiences with driving, researchers at Drexel University found significant differences in self-reported driving behaviors and perceptions of driving ability in comparison to non-autistic adults. As the population of adults with autism continues growing rapidly, the survey provides a first step toward identifying whether this population has unmet needs for educational supports to empower safe driving – a key element of independent functioning in many people’s lives.
  
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- Drexel Sociologist’s New Book Explores the Double-Edged Sword of “The Age of Aluminum”
  
  June 20, 2014
  From Coca-Cola cans to Apollo 11 to the Empire State Building, aluminum can be found almost anywhere you look. But are there unseen costs associated with this ubiquitous metal? In a new book, Drexel University’s Mimi Sheller, PhD, explores how aluminum enabled a high-speed, gravity-defying American modernity even as other parts of the world paid the price in environmental damage and political turmoil.
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- Majority of Minors Engage in Sexting, Unaware of Harsh Legal Consequences
  
  June 18, 2014
  Sexting among youth is more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study from Drexel University that was based on a survey of undergraduate students at a large northeastern university. More than 50 percent of those surveyed reported that they had exchanged sexually explicit text messages, with or without photographic images, as minors. The study also found that the majority of young people are not aware of the legal ramifications of underage sexting.
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- How Aluminum Changed the World, for Good and Bad: A Q&A With Drexel Prof Mimi Sheller
  
  June 16, 2014
  Aluminum has helped change the world in ways previously unimaginable. But the quest for more aluminum has also had damaging ripple effects on the environment and indigenous populations around the world.
  
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- Drexel Scientists Find Common Sweetener is a Safe Insecticide
  
  June 04, 2014
  
  In a study that began as a sixth-grade science fair project, researchers at Drexel University have found that a popular non-nutritive sweetener, erythritol, may be an effective and human-safe insecticide. Erythritol, the main component of the sweetener Truvia®, was toxic to Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies in a dose-dependent manner in the Drexel team’s study, published in PLOS ONE. The flies consumed erythritol when sugar was available and even seemed to prefer it. No other sweeteners tested had these toxic effects.
  
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- Eight Drexel Faculty Earn Promotions to Full Professor
  
  June 02, 2014
  
  Eight Drexel faculty members will be promoted to full professor effective Sept. 1. And with expertise ranging from architecture to photography, research covering everything from overeating to solar energy and international connections stretching to India, Japan, Ireland and beyond, they’re a diverse group.
  
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- STEM Teaching Innovation, Mentoring at Drexel to Expand with HHMI Grant for Improving Undergraduate Retention
  
  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’s project is focused on the theme of developing communities that improve student learning and faculty use of teaching approaches that improve retention.
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- 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 distinguished in their fields 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.
  
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- Modern-Day Slavery Expert and Author E. Benjamin Skinner to Speak at Drexel
  
  May 15, 2014
  There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history, according to human trafficking expert and author E. Benjamin Skinner in his book "A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery." Skinner will join Drexel University on Wednesday, May 28, to speak about global slavery and his experiences reporting from dozens of countries in which slavery flourishes.
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- A Bachelor's Degree at Your Own Pace for $10,000: Too Good to Be True? A Q&A With Amy Slaton
  
  May 14, 2014
  DrexelNow talked with Amy Slaton about "competency-based" programs, which The Atlantic called a "top trend" in education.
  
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- A Tiny, Toothy Catfish with Bulldog Snout Defies Classification
  
  May 13, 2014
  Kryptoglanis shajii is a strange fish – and the closer scientists look, the stranger it gets. This small subterranean catfish sees the light of day and human observers only rarely, when it turns up in springs, wells and flooded rice paddies in the Western Ghats mountain region of Kerala, India. Scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University have recently provided a detailed description of this fish's bizarre bone structures.
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- 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.
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- Songwriting, Storytelling and Sex: “Week of Writing” Festival Explores Literary Issues at Drexel, May 12-16
  
  May 07, 2014
  
  The Week of Writing, hosted by the Department of English and Philosophy, kicks off on Monday, May 12. Highlights include student readings, workshops, story slams and panel discussions including “Writing Lyrics,” “Storytelling in Unexpected Places” and “Writing about Sex.” Presenters will include students, faculty, journalists, playwrights, publishers, editors, poets, authors, songwriters and other noted guests.
  
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- 'Race Matters': A Q&A With Drexel Prof André Carrington
  
  April 30, 2014
  Last week, the Supreme Court handed down its latest decision on the topic of affirmative action in college admissions, ruling 6-2 that voters can ban state colleges and universities from using race as a factor in admitting students. André Carrington was paying close attention.
  
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- Drexel's Rube Goldberg Device to Kickoff Weeklong Celebration of Science in Philadelphia
  
  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.
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- Drexel Celebrates New Program to Steer STEM Students Toward Teaching
  
  April 22, 2014
  
  The United States needs more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. And Drexel has a wealth of bright students studying in those same fields. Now, a new program will connect Drexel’s strength with the nation’s need.
  
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- In Child Custody Disputes, LGBT Parents Face Bias in the Courts, New Drexel Review Finds
  
  April 14, 2014
  Court decisions that favor a heterosexual parent over a gay or lesbian parent in a custody dispute often do not consider important social science research on parenting by gay and lesbian individuals, according to a new review from Drexel University.
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- Grad Student's Online Treatment Opens New Possibilities for People With Social Anxiety
  
  March 31, 2014
  Social anxiety disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. But only one in five people who have the condition actually receive treatment for it. Marina Gershkovich may have a solution to that problem.
  
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- Best-Selling “Zealot” Author Reza Aslan to Speak at Drexel May 7
  
  March 31, 2014
  
  Best-selling author and religion scholar Reza Aslan will join Drexel University on Wednesday, May 7, as the fourth lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Lecture Series. Previous lecturers in the series include neuroscientist David Eagleman, acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie and media maven Arianna Huffington.
  
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- Paleontologists Assemble Giant Turtle Bone from Fossil Discoveries Made Centuries Apart
  
  March 25, 2014
  To the surprise of paleontologists, two halves of a turtle bone fit together perfectly, like puzzle pieces. The discovery linked scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the New Jersey State Museum with their predecessors from the 19th century, while providing new insight into one of the largest turtle species that ever lived.
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- Will the New 'Cosmos' Draw More People to Science? A Q&A With Dave Goldberg
  
  March 17, 2014
  When astronomer Carl Sagan’s series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage” first aired, it instilled a love of science in people like Dave Goldberg. Can the rebooted version hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson do the same?
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- Drexel Professor’s New Film Tells Untold Story of Black American Soldiers in Great Britain during World War II
  
  March 10, 2014
  
  During World War II, more than a million African Americans fought in a segregated and discriminatory U.S. military. A landmark new documentary, “Choc'late Soldiers from the USA,” produced by Drexel University writing professor Gregory Cooke, tells the compelling, previously untold story of 140,000 of these African American men and women who were stationed in Great Britain, and how they crossed a racial divide to forge an unexpected bond.
  
  The film will make its Philadelphia debut at Drexel on Tuesday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Auditorium of the Bossone Research Center (3120 Market St.). A question-and-answer session and reception will follow the screening from 8 – 9 p.m.
  
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- For These Freshmen, College Started With 15 Weeks in Ireland
  
  March 03, 2014
  The 10 Drexel students who enrolled in the Freshman Frontiers program last fall still had traditional start-of-college experiences, but they weren’t quite the same as those of their classmates.
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- Drexel Edits: Grammar Police For a Good Cause
  
  March 03, 2014
  Nonprofit organizations often have many needs: Funding. Space. Volunteers. But how about an editor?
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- Drexel Awarded $1.45 Million UTeach Grant to Recruit, Train New Teachers in STEM Disciplines
  
  February 17, 2014
  Drexel University has been selected to receive a $1.45 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative to replicate the UTeach program, a secondary STEM teacher preparation initiative that is helping address the nation’s STEM education crisis by producing qualified math and science teachers across the country.
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- How Do 'Snow White,' 'The Bachelor' and More Shape Our Views on Love? A Valentine's Day Q&A With Devon Powers
  
  February 12, 2014
  
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- New Initiative at Drexel Provides Pro-Bono Editing Services to Local Nonprofits
  
  February 12, 2014
  Drexel Edits, a new initiative launched by Lawrence Souder, PhD, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University, provides pro-bono editing services to area nonprofit organizations who need help with communications efforts that are essential to achieving their mission. Supported by the College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel Edits recruits volunteer editors from Drexel students, graduates and associates who want to give back to the community.
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- Drexel Professor Co-Writes Memoir of Grammy Award-Winning World Music Artist Angélique Kidjo
  
  January 28, 2014
  Hailed as “the undisputed queen of African music” (Daily Telegraph) and “Africa’s premier diva” (TIME), Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award-winning artist with a mission to unite different cultures through music, while raising global respect for her native continent. In her debut memoir, “SPIRIT RISING: My Life, My Music,” which was released by Harper Collins on Jan. 7, Kidjo shares the inspiring story of her journey from a little-known city in Benin, on the west coast of Africa, to international superstardom. The autobiography was co-written with Rachel Wenrick, an associate teaching professor of English in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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- After Building Collapse, Two Drexel Profs Will Help Philadelphia Move Forward
  
  January 23, 2014
  Bob Brehm came to Drexel to get away from the news cameras, but he found himself in front of them after Philadelphia's deadly Market Street building collapse in June 2013. Now he and another Drexel professor, Scott Gabriel Knowles, are stepping up to help the city in the collapse's wake.
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- Fossil Find Shows Fish Hips Grew Strong Before Life's First Steps
  
  January 13, 2014
  The discovery of new fossil materials from the ancient fish species Tiktaalik roseae has revealed a key link in the evolution of hind limbs. The newly described, well-preserved pelves and partial pelvic fin from this 375 million-year-old transitional species between fish and the first legged animals, reveals that the evolution of hind legs actually began as enhanced hind fins, contrary to the existing theory that large hind legs developed after vertebrates transitioned to land.
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- GPS Traffic Maps for Leatherback Turtles Show Hotspots to Prevent Accidental Fishing Deaths
  
  January 08, 2014
  The leatherback turtle in the Pacific Ocean is one of the most endangered animals in the world. Its population has declined by more than 90 percent since 1980. One of the greatest sources of mortality is industrial longlines that set thousands of hooks in the ocean to catch fish, but sometimes catch sea turtles as well. Using modern GPS technology, researchers are now able to predict where fisheries and turtles will interact and to reduce the unwanted capture of turtles by fishermen.
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- Paperwasps in Different Castes Develop Different-Sized Sensory Brain Structures
  
  January 06, 2014
  A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study led by Drexel professor Sean O'Donnell, PhD, indicates that the brain regions involved in sensory perception also develop differently in these castes, according to the different behavioral reliance on the senses.
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2013
- Not Just the Koch Brothers: New Drexel Study Reveals Funders Behind the Climate Change Denial Effort
  
  December 20, 2013
  
  A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the sources of funding that maintain the denial effort. Through an analysis of the financial structure of the organizations that constitute the core of the countermovement and their sources of monetary support, Brulle found that, while the largest and most consistent funders behind the countermovement are a number of well-known conservative foundations, the majority of donations are “dark money,” or concealed funding.
  
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- Drexel Opens A.J. 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. The A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment will look at the science, economics and politics that influence decisions about energy and the environment; and serve as a resource for decision makers both in the region and around the world.
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- New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride
  
  November 04, 2013
  On Black Friday, Nov. 29, a new book on racial identity by Drexel University’s Dr. Yaba Blay, one of today’s leading voices on colorism and global skin color politics, will be released from Blay’s recently launched independent press, Black Print Press. To celebrate the release, a launch party will take place at The Painted Bride Art Center (230 Vine St.) on Nov. 29 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. A concurrent photography exhibition is currently on display at The Painted Bride through Dec. 21.
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- Environmental Research Consortium Formed with Lacawac Sanctuary, Drexel and Academy of Natural Sciences
  
  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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- Are We Prepared for Another Hurricane Sandy? Disaster Prevention Expert Available to Comment
  
  October 16, 2013
  
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- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Authors Toni Morrison and Rita Dove to Join Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez at Drexel
  
  October 15, 2013
  
  Sonia Sanchez will celebrate the end of her term as Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate with an inspirational night of personal stories, readings and live music at an event entitled “Conversation and Song: Walking the Laureate Road,” hosted by Drexel University and First Person Arts. Joined by her friends, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and former Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove, Sanchez will lead a conversation on what it means to be a literary luminary, the intersection of poetry and prose and how their work impacts their personal lives. Internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd will perform throughout the evening.
  
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- Student Finds Passion Through ARAMARK Co-op Experience
  
  October 10, 2013
  Drexel senior Lauren Sheppard is working part-time at Philadelphia's ARAMARK after completing a co-op there. She's a long way from where she was four years ago, when she thought her future would take her South.
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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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- Literary Death Match combines readings, silliness
  
  October 07, 2013
  
  Literary Death Match is a traveling series of author’s readings infused with reality-show-style competition and humor. When it comes to Philadelphia, it’s produced by the Painted Bride Quarterly magazine housed at Drexel.
  
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- Study Shows 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. These lines also caught more green turtles than most species of fish. These findings and more, reported in a new study in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, indicate that the Costa Rican longline fishery represents a major threat to the survival of eastern Pacific populations of sea turtles as well as sharks.
  
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- New Mobile App and Talk Therapies for Binge Eating Disorder
  
  September 27, 2013
  
  Two new treatment methods under investigation at Drexel University aim to help people reduce binge-eating behavior. One is a smartphone app designed to alert peopleat times when they are at risk for binge behaviors, among a comprehensive suite of other features. Another treatment is a new, evidence-based approach to small-group behavioral therapy.
  
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- African Dance Pioneer Dr. Kariamu Welsh to Demonstrate, Discuss Umfundalai Dance Technique at Drexel
  
  September 26, 2013
  
  Guggenheim Award-winning dance scholar and choreographer Dr. Kariamu Welsh, the creator of the African dance technique Umfundalai, will join Drexel University for a discussion and demonstration on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m.
  
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- Past Weight Loss an Overlooked Factor in Disordered Eating
  
  September 24, 2013
  
  Due to a complex and vicious cycle of biological and behavioral factors, dieters and weight loss researchers know, the more weight you’ve lost, the harder it is to keep it off. But eating disorder research has largely overlooked this influence, and Dr. Michael Lowe, a professor of psychology at Drexel University, has published a flurry of research studies showing that needs to change.
  
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- Q&A With Daniel Friedheim: U.S. Policy in Syria Today
  
  September 13, 2013
  
  With a heated debate raging over what actions should be taken in response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected chemical attack thought to have killed more than 1,000 civilians—including hundreds of children—DrexelNow checked in with Daniel Friedheim to hear his thoughts on a possible military strike against Syria.
  
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- Bureau of Justice Assistance Announces New Awardees of Neighborhood Revitalization Grant at Drexel
  
  September 10, 2013
  
  The nation’s leading community development support organization, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), will host a meeting at Drexel University on September 11 and 12, during which the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance will announce the new class of awardees of its Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) grant.
  
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- 'We Created Hugo Chávez'
  
  August 30, 2013
  
  In this excerpt from his recently released book, Drexel political science professor George Ciccariello-Maher argues that discussions about Venezuelan politics far too often focused on Hugo Chávez, the man who sat in the president’s office, rather than the movement—and the people—who put him there.
  
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- Double Lives: Ken Lacovara Raises Tiny Dinosaurs in his Backyard
  
  August 23, 2013
  
  For Ken Lacovara, an associate professor in the College of Arts & Science’s Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science (BEES) department, a typical day of studying prehistoric fossils might begin when he eats eggs from the dinosaurs roaming his backyard.
  
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- Drexel Students Write "Life Journals" for Local Hospice Patients
  
  August 20, 2013
  
  “A Beautiful Life” is a community-based learning course in the Department of English & Philosophy which pairs students with a patient in an area hospice or home to pen a “life journal” that will chronicle the patient’s life experiences for their family and loved ones. Taught by Kenneth Bingham, a teaching professor of English, the 11 students range in areas of study from biology to English, film, nursing and psychology.
  
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- Drexel Experts Available to Comment on 50th Anniversary of March on Washington
  
  August 15, 2013
  
  On August 28, citizens from across the country will converge on our nation’s capital to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. President Obama will honor the anniversary of the famous civil rights march by speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same place that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Experts at Drexel University in Philadelphia are available to assist the news media with their coverage of the event and its implications from a variety of perspectives.
  
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- New Book by Drexel’s Dr. Yaba Blay Explores Racial Identity and Skin Color Politics
  
  July 31, 2013
  
  What does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? What determines who is Black and who is not? A new book by Dr. Yaba Blay, an assistant professor and co-director of the Africana Studies program in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, seeks to challenge narrow perceptions of what Blackness is and what it looks like.
  
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- Where Do We Go From the George Zimmerman Trial? Panel Will Discuss Race, Justice and Activism at Drexel
  
  July 23, 2013
  The Africana Studies program in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences will host a candid panel discussion on race, justice and activism on Saturday, July 27. The discussion and question-and-answer session will take place from 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in Room 120 of the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (33rd and Chestnut Streets). It is free and open to the public.
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- Grad Student Helps Peers Strengthen Teaching Skills
  
  July 01, 2013
  
  When grad student Mitchell D'Rozario noticed his fellow teaching assistants struggling to be prepared to teach classes, he created workshops to help them strengthen their skills.
  
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- Building Collapse experts
  
  June 07, 2013
  
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- Drexel Announces 2013 Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 23, 2013
  Drexel University will celebrate its 126th commencement on its University City campus with five separate ceremonies honoring Drexel’s graduating class on June 14 and June 15. More than 5,000 students will receive a degree from Drexel this year. The ceremonies will be held at Drexel’s John A. Daskalakis Athletic Center, 33rd and Market Streets. Drexel will award 13 honorary degrees to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields.
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- Two Weeks Remain to See First-Ever Exhibition of Art and Archival Artifact Highlights from Drexel’s Collections
  
  May 16, 2013
  
  Only two weeks remain to see the most treasured works of art and archival artifacts from around Drexel University displayed together for the first time in Drexel’s history. The exhibition, entitled A Legacy of Art, Science & Industry: Highlights from the Collections of Drexel University, features approximately 90 objects spanning the 15th through 20th centuries, including paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, rare books, historical documents, political posters, historical costumes and even a surgical amputation kit.
  
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- Q&A with Scott Barclay: The Future of Same-Sex Marriage in the United States
  
  May 15, 2013
  Minnesota recently became the 12th state to pass a same-sex marriage bill in the United States—now one third of the nation is making strides toward gender and sexual equality. Drexel’s Dr. Scott Barclay, head of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History and Politics, weighs in on this trend and the remaining states hanging in the marriage-equality balance.
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- ‘Rescuing Cities, Schools and Students: New Models for Municipal Banking’ Forum at Drexel , May 23
  
  May 14, 2013
  A public forum entitled “Rescuing Cities, Schools and Students: New Models for Municipal Banking” will be held at Drexel University on Thursday, May 23, sponsored by Drexel University's Center for Public Policy, the Pennsylvania Project and the Public Banking Institute.
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- Award-Winning Author Michelle Alexander to Speak at Drexel about Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System
  
  April 26, 2013
  Acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate and award-winning author Michelle Alexander will join Drexel University on Monday, May 6 from 6 – 9 p.m. for a discussion about racial bias in the criminal justice system. The event will take place in the Main Auditorium in Drexel’s Main Building (32nd and Chestnut Streets). A book signing and reception will follow the lecture.
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- Drexel at Philadelphia Science Festival and Philly Tech Week
  
  April 16, 2013
  
  As part of city’s vibrant scientific and technological community, Drexel University will play a big role in the 2013 Philadelphia Science Festival and Philly Tech Week on April 18-28. From a 29-story video game, to cutting-edge robotics, to an interactive Jazz concert, Drexel’s students, faculty and professional staff will be part of the programming for both week-long celebrations of the inquisitive and innovative spirits that are part of the fabric of the city.
  
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- Arianna Huffington Joins Drexel for a Discussion on the Future of Traditional and Social Media on April 30
  
  April 10, 2013
  Journalist and entrepreneur Arianna Huffington will join Drexel University on Tuesday, April 30, as the College of Arts and Sciences’ third lecturer in their annual Distinguished Lecture Series. Joining neuroscientist David Eagleman and acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie on the growing list of accomplished distinguished lecturers, Huffington will explore "The Brave New World of the 'New Media': How Social Media Has Revolutionized the Communications Landscape."
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- Monkey Film Premieres in U.S., Encourages Biodiversity Protection in African Nation
  
  April 09, 2013
  Turtle biologists with digital SLR cameras may be on the verge of something extraordinary: Empowering a nation to save endangered monkeys and the idyllic island ecosystem they call home. The very unusual nature documentary the biologists produced will have its U.S. premiere at Drexel University on April 15.
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- What I’m Reading: Yaba Blay
  
  March 27, 2013
  
  Dr. Yaba Blay, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently made time to read18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman, which examines the disadvantages of multitasking and long to-do lists.
  
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- New Fossil from a Fish-Eat-Fish World Driving the Evolution of Limbed Animals
  
  March 27, 2013
  
  Scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University have described another new lobe-finned fossil fish species from the same time and place in the Canadian Arctic as the famous precursor to limbed animals, Tiktaalik roseae, which they discovered several years ago.
  
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- Making Axons Branch and Grow to Help Nerve Regeneration After Injury
  
  March 22, 2013
  One molecule makes nerve cells grow longer. Another one makes them grow branches. These new experimental manipulations have taken researchers a step closer to understanding how nerve cells are repaired at their farthest reaches after injury. The research was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
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- Academy Scientists Receive Top Honors for Long-Term Research and Training Initiatives in Mongolia
  
  March 21, 2013
  
  Dr. Clyde Goulden, a pioneering ecologist and director of the Asia Center of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, has devoted his life to studying climate change and how it is affecting Mongolian herders and the pristine 2-million-year-old Lake Hövsgöl. His efforts have now been recognized with Mongolia’s highest award to foreigners, the Order of the Polar Star. In a separate honor, Dr. Jon Gelhaus, Academy curator of entomology and professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received the Kublai Khan medal for his scientific achievements in Mongolia.
  
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- New Drexel University Graduate Program Will Prepare Students for Museum Leadership
  
  March 05, 2013
  A new graduate program in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will prepare students for leadership roles in museums nationally and internationally. The Master of Science degree is designed to meet the needs of both mid-level museum professionals who want to advance their careers and students who are aspiring leaders in the field
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- Q&A with Dr. Douglas Porpora: The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
  
  February 11, 2013
  
  Pope Benedict XVI startled the world Monday when he announced he would resign at the end of February. DrexelNow caught up with Dr. Douglas Porpora, a professor of sociology with research interests in religion, to discuss the influence of the papacy, Benedict’s legacy and what the future holds for the Catholic Church.
  
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- What I'm Reading: Paul Evangelista
  
  February 04, 2013
  Drexel's Dr. Paul Evangelista is reading the Autobiography of Mark Twain. What’s most interesting, he said, is that Twain is speaking to readers from the grave.
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- Drexel Political Analyst Available to Comment on Inauguration Day
  
  January 18, 2013
  
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- What I’m Reading: Diane Sicotte
  
  January 18, 2013
  Drexel’s Diane Sicotte says the book she's reading highlights an important piece of Philadelphia's past that's often overlooked—the city's environmental history.
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- 'The Real Evidential Stuff': Students Explore Academy Collections in New Environmental Science Course
  
  January 14, 2013
  A new course for freshmen this winter term showcases one of the most fundamental components of biology and environmental science: natural history collections.
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2012
- The Best of Drexel: Looking Back on an Eventful 2012
  
  December 19, 2012
  As the Drexel community prepares to usher in 2013, we take a look back at some of the University’s top news items from 2012.
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- What I'm Reading: Dr. Maria Hnaraki
  
  December 17, 2012
  Dr. Maria Hnaraki, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is reading Zorba the Greek, written by Cretan-born author Nikos Kazantzakis.
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- What I'm Reading: Bryan Sacks
  
  December 12, 2012
  
  DrexelNow recently spoke with Bryan Sacks, an adjunct teaching instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences. He's reading the End of Capitalism (As We Know It): A Feminist Critique of Political Economy by J.K. Gibson-Graham.
  
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- Soledad O'Brien Joins Drexel for "Who is Black in America?" Documentary Screening
  
  November 28, 2012
  Drexel University will host an advance screening of the documentary “Who is Black in America?” part of a multi-part series moderated by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien which explores issues of colorism and identity.
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- ExCITe Center opening
  
  November 26, 2012
  Music technology, humanoid robots, app development, video games, and digital knitting machines will converge with many other technologies in one creative space when Drexel University opens its Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center on Nov. 28.
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- NYC Art Gallery Displays Non-Reversing Mirror Invented by Drexel Math Professor
  
  November 16, 2012
  When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its image. That mirror is now on display as part of an art exhibition in New York City through December 9.
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- What I’m Reading: Kathleen Volk Miller
  
  November 12, 2012
  The College of Arts and Sciences' Kathleen Volk Miller is currently reading three, yes three, books for both work and pleasure—God Bless America, a collection of short stories by Steve Almond, Four For a Quarter, another short-story collection by Michael Martone, and finally, A Visit from the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan.
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- Q&A with Bill Rosenberg: 2012 Election Results
  
  November 07, 2012
  Tuesday night’s election results declared incumbent President Barack Obama the victor after a long—and often bitter—campaign season. DrexelNow spoke with Dr. Bill Rosenberg about the outcome of this election, and what four more years of an Obama administration means for the United States.
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- Q&A with Dr. Barbara Hoekje: Obama's "Forward." Campaign Slogan
  
  November 01, 2012
  Campaign slogans can be as much a part of an election as the candidates themselves are. DrexelNow spoke with Dr. Barbara Hoekje, associate professor in the Department of Culture and Communication, about President Obama’s 2012 campaign slogan, “Forward.”
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- First Fossil Dig Day Ends with Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil Discovery
  
  October 24, 2012
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