August

Q & A with Scott Knowles: The Politics of Hurricane Isaac

August 30, 2012
The prospect of dangerous winds, flooding and fire have been ominously looming over the Gulf Coast, but the level of destruction to the southern U.S. is not the only aftermath many Americans are awaiting from the storm dubbed Isaac.
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Q & A with Dr. Eric Zillmer: Lance Armstrong's Legacy

August 28, 2012
After years of speculation, Lance Armstrong has relinquished his seven Tour de France titles in response to accusations that he repeatedly cheated to become the world’s winningest cyclist.
“There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough,’” Armstrong said in a statement, alluding to the barrage of claims made by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that Armstrong has used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.
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What I'm Reading: Alison Novak

August 27, 2012
Drexel's Alison Novak is currently reading Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations From the Not-So-Empty Nest by Sally Koslow. She spoke with DrexelNow about the book and how it approaches children who return home after college through a refreshingly humorous lens.
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Drexel Students Travel to London Paralympic Games

August 21, 2012
Nine Drexel University students will travel to London from August 31 through September 8 to see the 2012 Paralympic Games, as part of the travel-integrated course “Perspectives on Disability,” the fourth course in the Great Works Symposium 2012 Series.
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Functional Materials: Proceedings of the IWFM-2011 Published by AIP

August 21, 2012
Dr. S.M. Bose, professor of physics, and Dr. S.K. Tripathy, co-edited FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS: Proceedings of the IWFM-2011, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1461, (2012). This book contains the Proceedings of the IWFM-2011 held at the National Institute of Science Technology (NIST) in Berhampur, Odisha, India, December 20-22, 2011.
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Giant Panda Conservation Researchers from China to Speak at Drexel

August 21, 2012
Three leading scientists involved in the conservation of giant pandas at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Chengdu, China will present a mini-symposium, “Biology and Conservation of the Giant Panda,” at Drexel University on August 22.
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What I'm Reading: Robert Stokes

August 16, 2012

DrexelNow checked in with Stokes to find out why he picked up The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time by David Sloan Wilson.

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Giant Panda Conservation Researchers from China to Speak at Drexel

August 16, 2012
Three leading scientists involved in the conservation of giant pandas at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Chengdu, China will present a mini-symposium, “Biology and Conservation of the Giant Panda,” at Drexel University on August 22.
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Q&A with John Kounios: The 'Aha! Moment'

August 13, 2012
Drexel's Dr. John Kounios recently discussed with DrexelNow his nominated topic, “The neuroscience behind epiphanies," for the 2013 TED Conference.
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Political Scientist Bill Rosenberg Discusses Pennsylvania’s New Voter ID Law and State’s Role in Presidential Election

August 13, 2012
Professor Rosenberg has recently served as a commentator for numerous media outlets, including MSNBC’s Jansing and Company, WPEB 88.1 FM, EBRU TV News, and CBS 3 TV Philadelphia News.
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Department Head Scott Barclay named Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy

August 10, 2012
History and Politics' department head Scott Barclay has been named a Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law
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Psychology Grad Students Win 2012 Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award

August 09, 2012

Efrat Eichenbaum and Mitra Khaksari were selected for the 2012 Anne Anastasi Student Poster Award.

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Q & A With Mimi Sheller

August 06, 2012
Mimi Sheller examines how people move, how mobile communication changes how people move and how new systems of mobility can actually create immobility. It's no wonder, then, that she's designed Drexel's Center for Mobilities Research and Policy (mCenter) to cross boundaries within disciplines and within Drexel...
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Arthur M. Nezu appointed Associate Editor of Archives of Scientific Psychology

August 04, 2012
Arthur M. Nezu, PhD, ABPP, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, was recently appointed Associate Editor of the newly inaugurated journal, Archives of Scientific Psychology.
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Papish Group Published in Inorganic Chemistry on Biomimetic Denitrification Chemistry

August 02, 2012
Dr. Elizabeth Papish, assistant professor of chemistry, and Natalie Dixon, chemistry doctoral candidate, along with several other collaborators, were published in Inorganic Chemistry for their research on dentrification, a nitrogen conversion process.
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What I'm Reading: Ken Lacovara

August 01, 2012

DrexelNow pulled Dr. Ken Lacovara, paleontologist and associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, from his work in a marl pit in Gloucester County, NJ, to find out what he’s currently reading. He just finished The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester.

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