Rickie Miglin, a senior undergrad and member of our research lab, was recently awarded a 2015 Emerging Scholar Fellowship by the Scattergood Foundation Active Minds Program, based in part on the senior thesis she is conducting under my supervision.

The Society of Physics Students was recognized by the American Institute of Physics with a Chapter Research Award and the Future Faces of Physics Award.

Arthur M. Nezu, Ph.D., D.H.L. (Hon.), ABPP, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, will be the 2015 recipient of the Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology.

Alison Kenner, PhD, and Mimi Sheller, PhD collaborate with professors from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for the Shifting Energy Cultures lectures series, funded by the A. J. Drexel Institute for Energy & the Environment

This past fall, Drexel researchers from the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and the School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Clean Air Council, conducted a community survey that investigated how River Ward residents perceive environmental conditions in their neighborhood, how residents obtain information about hazards as well as community projects, and what they thought were priority issues for the River Wards district. The study, “Mapping Perceptions of Environmental Health Risks,” was funded by Drexel’s Social Science Council, which solicited applications for interdisciplinary projects that paired social scientists with faculty from other disciplines.

Richardson Dilworth will moderate the First Mayoral Forum in Philadelphia.

Hallie Espel, a doctoral student working under the mentorship of Drs. Evan Forman and Michael Lowe, was awarded a $1,150 Psi Chi Travel Grant.

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.