Past Events

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2025 Urban Health Symposium

Thursday and Friday, September 4 & 5, 2025

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall
- Everyone
The 2025 Urban Health Symposium, "Healthy Cities for the Next Decade: A Call to Action," will take place at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
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Climate Change and Urban Health Pre-Symposium: A Focus on the Future

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

8:00 AM-12:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Ruth Auditorium Virtual via Zoom
- Everyone
Join the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) and SALURBAL-Climate for a FREE Pre-Symposium Event on Climate Change & Urban Health.
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In Loving Communion: Critical Conversations on Racism, Health, and Healing

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/47pYcK0
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- International Students
- LGBTQIA+ Community
- Faculty
- Staff
Join us for a community conversation with Dr. Jamila Michener titled, “Health Justice and Power: Understanding the Connections.” Dr. Michener explores the relationships between health justice and power.
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Advocacy 101: How, When, and Who - Turning Community Power Into Action

Thursday, August 7, 2025

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Advocacy isn’t just for professionals or politicians it’s for everyone who sees something that needs to change. Whether you’ve spoken up before or aren’t sure where to start, this interactive session hosted by the Latino Health Collective (LHC) will break down the real steps to making your voice heard to create real change.
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Epi Bio Department Dissertation Defense - Heather Santos, MPH

Thursday, July 17, 2025

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Online via Zoom and Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Parents & Families
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Dissertation Defense:
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MPH & MS Information Session

Thursday, July 10, 2025

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom
- Prospective Students
We invite you to participate in our upcoming information session to learn more about how a master's degree from Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health can help you achieve your academic and professional goals.
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The Urban Health Summer Institute

June 23, 2025 through June 29, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Nesbitt Hall
- Everyone
The Urban Health Summer Institute offers short skills and substantive courses for practitioners, researchers, and students of all levels interested in improving health in cities.
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CHP Department Dissertation Defense - Allison Rusgo

Friday, June 6, 2025

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Parents & Families
Allison Rusgo, CHP PhD Student, will defend "Taking Power Back: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Strategies to Increase Research Capacity in Urban Communities of Color in the United States."
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Drexel FIRST and Bonus Cohort Research Showcase

Thursday, June 5, 2025

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Health Sciences Building Room 4E04, and Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join us for a two-day event celebrating the innovative research of the FIRST and Bonus Cohorts from the Dornsife School of Public Health and the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
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Network Gather: Talk It Up Tuesday

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Zoom: https://drexel.zoom.us/j/83526937272
- Everyone
Want to maintain the close-knit, supportive space of Building Wealth and Health Network classes? Join Network Nation for Talk it Up Tuesday—a monthly community meeting where we’ll share, heal, laugh, and connect—the first Tuesday of every month on Zoom.
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