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- Drexel Celebrates 2012 Commencement
  
  June 12, 2012
  
  Drexel University will celebrate its 125th commencement on its University City campus with five separate ceremonies honoring Drexel’s graduating class, June 15 and16. More than 5,000 students will receive a degree from Drexel this year. Drexel will award honor 17 honorary degrees to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields.
  
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- Obesity Experts at Drexel Available to Comment Weight of the Nation
  
  May 09, 2012
  
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- "Witnesses to Hunger" Exhibit Displays Women's Photographic Testimony Poverty
  
  April 26, 2012
  
  Working mothers, poverty and opportunity are powerful themes in the national political conversation. On May 2, a public exhibit will display photos and videos from women whose voices are too often missing from this dialogue: those who have experienced poverty and hunger first-hand. These “Witnesses to Hunger” are participants in a powerful research and advocacy project developed at the Drexel University School of Public Health.
  
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- Animated Characters Keep It Real in Teen Violence Prevention Videos
  
  April 23, 2012
  
  Voiced by Philadelphia teens, Briana and Damon are a pair of digitally animated street-smart characters with a Facebook page aimed at reducing urban youth violence.
  
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- Autism Experts Available to Comment on New CDC Autism Prevalence Report
  
  March 29, 2012
  
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- Autism Experts Available for Autism Awareness Month
  
  March 21, 2012
  
  Experts at Drexel University are available to comment for news stories about autism for Autism Awareness Month in April. Drexel recently established the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, the nation’s first autism center focused on public health science.
  
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- A.J. Drexel Autism Receives Gift from the Close Foundation
  
  March 20, 2012
  
  Drexel University has received a gift of $1.5 million from the Charles and Barbara Close Foundation, founded by Drexel alumnus Charles Close (’36), to help establish the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. The Institute is the nation’s first autism center focused on public health science.
  
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- Witnesses to Hunger Goes National with Boston Exhibit
  
  March 05, 2012
  
  A powerful research and advocacy project developed at the Drexel University School of Public Health featuring the voices and photography of women who have experienced hunger and poverty first-hand, is now expanding with the opening of “Witnesses to Hunger - Boston.”
  
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- Study of Prescription and Illicit Drug Misuse in High-Risk Populations
  
  February 27, 2012
  
  A new report from researchers at the Drexel University School of Public Health identifies patterns in the misuse of illicit drugs among young adults in Los Angeles and New York who also misuse prescription drugs.
  
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- Diabetes Rates in Developing Countries
  
  February 01, 2012
  
  Rates of diabetes vary widely across developing countries worldwide, according to a new analysis led by Dr. Longjian Liu of Drexel University’s School of Public Health. Liu’s study found that access to healthcare support for diabetes varied widely in developing countries, and that one in 10 diagnosed cases remain untreated.
  
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