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2021
- NIH Grant to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the School of Education Supports Early Childhood Learning
  
  December 14, 2021
  
  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel University’s School of Education recently received a $1.35 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support early childhood education efforts that focus on science, math, nutrition and literacy skills.
  
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2020
- 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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- Changing STEM Representation Trends Through the Philadelphia AMP Alliance
  
  September 21, 2020
  
  The Greater Philadelphia Region Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP) was started in 1994 through National Science Foundation funding and a Drexel alum’s efforts. As host institution for the alliance for over 20 years, Drexel continues to support Dragons and spearhead regional STEM representation change through programming, funding, opportunities and mentorship.
  
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2018
- Survey Finds Daughters Can Thrive in Tech Even Without Tech Savvy Parents
  
  December 05, 2018
  
  As part Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code activities planned for this week, TechGirlz shared findings from a new survey of its program participants and their parents. Conducted in partnership with Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, this marks the first time a survey has matched responses from girls and their parents in order to gain a deeper understanding of the role parents play in female engagement in technology.
  
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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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- Drexel STEM Students Will Earn Teacher Certification Through New $1.2 Million Grant
  
  July 18, 2018
  
  More Drexel University undergraduate students will have the opportunity to earn teacher certification in science and mathematics thanks to the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Scholarship program, which recently awarded Drexel’s School of Education a 5-year, $1.2 million grant. The new grant will allow 24 Drexel students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a major related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics to earn pre-service teacher certification in middle grades (4-8) science or mathematics through Drexel’s DragonsTeach Middle Years program.
  
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- Academy's Women in Natural Sciences Program Wins White House Mentoring Award
  
  June 27, 2018
  
  The Women in Natural Sciences Program at the Academy of Natural Sciences has received the highest national mentoring award bestowed by the White House and the National Science Foundation (NSF), which comes with $10,000 to support its role in inspiring high school girls to pursue careers in STEM.
  
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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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- Drexel Teacher Residents Will Earn a Salary While Working Towards Certification in Philadelphia District Schools
  
  May 17, 2018
  
  Drexel University’s School of Education is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia to support Drexel’s Philadelphia Teacher Residency program, which will provide salaries, benefits and scholarships to aspiring STEM teachers.
  
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- Drexel and TechGirlz Team to Connect Middle School Girls with Technology
  
  April 11, 2018
  
  Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business and TechGirlz today announced a wide-ranging partnership designed to expand the number of middle school girls receiving technology instruction. This collaboration is part of the recently announced TechGirlz 20k for 2020 campaign, in which the organization seeks to set 20,000 girls on The Path to a technology career over the next two years.
  
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2017
- A PhD Student Giving Voice to the Voiceless in a Push for Gender Equity
  
  October 30, 2017
  
  Leona Donaldson left Japan’s patriarchal society only to encounter sexism, racism and discrimination in America. At Drexel, she’s studying gender imbalance in STEM occupations to do her part in pushing back.
  
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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 Launches “Dragons Teach Middle Years” Teacher Training Program
  
  March 20, 2017
  
  Supported by a $1.2 million grant from the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP), Drexel University’s School of Education will create a new pipeline of dual-certified, Middle-Years teachers, trained specifically for the challenges of Philadelphia classrooms.
  
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- At Philly Materials Day, Drexel Aims to Inspire
  
  January 24, 2017
  
  The seventh annual event, set for Feb. 4 in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, will offer visitors hands-on demonstrations and workshops to stimulate curiosity about materials science and engineering.
  
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2016
- Philadelphia Public School Students Will Become Urban Scientists With New $1.17M NSF Grant
  
  October 18, 2016
  
  Four hundred local fourth, fifth and sixth grade students will have the opportunity to become urban scientists with resources made possible through a new, three-year $1.17 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
  
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- Heard Around Campus — February 2016
  
  February 23, 2016
  
  February has been filled with ice, snow and slate-gray skies. It can be easy to forget that spring is just around the corner. Here are some campus developments that will help put you in a green state of mind.
  
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2015
- Philadelphia Students to Design Skyscraper-Size Video Games
  
  December 09, 2015
  
  Starting this winter, more than 100 middle-school students from Philadelphia schools and community groups will try their hand at being video game designers, with an opportunity to play their games on one of the biggest screens imaginable: a 29-story building covered with LEDs. Drexel University’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio is working with young game designers-in-the-making to come up with new games for Brandywine Realty Trust’s Cira Centre office building, an edifice that has twice played host to the largest architectural video game display in the world.
  
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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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2014
- Local Middle Schoolers Build a Bridge, Blow up a Watermelon and More at PECO-Drexel STEM Camp
  
  August 08, 2014
  
  Nearly 25 local rising fifth graders interested in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) built a bridge, blew up a watermelon and made ice cream, as part of a Summer STEM Camp from July 28 – August 1, the third and final week of the camp this summer. The camp is hosted by Drexel University's School of Education and funded by a grant from PECO.
  
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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'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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- Drexel's New iPad App Teaches Physics Concepts Using Artifacts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  
  April 10, 2014
  
  “Physics at the Art Museum” is a new iPad app that teaches users about the physics behind art works in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The mobile iPad app is now available for download, free of charge, from Apple’s App Store. It will also be available through the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s website, www.philamuseum.org.
  
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- Freshmen Engineers Take Aim at Rube Goldberg Record to Kick Off Philadelphia Science Festival
  
  March 06, 2014
  
  A team of 45 Drexel University freshmen engineering students are creating a simple plan to break the world record for a most-elaborate machine. As part of the Philadelphia Science Festival, the students, with the support of The Franklin Institute, Dow Chemical and several local partner organizations are trying to take down a two-year-old Guinness World Record for the largest Rube Goldberg machine –a cartoonish device that uses multiple, often absurdly over-engineered reactions, to complete a simple task.
  
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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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- After Years Helping Minority Students Succeed in Math and Science, Drexel Leader Receiving Honor
  
  January 17, 2014
  
  Stephen Cox believes that all students can succeed, if given the opportunity. But he's had no trouble finding people who disagree.
  
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2013
- Hallelujah or Hype? A Q&A on MOOCs with Mike Scheuermann
  
  August 19, 2013
  
  Rarely does news about college course delivery bubble up out of the higher education press to the front pages of worldwide media. But that’s what’s happened with massively open online courses, or MOOCs, online classes taught to hundreds or even thousands of students at a time around the world. MOOCs might save universities, doom them or disappear, depending on whom you ask.
  
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- Society of Women Engineers Hosts Workshop for Young Girls in Tech
  
  July 31, 2013
  
  On July 13, the Society of Women Engineers partnered with Comcast Corp. and Tech Girlz to host its first technical workshop. Young attendees learned about podcasts and were introduced to women currently working tech-related jobs.
  
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2012
- First Fossil Dig Day Ends with Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil Discovery
  
  October 24, 2012
  
  Tri-state area residents came out in droves on Saturday, October 13 for the first Fossil Dig Day at Dr. Kenneth Lacovara’s world-class paleontological site in nearby Mantua Township, N.J.
  
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- Drexel and PECO Host Educational Camp for Local Children
  
  August 06, 2012
  
  Drexel recently partnered with PECO to provide a new educational opportunity for rising fifth graders in the Mantua and Powelton Village communities who are interested in STEM careers.
  
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