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March 21, 2019
Drexel University launched the Nowak Metro Finance Lab on November 14th, 2018 with a workshop focused on analyzing proven institutional models for financing inclusive urban revitalization. The workshop brought together elected officials, public administrators, venture capitalists and researchers to think deeply about how development models might adapt to the evolving global, national and local contexts, attracting reflective practitioners from across the U.S. and Europe. Organized in collaboration with Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) and City Finance Lab located at BLOXHUB in Copenhagen, Denmark, the event served as a model for convenings the Lab is expected to replicate as it scales over the coming year.
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March 21, 2019
In Fall 2018, a delegation from Drexel University visited exchange partners and potential partners in Israel. Now, several months later, there are developments in the works that came out of that trip to create opportunities for research and academic collaboration for Drexel Dragons.
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March 07, 2019
Three Drexel students have been awarded Gilman Scholarships to study abroad for Winter/Spring 2019. The prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, awards scholarships to American undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the United States to study or intern abroad during the winter/spring or full academic year of 2019. Congratulations to all of Drexel's Gilman honorees!
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February 25, 2019
Every year, the Office of Global Engagement and Education Abroad holds the Study Abroad Photo Contest, through which students submit photos taken by themselves that capture their experiences abroad.
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February 25, 2019
The winners of the Office of Global Engagement and Education Abroad annual photo contest have been revealed. See these Dragons’ experiences to remember from around the world.
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January 28, 2019
“I am the part-producer of this opera. I have another three operas.” Kolkata ad man Kanak Bhattacharya was giving a recap of his years working in jatra, a form of traveling folk theatre native to West Bengal and the surrounding regions of eastern India. About 20 years ago, Kanak started work as a producer of TV series for Bengali television. He had no professional theatre background, and his journey into jatra had a unique start.
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January 24, 2019
Twenty-five students were “transported” to Jamaica by way of 48th Street Grille, located in West Philadelphia. In a continuing collaboration between the Office of Global Engagement and International Scholars and Students Services, the Dine & Discover series encourages domestic and international students to share a meal, family-style.
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January 24, 2019
Ariana Levitt is a fourth-year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department and she spent two months conducting research in Australia in 2018. She was awarded two fellowships, the Australia-Americas PhD fellowship, funded by the Australian Academy of Science, and the NSF-GROW (Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide) fellowship, to pursue this work.
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January 24, 2019
Ariana Levitt is a fourth-year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department and she spent two months conducting research in Australia in 2018. She was awarded two fellowships, the Australia-Americas PhD fellowship, funded by the Australian Academy of Science, and the NSF-GROW (Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide) fellowship, to pursue this work.
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January 22, 2019
Olimpia Meucci, MD, PhD (Drexel University) and Renato Brandimarti, PhD (University of Bologna) received a grant from the University of Bologna to cement scientific collaborations between the two universities.
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