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    • Drexel University to Host 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Enrichment Institute

      March 29, 2022

      Drexel University is proud to announce its selection as an Alumni Enrichment Institute Partner for the 2022 Alumni Enrichment Institutes, an opportunity for 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni to travel to the United States in summer 2022 to collaborate with U.S. counterparts and each other and to continue building the professional and leadership skills they developed during their virtual 2021 Leadership Institutes.  Beginning in late July, Drexel will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging leaders for a two-week Alumni Enrichment Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

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    • Drexel Faculty featured on "Academic Minute" from Inside Higher Ed. on NPR

      March 16, 2022

      Five Drexel faculty will be featured on “Academic Minute” from Inside Higher Ed. on NPR each day this week, part of a rare “takeover week” on the program, including Associate Professor Kara Spiller in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems spoke about harnessing the body’s immune system for better wound healing — drawn from her work in the new field of immune engineering, and the Office of Global Engagement's Vice Provost Rogelio Miñana, discussing how we can foster global partnerships in a post-pandemic world. 

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    • Q&A: Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus and The Environmental Collaboratory at Drexel

      March 10, 2022

      The new Vice Provost and Executive Director of The Environmental Collaboratory discussed how his background in environmental justice and solution-building for international organizations and the Obama administration will inform his vision of the University’s new interdisciplinary initiative.

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    • Global Again: What It’s Like to Study Abroad at Drexel (and During a Pandemic)

      January 28, 2022

      DrexelNow asked three international Dragons who joined our campus community last fall about what made them choose Drexel, navigating the pandemic and if the experience is meeting their expectations (spoiler alert, it’s exceeding them).

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    • Global Again: How the Drexel Global Scholars Community Never Faltered in the Pandemic

      January 14, 2022

      Since its founding a decade ago, the Drexel Global Scholar program (DGS) has welcomed more than 80 international students from nearly 40 countries to the University with a full scholarship and ample programming which helps bolster a rich peer community from freshman year through graduation.

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    • International Presentation Award (IPA) Reflection – Nishi Dsouza

      December 09, 2021

      In October of 2021, I was honored to discuss my dissertation research at an oral presentation session entitled "Citizen perspectives on urban health" at the 5th Healthy City Design (HCD) International Congress. The HCD Congress brought together scholars and practitioners around a single topic: urban health. The focus of the Congress was broad: fields such as urban planning, social work, public health, economics, and environmental studies were represented at the conference, enabling and inspiring significant cross-sector collaboration, and action.

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    • Global Engagement Funding Award: Food Science in Copenhagen

      December 06, 2021

      Copenhagen has developed a food tourism market based on its restaurants and the innovation that is going on within their food community.  The trip to Copenhagen was to engage with many of these key restaurants and the food innovators.  The restaurant Noma was named the Best Restaurant in the World this past year as they also received their third Michelin star (highest rating a restaurant can receive from Michelin).  I was able to secure the highly sought dinner reservations and met with Jason White, the head scientist for their legendary science lab (pictures included).

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    • Global Again: Drexel Study Abroad Experiences in a Changed World

      December 02, 2021

      • Drexel students are once again engaging globally through study abroad and alternative programs, and though their experiences are affecting by the pandemic, they’re all the more worth it.

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    • Drexel Units Co-Host Global Conference on Sports, Health and Public Engagement

      November 23, 2021

      In partnership with the European Association for Sport Management’s Festival of Sport Management Research and Practice, the conference demonstrated the significance of sports in society, and the important role it plays in a post-COVID world.

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    • A Fulbright Scholar's Journey to Drexel

      November 23, 2021

      This Fall, Drexel has had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Feher for her Fulbright scholar research.  Dr. Feher comes from Hungary and has many experiences all over the world including work in Southeast Asia.  So, what exactly is she researching?  Her focus is on media, specifically media created or powered by artificial intelligence and how it improves media services but also ways in which it may fail.  One may wonder how Dr. Feher ended up at Drexel, which she shares has been quite a long journey. 

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