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Required Title IX Training for Graduate Students

All Drexel students are required to complete Title IX (“Understanding Title IX at Drexel”) training in their term of entry and once annually in the fall. The training will help you better understand Drexel’s “Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct” (CR-2) Policy, your right to a discrimination and harassment-free learning environment, and your role in contributing to Drexel’s inclusive environment.
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Financial Planning with GradSense

The GradSense website is solely devoted to helping graduate students make and execute a financial plan for graduate school.
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Free Membership to the Association for Women in Science

Drexel University is an institutional partner with the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), granting students, faculty and professional staff free AWIS membership.
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Graduate Student Resources

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Academic Advisors

Academic advisors can help you plan your schedule, register for courses and review your progress toward graduation.
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Graduate Student Association

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is a governing body and advocate for all graduate students and organizations at Drexel, supporting students' scholarly, personal and professional development.
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Graduate Student Lounge

The lounge is an essential resource for graduate students to study, meet and host seminars and professional development events.
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Graduate Student Organizations

Get involved! Browse a list of graduate student organizations.
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Upcoming Doctoral Defenses

Erick Galinkin

Strategic Reinforcement Learning Agents for Autonomous Cyber Defense

Major: Computer Science
Chair: Spiros Mancoridis, Manolis Pountourakis
Committee Members: Vasilis Gkatzelis, Shahin Jabbari, Edward Raff
Date: November 17, 2025 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact eg657@drexel.edu for link.

Yiwen Shi

Towards Effective Biomedical Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models

Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua Hu, Hualou Liang
Committee Members: Kaidi Xu, Li Sheng, Bo Song
Date: November 20, 2025 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ys666@drexel.edu for link.

Riya Shah

Combining IceCube's Tracks and Cascades to Improve Neutrino Source Searches

Major: Physics
Chair: Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
Committee Members: Jorn Venderbos, Eric Brewe, Christina Love, Gregory Sullivan
Date: December 02, 2025 1:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 109

Brian Walters

Exploring Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs to Understand the Alignment Between Faculty and Institutional Goals for Internationalization at a Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Case Study

Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Kristine Grant
Committee Members: Aroutis Foster, Mary Schlarb
Date: December 03, 2025 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bw575@drexel.edu for link.

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