Example

Drexel will host an opening reception this Friday for the exhibition A Legacy of Art, Science & Industry: Highlights from the Collections of Drexel University.

Drexel’s various collections should be capitalized—including “The” for The Drexel Collection.

Examples

• the Academy’s Ornithology Collection
• The Drexel Collection
• the Drexel Historic Costume Collection

Web addresses

Use the shortest effective URL (without the www or http://) whenever possible.

• Drexel’s official URL: drexel.edu (not www.drexel.edu).
• If the URL must break on two lines, break at a slash. Avoid ending a sentence with a URL; rewrite to eliminate the period.
• Generally, URLs should be in lowercase, but it is acceptable to use sentence case for clarity or branding (for example: DrexelDragons.com).

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Drexel-Specific Styles

Capitalization

• Awards, prizes, professorships: Capitalized. Words or phrases not part of the award’s name are lowercased (e.g. Nobel Prize-winning scientist).
• Course titles: Capitalized.
• Majors/minors/concentrations: Generally, lowercase unless in official lists.
• Colon: Capitalize the first word after a colon if it is a proper noun or the beginning of a complete sentence (with a subject, noun and verb).

Commencement

Capitalize when used as a noun referring to the University’s graduation event, lowercase as an adjective.

Cooperative education

Use “cooperative education” (no hyphen) and “co-op” (with hyphen) on second reference or when referring to the act of being on a co-op. It is acceptable to use “co-op” as a heading for design pieces where space is limited. When referring to the co-op program as a brand, use title case, for example: “the Drexel Co-op program.”

Honorary degrees

The Associated Press recommends avoiding the use of abbreviations of honorary degrees ‹ unless in a list of honorary degree holders (including the year the degree was granted is preferable in most cases; e.g. Bono, HD '92). When abbreviating an honorary degree in a list, use HD, without periods. Do not refer to an honorary degree holder with the courtesy title Dr. or Hon. When referring to someone who holds an honorary degree, make clear that the degree is honorary.

Examples

Correct: Bono, who holds a 1992 honorary degree of law from Drexel University, said...

Incorrect: Bono, HD, said...

Incorrect: Bono, Hon., said...

Identifying degrees, alumni and students

When writing about a Drexel alumnus or alumna, include the individual’s degree and year of graduation. The preferred style is to include this information on the first reference, and to use the full program name with an abbreviated year.

Where space is tight, it may be necessary to include only the graduation year information or only a degree designation plus the graduation year.

For current students, as with alumni, it is important to note a student’s major and expected year of graduation. When referring to students, then, it is preferred that the same format used for alumni be applied here.

Use an apostrophe to substitute the missing numerals, not a single quotation mark.

For mixed gender groups, default to the masculine plural (alumni).

• alumna (f., singular)
• alumnae (f., plural)
• alumnus (m., singular)
• alumni (m., plural)
• alum (s., gender neutral) for an individual who prefers a gender-neutral identity.

Identifying degrees, official degree program names

When writing about official college degree offerings, generally uppercase official degree names listed with a degree rank (e.g. with Bachelor of Science/Art or BS/BA before it), but lowercase generic fields of study or degree subjects without any designating rank.

Examples

Correct: The College of Nursing and Health Professions offers a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Health Counseling. Also correct: The BS in Geoscience from the College of Arts & Sciences is available in three concentrations.

Incorrect: Drexel offers bachelor’s degrees in areas as diverse as Biomedical Engineering and Film and Video.

Incorrect: The College of Engineering offers a number of Architectural Engineering degrees.

It’s fine to uppercase the name of an overall program curriculum.

Example

The College of Engineering offers a number of architectural engineering degrees in its Architectural Engineering program.

Phone numbers

Drexel style is to write phone numbers with periods.

Example

Correct: 215.895.2000

Incorrect: (215) 895-2000, 215/895-2000, 215-895-2000

For extensions, Drexel style uses: 215.895.2000, ext. 123

PREFERRED NAME & GENDER PRONOUNS

Effective 2018-2019, students have the option of identifying a preferred first name that is different from their legal name and of indicating a preferred personal pronoun and gender identification on their Personal Information pages. Students who want to indicate a preferred name or pronoun should initiate this process in DrexelOne.

The University will be developing and implementing a phased approach to the use of personal pronouns and gender identification. All students are welcome to update both information points, with the understanding that Drexel will not start utilizing this information until a later date.

More information about the University's full policy and process can be found on Drexel Central.

The personal pronouns available to choose from are:

• He/Him/His
• She/Her/Hers
• They/Them/Theirs
• Prefer Not to Answer

The gender identifications available to choose from are:

• Man
• Woman
• Transgender Woman
• Transgender Man
• Gender Non-Conforming/Gender Non-Binary
• Prefer Not to Answer

Faculty and staff may elect to include their preferred gender pronouns in their Drexel email signatures. Samples can be viewed on the Drexel Identity site.

For related guidelines and information visit drexel.edu/hr/resources/overview/gender-transition/.

Publications

Note that Drexel departs from AP style in how it handles periodicals. Italicize the titles of all Drexel print publications, as well as all non-Drexel magazine, newspaper and journal titles. Lowercase the word “magazine” unless it is part of the publication’s official title (e.g. Time magazine, Golf Magazine).

Example

The latest issue of Honor Bound Magazine, the official magazine of the Pennoni Honors College …. EXEL magazine, Drexel’s research publication…. Read more in the latest issue of the College of Arts and Sciences’ magazine, Ask.

See section “Titles, works of composition” for rules on all other types of published works.

SOURCES, ANONYMOUS

Drexel University publications and online material should print or post the full names of sources whenever available except cases in which the source may be subjected to potential personal harm or victimization if identified, or in cases of confidentiality related to University business interests. The determination of when a name is withheld should be discussed with the Office of University Communications and/or the Office of the General Counsel.

Titles, academic degrees

In text, the preferred style is to spell out degree names.

Example

Write “bachelor’s degree” rather than “BA” or “BS,” or “master’s degree” instead of “MA” or “MS” and “doctoral degree” or “doctorate” instead of “PhD.” An exception can be made when using the abbreviated terms to identify a Drexel alumnus (see section “Alumni and students, designating degree”).

• Also acceptable: bachelor of science degree or master of arts degree, without an apostrophe.
• Drexel departs from AP style by not using periods with a degree abbreviation (correct: BA, PhD, etc).
• Drexel also departs from AP style when referring to an individual with a medical degree as “Dr.” The “Dr.” title is never used before names of either MDs or PhDs. Instead, include their degree after their name. Example: Charles Cairns, MD. Associate Professor David Becher, PhD.
• Because of the variety of degrees and certificates that proliferate in an academic setting, it is acceptable in some contexts to list only the most common advanced degrees: MD, PhD, EdD and JD.

Titles, professional

Capitalize titles when they precede a name.

Example

Senior Vice President of University Communications Lori Doyle…

Lowercase titles when they follow a name.

Example

Lori Doyle, senior vice president of University Communications, announced….

Donna Murasko, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, led a tour of the college…

Capitalize the actual department unless it is being used casually (i.e. on second reference).

Example

Formal: John Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, recently joined….
Informal: John Smith has worked in the psychology department for two years.

Always capitalize a named professorship, deanship or chair before or after an individual’s name.

Example

Eric Zillmer, the Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology, recently announced…

The Christopher and Mary Stratakis Chair in Corporate Governance Ralph Walkling…

No comma before Jr., Sr. or II, III, etc.

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Common Style Guidelines

For style questions not addressed here, refer to the AP Stylebook.

Academic calendar terms

Lowercase names of seasons unless part of a formal event name (e.g. the Spring Fling).

Example

Correct: The fall 2020 quarter ends in December.

Incorrect: The Fall 2020 quarter ends in December.

Addresses and states

In 2014, AP Style editors changed a longstanding rule on state abbreviations. States should now be spelled out (rather than abbreviated) in the bodies of stories, whether standing alone or in conjunction with a city, town, military base, etc. Abbreviated state names are still acceptable in datelines, lists, tabular material, photo captions, credit lines, and in short-form identification of political party affiliation (e.g. D-Ala., R-Mont).

Example

Correct: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is the state capital; Hartford, Connecticut. (Note that state names are offset by commas.)

Incorrect: Harrisburg, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is the state capital.

Exception: Use postal code state abbreviations when the address is part of mailing address with a ZIP code (e.g. directory listings, mailings).

Below are the proper abbreviations for each state, with postal code abbreviations in parenthesis.

Ala. (AL), Fla. (FL), Md. (MD), Neb. (NE), N.D. (ND), Tenn. (TN)

Ariz. (AZ), Ga. (GA), Mass. (MA), Nev. (NV), Okla. (OK), Vt. (VT)

Ark. (AR), Ill. (IL), Mich. (MI), N.H. (NH), Ore. (OR), Va. (VA)

Calif. (CA), Ind. (IN), Minn. (MN), N.J. (NJ), Pa. (PA), Wash. (WA)

Colo. (CO), Kan. (KS), Miss. (MS), N.M. (NM), R.I. (RI), W.Va. (WV)

Conn. (CT), Ky. (KY), Mo. (MO), N.Y. (NY), S.C. (SC), Wis. (WI)

Del. (DE), La. (LA), Mont. (MT), N.C. (NC), S.D. (SD), Wyo. (WY)

NEVER abbreviate Alaska (AK), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Iowa (IA), Maine (ME), Ohio (OH), Utah (UT), Texas (TX). Also: District of Columbia (DC).

Unless used as part of a full mailing address, the following cities can stand alone (without a state) in a dateline. They may also stand alone in the body of a story if they are the same as the dateline or as long as no confusion would result: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinatti, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington.

Lowercase “s” when naming two streets, as in 32nd and Chestnut streets.

“And” v. ampersand

Use “&” only for official names of organizations and companies or at the request of a donor. Two notable exceptions at Drexel are Westphal College of Arts & Design and the College of Computing & Informatics.

Bulleted lists

All bulleted items should be styled consistently. If it is a complete sentence, the bullet should have a period. If one bullet ends with a period, all bullets in the series should end with a period.

Dates

When a month is used with a specific date, abbreviate Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec. but not March, April, May, June and July.

• Spell out the month when using alone, or with a year alone.
• When a phrase lists only a month and a year, do not separate the year with commas.
• When a phrase refers to a month, day and year, set off the year with commas.

Although the day of the month is actually an ordinal number (and pronounced that way in speaking), the correct way is to write it as a cardinal number.

Fiscal year

Lowercase and spell out the term “fiscal year” in most cases. It’s acceptable to use an abbreviation, without a space, in graphics, tight-spaced headlines and financial documents (for example: FY13).

Hyphens, en dashes and em dashes

Key: (for Windows)

Hyphen - The keyboard key located between the 0 and delete.

En dash – Press Ctrl + hyphen.

Em dash — Press Ctrl + Alt + hyphen.

Key: (for Macs)

Hyphen - The keyboard key located between the 0 and delete.

En dash – Press Option + hyphen.

Em dash — Press Shift + Option + hyphen.

Use the hyphen to separate numbers such as social security numbers. The hyphen is also used for compound words.

Use the en dash to connect continuing or spans of numbers, such as dates and times. Do not use any spaces between the words or numbers and the dash.

In narrative text, it is also correct to spell out the meaning of the en dash in words.

There are many uses for the em dash, but just a few of the most common uses are illustrated below. There should be a space between the words and the dash.

Use an em dash to indicate a sudden break or pause in a sentence.

Use an em dash to add an element that defines or expands on an element mentioned in the sentence.

Compound adjectives

Use a hyphen for compound adjectives before the noun: a well-known actor, full-time job, 20-year sentence.

Numbers in text

Whole numbers one through nine are spelled out. For any other numbers, use numerals.

Ages

Use numerals for ages, except when starting a sentence.

Hyphenate the age when it precedes the name as an adjective or when it serves as a substitute for a noun.

Measurements

Use numerals for measurements, and write out the units.

Hyphenate the measurement when it precedes the noun as an adjective.

Grades

Write out the number if the grade is between first and ninth. For example, “She is in eighth grade, but her brother is in 10th grade.” Use a hyphen when using as an adjective: “She is entering her seventh-grade year.”

Century

The word century is lowercase (21st century) unless part of a proper name. It is hyphenated when used as an adjective (it’s a 21st-century trend all over the country).

Do not combine spelled-out numbers with abbreviations.

Commas in numerals

Always include commas in numbers in the thousands.

Cardinal/ordinal numbers

Numbers used in counting (2, 27, 345, etc.) are called cardinal numbers. Numbers used to indicate order (first, 10th, 23rd, etc.) are called ordinal numbers. Spell out one through nine for cardinal numbers and first through ninth for ordinal numbers. Do not use superscript with ordinal numbers.

Currency

Do not use zeros for the cents place in a monetary amount. Use only when the amount is a number other than $.00.

Use numerals when indicating course credits (e.g. 6 credits).

Race identifiers

Aborigine

An outdated term referring to aboriginal people in Australia that is considered offensive by some and should be avoided.

American Indians, Native Americans

Acceptable terms in general references for those in the U.S. when referring to two or more people of different tribal affiliations. For individuals, use the name of the tribe; if that information is not immediately available, try to obtain it.

tribe

Refers to a sovereign political entity, communities sharing a common ancestry, culture or language, and a social group of linked families who may be part of an ethnic group. Capitalize the word tribe when part of a formal name of sovereign political entities, or communities sharing a common ancestry, culture or language. Identify tribes by the political identity specified by the tribe, nation or community: the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation. The term ethnic group is preferred when referring to ethnicity or ethnic violence.

biracial, multiracial

Acceptable, when clearly relevant, to describe people with more than one racial heritage. Usually more useful when describing large, diverse groups of people than individuals. Avoid mixed-race, which can carry negative connotations, unless a story subject prefers the term. Be specific if possible, and then use biracial for people of two heritages or multiracial for those of two or more on subsequent references if needed.

Black(s), white(s) (n.)

Do not use either term as a singular noun. For plurals, phrasing such as Black people, white people, Black teachers, white students is often preferable when clearly relevant. The plural nouns Blacks and whites are generally acceptable when clearly relevant and needed for reasons of space or sentence construction.

Black (adj.)

Use the capitalized term as an adjective in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense:Black people, Black culture, Black literature, Black studies, Black colleges.

Dual heritage identifiers

As of 2019, AP doesn’t use a hyphen in designating dual heritage, e.g. Black American, Italian American, Mexican American.

Chicano

A term that Mexican Americans in the U.S. Southwest sometimes use to describe their heritage. Use only if it is a person's preference.

ghetto, ghettos

Do not use indiscriminately as a synonym for the sections of cities inhabited by minorities or poor people. Ghetto has a connotation that government decree has forced people to live in a certain area. In most cases, section, district, slum area or quarter is the more accurate word.

Hispanic

A person from — or whose ancestors were from — a Spanish-speaking land or culture. Latino, Latina or Latinx are sometimes preferred. Follow the person's preference. Use a more specific identification when possible, such as Cuban, Puerto Rican or Mexican American.

Indigenous (adj.)

Capitalize this term used to refer to original inhabitants of a place, e.g. Aboriginal leaders welcomed a new era of Indigenous relations in Australia. Bolivia's Indigenous peoples represent some 62 percent of the population.

Latino, Latina

Latino is often the preferred noun or adjective for a person from, or whose ancestors were from, a Spanish-speaking land or culture or from Latin America. Latina is the feminine form. Some prefer the recently coined gender-neutral term Latinx, which should be confined to quotations, names of organizations or descriptions of individuals who request it and should be accompanied by a short explanation. E.g. Hernandez prefers the gender-neutral term Latinx. For groups of females, use the plural Latinas; for groups of males or of mixed gender, use the plural Latinos. Hispanics is also generally acceptable for those in the U.S. Use a more specific identification when possible, such as Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian or Mexican American.

Orient, Oriental

Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of those regions.

people of color, racial minority

The terms people of color and racial minority/minorities are generally acceptable terms to describe people of races other than white in the United States. Avoid using POC. When talking about just one group, be specific: Chinese Americans or members of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida, for example. Be mindful that some Native Americans say the terms people of color and racial minority fall short by not encompassing their sovereign status. Avoid referring to an individual as a minority unless in a quotation.

transracial

The term should not be used to describe people who have adopted a different racial identity. See the AP’s stylebook entry on “race-related coverage” for recommendations on terms such as racists, racism, racially charged, racially motivated, racially tinged.

Sentence spacing

Use only one space between sentences, everywhere, always.

Serial (Oxford) comma

In general it is recommended that communicators adhere to AP style, which does not use serial commas, except when separating a series of complex phrases (see second example below).

Time of day

If you are designating a range of time that is within the a.m. or p.m. period, use the a.m. or p.m. just once. If you are designating a range of time that spans between a.m. and p.m., use both.

Titles, works of composition

Apply AP style by putting quotation marks around the titles of books, computer games, movies, operas, plays, poems, albums, songs, radio and television programs, lectures, speeches and works of art. However, Drexel departs from AP style by italicizing titles of periodicals. See “Publications” section for magazine, newspaper and journal titles.

Exceptions: The Bible and books that are primarily reference materials such as catalogs, almanacs, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers, handbooks and similar publications. Do not use quotation marks around software titles such as Photoshop or Windows.

Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions of four or more letters.

Capitalize an article — the, a, an — or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word in a title.

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Scientific Names

Animals and plants

Capitalize the specific name of an animal or plant only when it begins a sentence or begins with a proper noun or geographical location. Otherwise, use lowercase.

Likewise, always use lowercase when referring to a general term for an animal or for the plural use of the general term for an animal or plant.

Family, genus and species

Always italicize scientific names of plants and animals. Scientific names can follow commas, or be placed in parentheses. Capitalize ONLY the first letter of the genus, not the species. Subspecies, if included, is lowercased.

The family name is capitalized, but not italicized.

When only the genus name is available (ex: Leptonectes sp.) the “sp.,” which is the stand-in character for an unknown species, is NOT italicized, but the genus name is.

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University Statistics

Updated annually every November. (Numbers as of December 2019)

• Drexel has more than 100 full-time undergraduate programs.
• 15,346 undergraduate students.
• 8,859 graduate students.
• 4,687 online students.
• 1,630 professional students (MDs and JDs).
• Students from more than 125 countries and 46 states.
• 18 Division I sports teams and 40 club sports.
• Nearly 250 student groups.

The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness publishes the University Factbook, which should be consulted for additional official University statistics.

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Academic Degrees, Majors/Minors and Graduate Programs

Drexel’s current offerings of degrees and programs are regularly updated on these pages:

• Accelerated Degree Programs
• Undergraduate Majors
• Undergraduate Minors
• All Graduate Programs

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Glossary of Drexel-Specific Terms

• Anthony J. Drexel Picture Gallery Located in the Main Building
• Community-Based Master’s Project (School of Public Health)
• Distance Learning (no hyphen)
• Drexel Co-op
• Dual Degree program (no hyphen)
• Early Decision (caps), “regular decision” (no caps). Never use "ED/RD" or any variation thereof
• eBill
• Evidence-Based Practice (not -based)
• Film and Video program (NOT Film & Video Production)
• First-year, second-year, third-year, fourth-year, fifth-year Use instead of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior
• Fraternity and sorority life Use in place of "Greek life." Students may be referred to as Greeks but it is preferable to call them fraternity/sorority members or fraternities/sororities. Don't use the term frat unless necessary for a tight headline (specific organization letters or full names are better)
• Graduate Co-op Formerly Career Integrated Education or CIE
• History and Politics Department
• MBA LeBow does not talk about specific MBA options in marketing materials, just MBA
• MIS Always abbreviate Management Information Systems (no periods)
• Nonmatriculated (no hyphen). Note: nonmatriculated students are now referred to as non-degree enrollment
• Office of the Bursar (no longer Student Financial Services)
• Office of Student Conduct Note that conduct procedures should not be referred to as judicial processes
• The Smart Set Drexel’s online magazine (formerly Dragonfire)
• Sport Management
• Still-Deciding Students® (no parentheses or italics)
• Student Life Student Life shouldn't be referred to as an office, division or department
• Residence hall Use in place of "dorm" in reference to on-campus housing
• Tuition deposit (formerly matriculation fee)
• Winter Entry program (use caps)

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Glossary of Athletic Terms

The official name of the athletics department is the Drexel Athletics Department. On second reference, Drexel Athletics.

Athletic Name and Affiliates

• Drexel Dragons
• Drexel University Recreational Athletics

Mascot

• Dragons
• Mario the Dragon

Common Athletic Associations and Athletic Terms

• Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta (Dad Vail for short)
• All-American
• All-Colonial Athletic Association (All-CAA)
• All-Dragon
• All-Mario
• All-Rookie
• The Bubble at the Vidas Athletic Complex (seasonal)
• Buckley Bubble at Buckley Recreational Field (seasonal)
• Buckley Courts at the Armory (33rd and Cuthbert streets)
• Buckley Field (43rd Street and Powelton Avenue)
• Buckley Green (33rd Street between Market and Arch streets)
• Buckley Recreational Field (33rd and Cuthbert streets)
• City Six
• Collegiate Squash Association (CSA)
• Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)
• Daskalakis Athletic Center (DAC)
• DAC Pack
• Delaware Investments Squash U.S. Open
• Division I (D-1 or DI)
• Division II (D-2 or DII)
• Division III (D-3 or DIII)
• Drexel Recreation Center
• Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
• Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA)
• Elite Eight
• Final Four
• First Team
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA)
• John & Mary Semanik Award
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• National Invitation Tournament (NIT)
• NCAA championship
• NCAA tournament
• Philadelphia Soccer Six (PS6)
• Second Team
• Student-athlete
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Sweet Sixteen
• Third Team
• Vidas Athletic Complex
• Vidas Field
• Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT)

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Glossary of Tricky Words

• 3-D (not 3D, per an AP Stylebook revision in 2018)
• adviser (not advisor)
• African American (n.) African-American (adj.)
• Ambiance AP stories favor ambiance, a spelling permitted by Webster’s (ambience is the dictionary’s first choice).
• Archaeology
• cancel, canceled, canceling, cancellation
• co-curricular
• compliment v. complement In most cases, you’ll want to use “complement,” as in a Drexel program complements an exhibit. “Compliment” means an admiring remark.
• Earth Capitalized only when referred to as a specific body in the solar system. For example, “The two astronauts will leave Mars and return to Earth,” but “earth-friendly recycling programs.”
• ensure, insure, assure Use ensure to mean guarantee: Steps were taken to ensure accuracy. Use insure for references to insurance: The policy insures his life. Use assure to mean to make sure or give confidence: She assured us the statement was accurate.
• firsthand one word
• first annual It is inaccurate to use “first annual” because until the event has occurred twice it isn't actually being held annually. It is correct to use second annual, third annual, etc.
• fundraiser (one word, the person or event that raises funds)
• fundraising (one word)
• gray (not grey)
• groundbreaking (one word)
• health care Always two words unless part of a proper name.
• kickoff (n.), kick-off (adj.), kick off (v.)
• lifestyle
• -long do not hyphenate daylong, weeklong, lifelong when used as an adjective (senior director of lifelong learning, lifelong friends, a weeklong trip)
• nonmatriculated
• nonprofit (one word)
• Off-campus (adj.); off campus (n.)
• percent Use a figure and always write out (5 percent discount); ads are exceptions.
• postgraduate (one word)
• prehospital
• pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary
• preprofessional
• orthopedic v. orthopaedic Use orthopedic except when orthopaedic is used in a proper name.
• résumé
• rollerblading, rollerblades
• trailblazing (adj., one word)
• work-study
• X-ray (n., v., adj.)
• underway AP recently ruled this is one word.
• ZIP code

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Glossary of Tech/Internet Terms

• app (acceptable on first reference, but explanation should be offered)
• blog (lower case)
• CAD computer-assisted design
• database (one word)
• download (one word)
• drop-down menu
• e-commerce
• email (e-mail only on stationery, University standard)
• FAQ (capitalize)
• Facebook
• Google
• google (v.)
• HTML (capitalize, but lower case in Web addresses)
• HTTP (capitalize, but lower case in Web addresses)
• homepage (no hyphen)
• hyperlink (no hyphen)
• Internet (capitalize)
• Intranet
• iPod, iPad, etc. can begin a sentence with a lower-case letter.
• JPG (no E)
• keyword (one word)
• listserv (one word)
• login (n.); log in (v.)
• multimedia (one word)
• newsgroup
• online (no hyphen)
• spreadsheet (one word)
• startup (one word, in context of business or computer)
• Twitter; tweet
• URLs (use shortest form possible: drexel.edu/coas not http://www.drexel.edu/coas/)
• username (one word)
• webcam (no hyphen)
• webcast (one word, lower case)
• Web feed
• webmaster (one word)
• website (one word, lower case)
• the Web (capitalized)
• Web page (always two words)
• World Wide Web
• www (whenever possible, omit “http://” and “www” in website addresses)
• voicemail