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November 11, 2025
Last term, Drexel University faculty members were recognized for their scholarly research and prolific academic and professional contributions. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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November 10, 2025
On November 6, 2025, the College of Medicine hosted its annual Discovery Day at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, offering attendees a full day to explore cutting-edge research shaping the future of clinical, translational and biomedical sciences.
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October 30, 2025
Last term, Drexel University’s colleges, schools and departments received funding, created partnerships and otherwise contributed to the success of Drexel’s academic enterprise.
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October 28, 2025
Students have earned fellowships, scholarships, awards and more over the past quarter.
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October 22, 2025
Faculty and colleagues recently gathered to honor Kenny J. Simansky, PhD, professor emeritus of pharmacology and physiology, and psychiatry, who stepped down as senior vice dean of the Office of Research in July. For more than 40 years, Dr. Simansky’s visionary leadership, pioneering research and unwavering dedication to education made him a driving force behind the College’s evolution.
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October 20, 2025
Scientists from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center have uncovered a crucial structural feature of a key malaria drug target, known as PfATP4, and discovered a previously unknown binding partner that could reshape antimalarial drug design.
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October 9, 2025
Drexel University announced the launch of Drexel Health Clinical Operations, a transformative initiative that unifies all clinical health services under a centralized structure. Drexel Health Clinical Operations will streamline operations and ensure compliance across the University’s diverse clinical enterprise, which spans 28 clinical entities across eight colleges and schools.
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October 9, 2025
Every summer since 2003, dozens of rising second-year undergraduate students at Drexel University have received funding to spend 10 weeks learning the ropes of research either in established labs or as independent study. It’s all part of the Pennoni Honors College’s STAR Scholars program, which has enabled generations of Dragons to research advanced topics at a higher level — all in their first year at the University.
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September 26, 2025
While Drexel University’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center has offered the Young Dragons summer camp for local middle school students since 2016, this year’s program had more weeks, more participants, more programs, more partners and more field trips than ever before.
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September 4, 2025
Last month, at the annual White Coat Ceremony, the College of Medicine welcomed its newest class of medical students. Upon matriculation, they are placed into one of seven learning societies, giving them the opportunity to build relationships with their peers from day one. Each society is named after a famous historical Philadelphia or Reading, Pennsylvania, landmark.
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