October

Dr. Marla Gold, dean of Drexel’s School of Public Health, is available to comment on Democratic mayoral nominee Michael Nutter’s health plan for Philadelphia.

Credential applications are no longer accepted online. If you are interested in covering the Debate at Drexel, you will need to present a proper state press identification and Drexel will try to accomodate you depending on availability. Credentials may be picked up at the Debate at Drexel Press Office, Creese Student Center, 32nd and Chestnut Streets.

For usage guidelines, please visit debatepolicy.msnbc.com. The NBC provided Pool Feed is available at the following coordinates: AMC6 1/A. The debate will also be distributed via the pool switch in Washington, DC.

Philadelphia police say part of Chestnut Street in the University City neighborhood will be closed for a debate of Democratic presidential hopefuls, the Associated Press reports.

Hosting the democratic presidential candidates debate at Drexel, will officially launch the Drexel Votes 2008 Task Force. Drexel students, faculty and staff formed the coalition in an effort to educate students on how to become engaged citizens in a democratic society.

The following briefs Drexel University students, faculty and staff on the activities surrounding the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. The debate will be broadcast by MSNBC from the Main Building Auditorium from 9 to 11 p.m. (EDT).

Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively somehow different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion?

The Drexel Executive MBA placed second only to The Wharton School in Greater Philadelphia.

We’ll fall back on Nov. 4 this year, and that’s a week later than it used to be. Dr. Erik P. Rau, auxiliary professor of politics in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences, is available to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of extended daylight-saving time.

A pioneer advocate who brought to national attention the “double bind” of sexism and racism that women and minorities face in science, Shirley Malcom will deliver the keynote address at Drexel’s annual Founders Day Convocation on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Drexel students and digital media professor Glen Muschio are piecing together history and artifacts to bring 18th century colonial Philadelphia to life not only for locals but for people worldwide via a virtual world similar to Second Life.

Drexel University released credentialing information today for the Democratic presidential candidates debate that it will host on Tuesday, October 30 2007.

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business has been named one of the nation’s top 10 schools for entrepreneurs in the latest Entrepreneur-Princeton Review rankings of graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs.

Drexel' LeBow College of Business has appointed Dr. Hsihui Chang as the first holder of the KPMG Professor of Accounting, Dean George P. Tsetsekos, announced.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Drexel University College of Medicine on Oct. 4 received contracts to manage two new study sites in The National Children’s Study.

Drexel University paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara is among the team of researchers that discovered fossils belonging to a bizarre dinosaur that lived on Earth more than 115 million years ago.

Drexel University will host a Democratic presidential candidates debate Oct. 30, University President Constantine Papadakis announced. It will be the first presidential candidates debate to be held in Pennsylvania during this cycle.

About 100 leading Greater Philadelphia spine researchers from university, clinical and corporate backgrounds will gather to hear the latest research developments on spine mechanics, materials and pain relief Oct. 9 at a Drexel symposium.

Christopher Ferguson, a Drexel alumnus and veteran NASA astronaut, will command Endeavour’s STS-126 mission, targeted for launch in September 2008.

Richard Hamilton, M.D., chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine is leading the team that is evaluating the medical suitability of future commercial space travelers.