Heard Around Campus — June 2015
Jun 29 2015
DrexelNow catches you up on construction projects and the messages and items you might have missed throughout this month.
A Q&A With the 2015 Semanik Award Winners
Jun 23 2015
The soccer players honored with Drexel’s highest honor for athletics shared their on-field memories and feelings about receiving the Semanik Awards with DrexelNow.
Drexel Engineers: To Save Water, Cool Power Plants With Wax
Jun 22 2015
Recent drought conditions in California have focused attention on the nation’s need to protect its water supply. As a result, the U.S. Department of Energy is looking for a better way to cool off some of the country’s 7,304 power plants—99 percent of which are water-cooled. With DoE support, researchers from the College of Engineer are developing technology that can cool plants with wax instead of water.
Thick Cortex Could Be Key in Down Syndrome
Jun 19 2015
The thickness of the brain’s cerebral cortex could be a key to unlocking answers about intellectual development in youth with Down Syndrome, according to a new study led by a Drexel psychologist.
Do Insect Societies Share Brain Power?
Jun 17 2015
A new Drexel study suggests that social behavior evolved very differently in the brains of social insects than in vertebrate animals such as mammals, birds and fish.
Underground Ants Can't Take the Heat
Jun 15 2015
A new Drexel study shows underground species of army ants are much less tolerant of high temperatures than their aboveground relatives—and that could mean climate change models lack a key element of how animal physiology could affect responses to changing environments.
Drexel Rugby Wins City 4 Championship
Jun 5 2015
Playing in a showcase tournament at the Collegiate Rugby Championship, Drexel emerged as Philadelphia’s champion and turned some heads as a rising star in the sport.
Learning from the 'Grossness' of Animals
Jun 2 2015
Let’s face it: Animals can be gross. But what can we learn from some of the things that we find disgusting or weird? A new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences shows us.