April

All are invited to an open house on May 6 to discuss preliminary plans and ideas to improve and beautify Drexel’s University City Campus.

For the fourth year, the Office of the Provost and Drexel Libraries highlighted the work of Drexel’s authors and editors. This year, for the first time, published students were honored along with faculty and staff.

Philadelphia accounting firm Drucker & Scaccetti hires Drexel co-ops on a special winter/spring co-op cycle, rewarding them handsomely with hands-on intensive experience and a generous salary. Another benefit: lots of free catered meals during tax season.

Donna E. Shalala, PhD, president of the Clinton Foundation, former president of the University of Miami and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton, will address the class of 2016 at Drexel’s commencement on June 11 at Citizen’s Bank Park. This marks the first year Drexel will host a University-wide ceremony for the 1,500 graduating students.

April is a month of recognition. Lucy Kerman, PhD, was promoted to senior vice provost for university and community partnerships and all Drexel authors will have their day in the spotlight at the fourth annual Celebrating Drexel Authors event.

A team of researchers from Drexel University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) and Tsinghua University recently discovered a way to improve the recipe and make the resulting materials bigger and better and soaking up energy — the secret? Just add salt.

A new display from The Drexel Collection showcases art created and collected by groundbreaking surgeon Alma Dea Morani, MD. Morani believed that an appreciation of art made better, more humane physicians.

Drexel professors showed how to use robots, trump cat videos and emphasize human interaction through the technology at Online Learning Council’s third Collaboratory.

When asked to sort American whiskeys, consumers were more influenced by alcohol content, age at bottling and product brand.

The National Autism Indicators Report was selected by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee as one of the most influential pieces of research of 2015.

Drexel scientists have introduced a new concept of how the brain is involved in this essential function, providing new insight into how breathing disorders could be treated in the future.

The grandson of Drexel University’s founder Anthony J. Drexel led an illustrious life, which was immortalized in the 1967 Disney musical “The Happiest Millionaire.”

A group of dedicated and licensed emergency medical professionals who are also Drexel students was recently recognized by the top organization in their field by the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation.

A study conducted by a team led by Drexel University scientists found that gun hunting on Bioko Island correlates significantly with lower numbers of the majority of the island’s primate species.

In the spirit of bringing together all of Drexel, Casey Turner and Subir Sahu set out to do something that in past years would have been unheard of: a single commencement ceremony, encompassing all the schools and colleges. And there was only one place to do it: Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Drexel researchers are determining if an investigational treatment can clear the built-up plaque of the protein amyloid before the disease progresses and brain cells are impaired.

Drexel University students earning master's degrees in biomedical engineering now have the option to complete part of their program in China, thanks to an expanded agreement with Med-X Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

Roger Dennis, founding dean of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, will retire next year. Dennis has agreed to stay on through the end of the 2016-17 academic year while the University undertakes a national search for his replacement.

Forget the sleepovers you had as a kid. This adult version gets you up close and personal with some of the weirdest parts of the Academy’s extensive collection, all in the comfort of your pajamas.

The Kline School of Law trial team faced off against some of the best law schools in the country in the finals of the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition and emerged the national champions.

Drexel students created frozen treats to be featured on the menu at Shake Shack’s University City location. The top three finalists were announced in a special culinary contest this month.

Drexel University’s Pennoni Honors College will host a forum on the increasingly complicated issue of free speech featuring two prominent voices in a debate carrying on around the country over where to draw the lines determining the bounds of sensitivity, censorship, freedom and abuse.

Now that spring has sprung, students can better appreciate nature in and outside of the city with the Drexel Naturalists’ Association.

The Drexel Food Lab is a self-supporting research group that is part of the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, developing recipes for a variety of industry clients and good food causes. They recently worked with Love Beets, to see what could be rendered out of the red root.

In town hall meetings at Drexel’s Center City and Queen Lane campuses, President John A. Fry said communication between colleges sparked the successes of the past year and detailed how it will be even more important in the years to come.

A team of researchers from the USDA’s Forest Service and Drexel University used naturally-growing tree moss to monitor the air of Portland, Oregon, and provide an accurate map of chemicals found in the air in different parts of the city.

Drexel researchers have discovered a new strategy for squeezing drugs into dense tumors.

Drexel’s Center for Cultural Partnerships has paired with the historic Philadelphia institution to bring Drexel students to the museum both for class and free time.

Four research teams at Drexel University will be joining in the scientific work of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative through a series of funds administered by the Academy of Natural Sciences and financially supported by the William Penn Foundation.

President John A. Fry raised a glass to the individuals and colleges involved in bringing Advanced Functional Fabrics of America to Drexel in the first of three town halls this spring. He also delved into Schuylkill Yards, civic engagement and expanding online education.

Comedy isn’t an easy thing to create, and in a Q&A for Pennoni Honors College, veteran film producer William Horberg will explain how comedy films are so distinct and what goes into putting them together.

Photographer Harvey Wang began taking pictures as a teenager. He was mid-career when the tools of his craft were made nearly obsolete with the transition from film to digital. In a new film, “From Darkroom to Daylight,” Wang documents this dramatic journey, exploring how others navigated the change and how it has affected them and their work.

James D. Gundell, co-chief operating officer and facilitating leader for women’s clothing brand EILEEN FISHER, Inc. will join Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on April 14 as the 2016 Design & Merchandising Distinguished Speaker.

The U.S. Department of Defense has tapped Drexel University as a key leader in the creation of a $75 million national research institute that will support American textile manufacturers in bringing sophisticated new materials and textiles to the marketplace. The institute, called Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, will be a national manufacturing resource center for industry and government to draw on academic expertise in new fibers and textiles. The result will be fabrics engineered to see, hear, sense and communicate; serving an array of industries including aerospace, apparel, architecture and health.

The U.S. Department of Defense has tapped Drexel University as a key leader in the creation of a $75 million national research institute that will support American textile manufacturers in bringing sophisticated new materials and textiles to the marketplace. The institute, called Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, will be a national manufacturing resource center for industry and government to draw on academic expertise in new fibers and textiles. The result will be fabrics engineered to see, hear, sense and communicate; serving an array of industries including aerospace, apparel, architecture and health.