December

SEPTA’s 30th Street Station for the Market-Frankford Line and City Trolleys will soon include the name of an iconic Philadelphia institution that is served by this transit hub. Under a new naming rights agreement between SEPTA and Drexel University, the station will be transformed into Drexel Station at 30th Street. This marks SEPTA’s most recent station naming rights agreement, which help generate revenue and deliver an improved experience for customers.

Young adults who are more familiar with e-cigarette marketing practices are more likely to have attitudes against vaping than those unaware of the industry’s marketing, according to a study led by Drexel University public health researchers published this month in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control.

Updates around campus for December.

The University continued three of its traditional and annual ways of giving back to the community during the holiday — including one that has been providing holiday meals for community members for 50 years.

The University received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

Three different colleges and the Office of University Collections and Exhibitions received financial support to create new positions bolstering Drexel’s excellence and expertise in a variety of fields.

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This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost and the Office of University and Community Partnerships.

Paul partnered with the student organization Drexel Dragon Jedi to bring his sword expertise to Philadelphia over a weekend in January during an event that will be open to the public.

The job market for college graduates in 2024 will be as dynamic as it is promising, according to the 53rd Annual College Hiring Outlook report from Drexel University and Michigan State University.

Public Safety & U – December 2023

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete. Fiber reinforcement has been around since the first masons were mixing horsehair into their mud. But the Drexel research team is taking this method to the next level by turning reinforcing fibers into a living tissue system that rushes concrete-healing bacteria to the site of cracks to repair the damage.

A recent study from researchers in Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions and Dornsife School of Public Health aimed to understand the challenges and supports affecting individuals with GI cancer and their caregivers when it comes to maintaining a healthy diet and avoiding malnutrition.

Students attended a talk by United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, and Cynthia Germanotta to learn about the loneliness epidemic and how to combat it in small, impactful ways every day.