February

View of Drexel Main Building Main Court Heard Around Campus — February 2024
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Climate Change Linked to Rise in Mental Distress Among Teens, according to Drexel Study
Worsening human-induced climate change may have effects beyond the widely reported rising sea levels, higher temperatures, and impacts on food supply and migration – and may also extend to influencing mental distress among high schoolers in the United States.
COVID-19 Drexel Researchers Find Possible Predictor of COVID-19 Severity
Looking closely at one of the antibodies produced to fight COVID-19, researchers at Drexel University’s College of Medicine have uncovered a trait that could be used to predict severity of a COVID-19 case.
Image of area around Drexel's campus Drexel University Releases 2023 President's Report on Powerful Partnerships
This year’s report celebrates the myriad collaborations, which have helped to power the University’s accomplishments on many fronts: rankings, student retention, reputation, research investments, and new alliances to secure our future as a thriving, innovative and civically engaged teaching and research institution.
Faculty in white lab coats working in a lab with microscopes. Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
Last term, Drexel professors were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
Outgoing CEO Don Mueller in front of the hospital. St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Announces Leadership Transition
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children today announced a change in leadership as Don Mueller shared his plans to resign from his role as president and CEO. Robert Brooks, the current chief operating officer (COO) at St. Christopher’s, will transition during the coming months into the role of president and COO.
A pile of french fries, burgers, donuts, cookies, chips and other high sugar and high fat foods. A Closer Look at Cannabis Use and Binge Eating
New research from Drexel University’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center), examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally, and whether patients who use cannabis experience more severe eating disorder symptoms or symptoms of struggling with mental health.
Paper cut outs of a home and family of three under a Medicaid umbrella Number of At-Risk Youth with Intellectual Disability and Autism in the U.S. Foster Care System is Growing
Recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, researchers at Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, in collaboration with George Mason University’s Department of Social Work and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Social Work, engaged an intersectional analysis to examine foster care involvement among youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (including autism) and how it has evolved in the United States using a cross-section of 2016 national Medicaid claims data.
The meeting was led by Drexel University’s Vice Provost of Global Engagement Rogelio Miñana, PhD, photographed standing on right at the event, and Vice Provost of Global Engagement at Temple University Emilia Zankina, PhD, standing on left. Drexel Helps Promote Philadelphia as a Premier Destination for Global Education
Last month, the University hosted and co-led an annual meeting with approximately 50 representatives from local universities, city government and organizations to brainstorm creative and effective strategies.
Image of the bridge near the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building on Drexel's University City Campus. Protect Your Heart, Don’t Get Burned and Other Safety Tips for February
Public Safety & U — February 2024
Drexel Joins U.S. Department of Commerce's AI Safety Consortium
Drexel University has joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. The effort, led by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, will bring together academics, government and industry researchers, civil society organizations and AI creators and users to form the U.S. AI Safety Consortium.
Dawn Medley Q&A: Dawn Medley on How Drexel is Tackling the FAFSA Delay
Drexel’s new senior vice president for enrollment management shares her approach to smoothing the way for admitted students in the midst of a federal financial aid delay.
Mxene-coated wave guide MXene-coated Devices Can Guide Microwaves in Space and Lighten Payloads
One of the most important components of satellites that enable telecommunication is the waveguide, which is a metal tube for guiding radio waves. It is also one of the heaviest payloads satellites carry into orbit. As with all space technology, reducing weight means reducing the amount of expensive and greenhouse gas-producing fuel it takes to launch a rocket, or increasing the number of devices carried by the same rocket to space. Researchers from Drexel University and the University of British Columbia are trying to lighten the load by creating and testing a waveguide made from 3D-printed polymers coated with a conductive nanomaterial called MXene.