August

News and updates for faculty and professional staff from last month.

Amid an uncertain time for the future of COVID-19, and whether new variants will appear, a recently published prediction formula — built using data from 1,102 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in 20 hospitals nationwide — now gives a better estimation about an individual’s projected disease outlook and could help the research community understand why some individuals have a level of natural immunity and why others are more susceptible to severe infection.

New murals, gardens, seating and even a dog park recently opened near the eastern side of the University City Campus.

Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences and College of Medicine have found a potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. Expanding on their previous research on Tip60 histone acetyltransferase (HAT), known as the Tip60 enzyme, which controls genes that promote learning and memory in the brain, the Drexel research team generated small molecular compounds that activate Tip60 and restore deficits in the brain found in Alzheimer’s disease patients, such as gene expression programs linked to learning, memory and neurodegeneration.

Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions worked with people who have obesity to redesign what an “ideal” primary care visit could look like and validate their ideal visit concept among a sample of adults with obesity.

Drexel University’s founder built a famous Wall Street banking house, popularized a seaside town visited by U.S. presidents and helped fund a retirement home for union printers.

Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery will host a pair of exhibitions that showcase the digital design talents of students, faculty and local artists whose work transforms human experience through digital rendering and explores the effects of technology on humanity. The exhibitions — Digital Twin and Heavy Merge — will be open to the public from Aug. 19 to Oct. 4, 2025, at the Pearlstein Gallery at 3401 Filbert St.

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business has named Jami McKeon, chair of Morgan Lewis, as its 2025 Business Leader of the Year.

Public Safety and U – August 2025

To better understand the communication difficulties experienced by autistic adults and help the clinicians and researchers who have autistic people in their lives, researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute reviewed recent research on the subject and crafted a set of recommendations.

Last term, Drexel University’s colleges, schools and departments received funding, created partnerships and otherwise contributed to the success of Drexel’s academic enterprise. This update offers a snapshot of activity, courtesy of the Office of the Provost.

The University’s Talent Development team gave a full rundown of everything Career Pathway has to offer to Drexel faculty and professional staff.

Tim Gorichanaz, a professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, has been running ultramarathons for more than a decade and just ran the historic Western States.

A new exhibition in Drexel University’s Rincliffe Gallery explores the unique role of Army engineers during World War I, focusing on college-aged students in Philadelphia and institutions like Drexel, that played a role in supporting the war effort. Following the story of a local college student — from his training at the armory in Philadelphia to the trenches of the Western Front — the exhibition shows how vital engineers were to war effort and how pivoting to support U.S. involvement in WWI laid the foundation for Drexel’s distinctive experiential educational model.