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Public Safety and U — January 2026

Drexel University has signed a landmark lease selecting Gattuso Development Partners’ and Vigilant Holdings’ best-in-class life science development, 3201 Cuthbert Street, as the future home for its medical research and laboratory operations. The long-term lease agreement, which encompasses four floors totaling 150,741 square feet, marks a transformative step that will bring the entirety of research operations for the Drexel University College of Medicine to University City.

Psychology professor Eric Zillmer, PsyD, shared why you should focus more on experiences than results when coming up with New Year’s resolutions.

The Alumni Turkey Project and Military Family Care Package Drive shared holiday meals and other household items and goods with members of the community.

If you’ve got a colleague in mind who would be a great fit for the Drexel Leaders: Advancing Dragon Leadership program, you’re interested in Public Safety’s SAFE class, or you’re curious why Drexel recommends Adobe Express (free for all employees) over Canva, be sure to read this month's edition.

Drexel President Antonio Merlo presents the 2025 President’s Report, a snapshot of the innovation and dedication driving Drexel’s students, faculty, professional staff and alumni.

Some of the most-clicked articles read by the Drexel community were about the University’s new president — and the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl win.

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved proof-of-principle success with “silence and replace” gene therapy — an approach that uses a viral vector to silence genes with disease-causing mutations and replace them with healthy genes — to prevent and even reverse disease progression.

More than 300 representatives from community-based organizations, public health, emergency management, academia, utilities, philanthropy, insurance and finance shared their communities’ experiences with severe weather disasters in a new report from The Environmental Collaboratory at Drexel University. The report identifies avenues for preparing, protecting and supporting communities that have been most affected by increasingly common severe weather.

Dragons drew objects from Drexel University’s art collection — and you can now see both the art and the work it inspired in a new, free exhibition.

This quiz is themed around leaders throughout institutional history — including Drexel’s newest president.

This year, Dragons saved as much as $8 million by refilling 3.2 million water bottles at hydration stations on the University City Campus.

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business today announced the establishment of the Manuel Stamatakis Center for Alternative Investments, a new academic hub designed to prepare students for leadership in the rapidly expanding global market for private and alternative assets.

From group hours to quiet alcoves, a good study spot is essential.

Learn more about training, support, reporting and resources related to the University’s discrimination, harassment and retaliation policy and sexual harassment and misconduct policy.