Frank Otto

News officer

Frank Otto was a staff writer and later a news officer at Drexel from 2014-2018.

Articles

Latino health Undocumented Immigrants Least Likely to See a Doctor, but Still Healthier Than Other Populations
Undocumented immigrants have the worst rates of health care utilization and access, however, they have lower risk of chronic disease than other immigrants and U.S. citizens.
Julia Turshen standing in a kitchen in front of a cutting board where she is slicing onions. Bestselling Cookbook Author Hosting Dinner at EAT Café Fundraiser
Julia Turshen, author of "Feed the Resistance" and "Now & Again" will host a four-course dinner at the EAT Café Sept. 11.
A person's hand holding marijuana Pennsylvania's Youth More Accepting of Marijuana, But Not Using It More, Report Shows
A report by the Pennsylvania State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, which is chaired by a Drexel University professor, found that attitudes toward marijuana became more of its use in recent years as the state legalized it for medical usage.
The title of the legislation papers for the Affordable Care Act Obamacare Relieved Financial Strain of Those Closest to the Federal Poverty Line
While data shows that the Affordable Care Act helped people across the spectrum, a study shows that those around or below the federal poverty line benefitted most.
An X-ray view of the heads of a worker and a soldier ant and the brains inside their head. The worker is much smaller with the brain filling more of its head. You Have One Job: Compared to Multi-Tasking Workers, Soldier Ant Brains Small
A Drexel University study found that ant colonies evolved to spend less energy on developing the brains of soldier ants, who have relatively simple jobs, compared to multi-tasking workers.
An artist's rendering of a blazer shooting neutrinos down to sensors at the IceCube facility in Antarctica Drexel Astrophysicist Proves the Origin of Neutrinos
With nine-and-a-half years of data and a South Pole observatory, a Drexel professor and her colleagues has shown the origin of at least some of the high-energy particles known as "neutrinos."
An elevated view of the Iowa State Senate with some people inside Three-Quarters of U.S. Lawmakers Don't Look to University Scientists for Behavioral Health Research
A study designed to demystify the way research gets into legislators' hands found that the majority don't look to universities to inform their behavioral health policies.
A pair of medics walking with a stretcher near their ambulance. Drexel Research Group Developing New Checklist to Prevent Violence Against Ambulance Workers
A new checklist running down everything from the first dispatch for a call to potential coping strategies for injuries was developed at Drexel and will now be implemented by multiple fire departments, including Philadelphia's.