September

The Academy of Natural Sciences’ new exhibit “Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly” was featured in a Sept. 30 KYW-TV (CBS-3) segment.

Sean Stallworth, a coordinator in the Academy of Natural Sciences, was quoted in a Sept. 30 KYW-Newsradio (1060-AM) story about the praying mantises.

Drexel was mentioned as the host of the 2015 U.S. Open Squash Championships in a Sept. 30 PhillyVoice story. The tournament will be held at the Daskalakis Athletic Center from Oct. 8-17.

A Drexel study on the toll illegal logging is taking on bird communities in Ghana was featured on Audubon.org on Sept. 30. Lead author Nicole Arcilla, postdoctoral research associate in the Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES) Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted.

John Rich, PhD, a professor in the Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 30 Philadelphia Inquirer story about MacArthur Foundation grants.

The “Immortal Beauty” exhibition hosted by the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design was featured on KYW Newsradio 1060-AM and WXTF-TV(FOX-29) on Sept. 30. Curator Clare Sauro was quoted. The exhibition was also featured on the Two Nerdy History Girls blog.

Erin R. Graham, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an opinion piece for TheWashington Post’s “Monkey Cage” blog on Sept. 30 about the funding problems of the United Nations.

Neeta Fogg, PhD, a labor economist in the Center for Labor Markets and Policy, was quoted in a Sept. 30 Philadelphia Inquirer story about Philadelphia’s ranking as America’s biggest city with the highest rate of deep poverty.

Michael Yudell, PhD, an associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention in the School of Public Health, authored a Sept. 30 post for Philly.com’s “The Public’s Health” blog, published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, about a local screening of “Kings Park: Stories From an American Mental Institution."

Drexel was named in a Sept. 29 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the stalled demolition of the Drake building, which is being turned into a theater. Drexel will be hosting several of PlayPenn’s workshops that were originally scheduled to take place in the newly remodeled Drake building.

Drexel was included in a Sept. 29 Business Insider story ranking the smartest colleges in the country.

The Immortal Beauty exhibition of highlights from the Fox Historic Costume Collection, hosted by the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was featured on Uwishunu.com on Sept. 28. It also was spotlighted in MainLine Magazine.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 28 Philadelphia Daily News story about StudyTree, an app that connects college students with on-demand peer tutoring, the program was developed by alumnus Ethan Keiser while he was a student at Drexel.

An opinion piece on why defunding Planned Parenthood is unconstitutional by David S. Cohen, JD, an associate professor in the Kline School of Law, ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sept. 28. He also was quoted in a Guardian story about an abortion clinic in Mississippi on Sept. 28.

Research on “disconnected” youth by Paul Harrington, PhD, a professor in the School of Education and director of the Center for Labor Markets and Policy, and Neeta Fogg, PhD, a labor economist in the Center, was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sept. 28. Harrington was also quoted in a Boston Globe story about millenials and a mobile labor market on Sept. 25. On Sept. 28, he was quoted in a Providence Journal article about Gear Up, a program to help low-income students attend college.

Jin Wen, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Sept. 28 Buildings.com story about her research to developed a cloud-based building management system for detecting faults.

Robert Field, JD, PhD, a professor in the Kline School of Law and School of Public Health, was quoted in a MedPageToday.com article on Sept. 28 about what the departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner means for health care.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 25 WPVI-TV (6-abc) story about the National Guard helping to provide security during the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia. The National Guard was stationed at the Armory during the Papal visit.

Maria Schultheis, PhD, a professor and director of clinical training in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Sept. 25 ThinkProgress.org story about breakthroughs in virtual reality technology.

Drexel was noted in a Technically Philly story about the Science Center’s new project with Wexford Science + Technology that will be located on the University City High School site purchased in 2014 by Drexel University City Development, LLC, the joint venture between Drexel and Wexford.

An upcoming exhibition on butterflies at the Academy of Natural Sciences was noted in the Burlington County Times and Legal Intelligencer on Sept. 24.

Amy Landers, JD, professor and director of the intellectual property law program at the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a KYW Newsradio story on Sept. 24 about the copyright expiring on the song “Happy Birthday.”

A series of special commentary in Nature Climate Change on the pope’s encyclical on climate change was featured on BuzzFeed.com on Sept. 24. Robert Brulle, PhD,a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 24 NJ.com story about the PennEast pipeline.

Sandra Bloom, MD, associate professor in the School of Public Health, was interviewed on WHYY’s “Radio Times” on Sept. 23 about a new documentary sheds light on the emotional trauma that professional caregivers often feel from working with traumatized people.

Sinan Orhon, a freshman in the Center for Hospitality & Sport Management, was quoted in a Sept. 22 Philly Voice article about the freshman experience for those new to Philadelphia.

The Academy of Natural Sciences was mentioned in a Sept. 21 NJ.com article about local attractions offering ecclesiastical exhibits in honor of Pope Francis.

Drexel research on sexting was mentioned in a Sept. 21 Washington Post article about sexting charges brought against a teenage couple.

The Academy of Natural Sciences was mentioned in a Sept. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer article about an influx of cell phone service towers for the Pope’s visit.

Drexel’s Center for Hospitality & Sport Management was mentioned in a Sept. 21 Philadelphia City Paper article for its Korean Cuisine Course.

Youngmoo Kim, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering and director of the ExCITe Center, was featured in a Sept. 21 Technically Philly post about his podcast about the evolution of robots.

Kevin Gillen, senior fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, was quoted in a Sept. 20 Philadelphia Inquirer article about research on distressed home sales in the Philadelphia region.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 20 Boston Globe story about top universities revamping their medical schools’ curriculums.

Scott White, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, was quoted in a Sept. 20 Morning Call story and a Sept. 21 NJ.com story about the country’s security preparations for the upcoming Papal visit.

Robert Brehm, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was interviewed in a Sept. 17 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) story about airplanes sinking in the hot asphalt at Philadelphia International Airport.

Research by Emily Stasko, a doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, about the prevalence of “sexting,” sending sexually explicit text messages, among adults, was discussed on ESPN’s “Mike & Mike” show on Sept. 16.

Mariana Chilton, PhD, an associate professor and director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities in the School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 17 Philadelphia Inquirer article about poverty levels in Philadelphia and Camden. Neeta Fogg, PhD, labor expert at Drexel's Center for Labor Markets and Policy, was also quoted.

Robert Brulle, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Vice News article on Sept. 17 about the Republican party and conservation.

Daniel Korschun, PhD, an associate professor in the LeBow College of Business, was mentioned in a Boston Globe article on Sept. 16 about an event he moderated on the Market Basket controversy.

Research by Michael Lowe, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and his former doctoral student Alice Ely, about the correlation between eating and responding to romantic cues, was discussed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, on Sept. 16 on his syndicated radio show.

Robert Field, JD, PhD, a professor in the Kline School of Law and School of Public Health, was quoted in a KYW 1060-AM story on Sept.16 about the new OMNIA health system.

Kevin Gillen, PhD, a senior research fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, was quoted in a Sept. 16 Philly Voice post about housing in Lower Northeast Philadelphia.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 16 Philadelphia Business Journal article about its involvement in uCity Square.

Andrea Forte, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, was quoted in Sept. 15 USA Today and BBC News stories about Facebook developing a “dislike” button.

A food waste program piloted by Drexel’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management was featured on National Geographic’s “The Plate” on Sept. 15. Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, director of the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, was quoted.

Drexel was included in a Sept. 15 Huffington Post story about useless college surveys.

Richardson Dilworth, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Center for Public Policy, was quoted in a Philadelphia Citizen post on Sept. 15 about Atlanta’s civic health.

Robert Brulle, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in an Alternet.org story on Sept. 15 that was picked up by Salon.com about climate change as a polarizing political issue.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 14 Philadelphia Inquirer article as one of Philadelphia’s largest employers.

Kevin Gillen, PhD, a senior research fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation was quoted in a Sept. 13 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the loss of office space in Center City.

William Rosenberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a panelist on EBUR-TV’s “Fresh Outlook” on Sept. 12 regarding the refugee crisis and the NFL’s “deflategate” scandal. He also was an analyst on POTUS XM 124 analyzing the second Republican Debate on Sept. 16. Link to video (Part 2)Link to video (Part 3)

Drexel’s Recreation Center was named in a Sept. 11 Philadelphia Inquirer article about ways for nonstudents to take advantage of colleges and universities.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 11 Philly.com “News Brief” section for teaming with Philo, a startup TV service.

Research by Emily Stasko, a doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, about the prevalence of “sexting,” sending sexually explicit text messages, among adults, was featured in Men’s Journal on Sept. 11.

Paul C. Furtaw, PsyD, associate director of counseling in Drexel’s Office of Counseling and Health, was quoted in a Philadelphia Business Journal article on Sept. 11 about Drexel’s status as the first U.S. college to deploy a “mental health kiosk” on campus. The story was also featured on WCAU-TV (NBC-10).

Ellen Staurowksy, EdD, a professor in the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, was quoted in a Reason blog article on Sept. 11 about the worth of college football players.

The upcoming “Immortal Beauty” exhibition in the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design was spotlighted in the “Fall Arts Guide” of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News on Sept. 11.

A food waste program piloted by Drexel’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management was featured on FoodNavigator.com on Sept. 10.

Drexel was included in a KYW-TV (CBS-3) story about local colleges and universities included in the latest edition of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, which came out Sept. 9.

Scott White, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, was quoted in a Sept. 10 USA Today story about cyber attacks on the U.S. Department of Energy.

Michael Yudell, PhD, an associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention in the School of Public Health, authored a Sept. 10 Philadelphia Inquirer book review about “Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity.”

Harris Steinberg, executive director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and distinguished teaching professor in the Westphal College, was quoted in a PhillyMag.com story on Sept. 10 about employees leaving WHYY.

Research from Drexel’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems was mentioned in a Sept. 9 Philadelphia City Paper column about a benchtop bio printer that Kara Spiller, PhD, an assistant professor in the School is using to make bone scaffolds.

David S. Cohen, JD, associate professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Deutsche Welle story on Sept. 9 about anti-abortion activists pushing Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.

FlyingKite.com featured the new EAT Café, a pay-what-you-can café in West Philadelphia run by the Center for Hunger Free Communities in the School of Public Health and the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management with the Vetri Foundation, on Sept. 8. Lili Dodderidge, communications coordinator for the Center for Hunger Free Communities, and Donnell Jones-Craven, EAT Café's general manager, were quoted.

Witnesses to Hunger, a program of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities in the School of Public Health at Drexel University, was mentioned in a Philadelphia Inquirer article on Sept. 11 for participating in a community table event hosted by SHARE Philadelphia.

Ishwar Khatiwada, a labor economist in Drexel’s Center for Labor Markets and Policy, was quoted in a Marketplace.org article on Sept. 7 about employers shying away from hiring teens.

Susan Aldridge, PhD, president of Drexel University Online and senior vice president of online learning at Drexel, was quoted in a Sept. 7 Philadelphia Inquirer story about Drexel’s participation in the VETSmart career seminar day.

Gwen Ottinger, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a story on PublicSource.com on Sept. 6 about using air monitoring near oil refineries. The story was picked up by CitizensVoice.com.

Joel Maxcy, PhD, associate professor and interim director of sport management in the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, was quoted in a Tampa Bay Times article on Sept. 5 about a possible football stadium at the University of Southern Florida.

Isabel de Koninck, campus rabbi and executive director of Drexel Hillel, was quoted in a Sept. 4 Jewish Exponent story about celebrating the High Holidays on campus.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 4 New York Times article for helping with sustainable renovations at the Javits Center in New York City.

Scott White, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Computing & Informatics and head of the Computing Security and Technology program, was quoted in a Sept. 4 story on NBCPhiladelphia.com about the challenges of protecting Pope Francis. The story was picked up online by several other NBC affiliates.

Annie Shearer, outcomes research assistant for Drexel University’s Center for Family Intervention Science in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and Guy Diamond, PhD, director of the Center for Family Intervention Science and the doctoral program in Couple and Family Therapy in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, were quoted in a Sept. 4 Daily Mail story about research they conducted on eating disorders of bisexual and questioning women.

Drexel was mentioned in a Sept. 2 WHYY-FM/Newsworks.org story about its high-tech incubator.

A food waste program piloted by Drexel’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management was mentioned in an article on TakePart.com on Sept. 3. It also was featured on Waste360.com on Sept. 8.

Ellen Staurowsky, EdD, a professor in the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, was quoted in an article on Ozy.com on Sept. 3 about data analytics and its possible effect on competitive equity in college football.

Drexel research on sexting in college students was mentioned in a Sept. 3 Mic article about sexting charges brought against a teenage girl.

Youngmoo Kim, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering and director of the ExCITe Center, was mentioned in a Sept. 3 Geekadelphia post for hosting a robot event at the Philadelphia Podcast Festival.

The School of Public Health was mentioned in a Sept. 3 Philadelphia Inquirer article for researching the Independence Blue Cross Foundation’s Blue Safety Net health centers.

Emily Stasko, a doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Sept. 2 Washington Post story about her recent study on the prevalence of “sexting,” sending sexually explicit text messages, among adults.

The College of Medicine was mentioned in a Sept. 2 Philadelphia Business Journal article for partnering with DecisionSim, a Chester County provider of health care simulation-based learning tools.

Educational technology company ApprenNet, founded by Kline School of Law Professor Karl Okamoto, JD, was mentioned in a Sept. 2 Philly.com article about its merger with a San Francisco firm, Handsfree Learning.

Research on the value of college athletes by Ellen Staurowsky, EdD, a professor in the Center for Hospitality and Sport Management, was mentioned in a Huffington Post blog post on Sept. 2 about college athletes unionizing.

Robert Kane, PhD, professor and director of the criminology and justice studies department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article on Sept. 2 about jurors in the Freddie Gray case.

Charles Haas, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering and head of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, was quoted in a Sept. 2 CBS News story about germs in air travel.

Thomas Trojian, MD, professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Sept. 1 Philly.com “Sports Doc” blog post about the toll of playing rugby on the body.

Drexel was included in a Sept. 1 Philadelphia Inquirer article listing all of the new changes and development at local colleges and universities. James Herbert, PhD, founding dean of the Graduate College, was named in correlation with the creation of the Graduate College.

Annette J. Molyneux, PhD, associate dean in the Office of Counseling and Health, was featured in a video and quoted in a Sept. 1 Chronicle of Higher Education article about Drexel’s status as the first U.S. college to deploy a “mental health kiosk” on campus. Paul C. Furtaw, PsyD, associate director of the Counseling Center, was also interviewed. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073741899 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --Annette J. Molyneux, PhD, associate dean in the Office of Counseling and Health, was featured in a video and quoted in a Sept. 1 Chronicle of Higher Education article about Drexel’s status as the first U.S. college to deploy a “mental health kiosk” on campus. Paul C. Furtaw, PsyD, associate director of the Counseling Center, was also interviewed.

James Herbert, PhD, founding dean of the Graduate College, was quoted in a Sept. 1 Bustle article about palm reading.

Paul Harrington, PhD, a professor in the School of Education and director of the Center for Labor Markets and Policy, was quoted in a Providence Journal article on Sept. 1 about undeclared majors.