February

Christopher Sales, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was a guest on the Feb. 26 edition of WHYY-Radio's "Radio Times," in a segment about the future of public transportation. Sales is leading a research collaboration between Drexel and SEPTA.

Jeffrey Jordan, Promise Neighborhood outreach coordinator, was quoted in a Feb. 26 KYW-Newsradio (1060-AM) story about his effort to gather and distribute supplies to community members in need during the pandemic.

Kevin Gillen, PhD, senior research fellow in the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, was quoted in a Feb. 26 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) ​story about Philadelphia’s housing market moving from red hot to white hot, according to the Lindy Institute of Urban Innovation’s latest housing market report.

A Feb. 16 Reuters story about cleanup efforts at the former site of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, that quoted Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz professor of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, was picked up by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Feb. 25.

Sharrona Pearl, PhD, an assistant teaching professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was mentioned in a Feb. 24 Chicago Tribune article profiling artist Riva Lehrer, who is painting a portrait of Pearl via Zoom.

David Goldberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was mentioned in Feb. 24 New York Times story about a new world map he helped to design. The map is a two-sided, flat disk that minimizes map distortions, making it more similar to a globe than other flat maps.

Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Jose Tapia Granados,PhD, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, were quoted in Feb. 23 Bloomberg opinion article about how COVID-19 is effecting new estimates of life expectancy.

Sharing Excess, a non-profit startup founded by Evan Ehlers while he was a student at the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, was featured in a Feb. 23 Philadelphia magazine story. As hunger in 2020 worsened in the city and food supply streams grew more unpredictable, the organization helped bridge the gap between excess food in grocery stores and restaurants and food-insecure Philadelphians. By December, Sharing Excess had rescued one million pounds of food.

Usama Bilal, PhD, MD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 22 MSN News story about Spain registering its peak of COVID-19 deaths of the country’s third wave.

David R. Hoffman, JD, practice professor in the Kline School of Law authored a Feb. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer opinion article about the necessity of more funding for nursing homes in the U.S. – particularly those fighting the pandemic and facing the possibility of bankruptcy.

Antonios Kontsos, a professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Feb. 22 Washington Post story about the FAA inspecting Boeing 777 fan blade failures in light of an engine explosion on a United Air flights that littered debris across the Denver area.

Sharrelle Barber, ScD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer story, also published in the Philadelphia Daily News, about the growing hope brought on by the COVID-19 vaccine mingling with the deep grief people are experiencing as the U.S. marked 500,000 coronavirus-related deaths.

Drexel's Entrepreneurial Game Studio in the ExCITe Center was featured on the Feb. 20 episode of NBC Sports Philadelphia's "FTW Philly." Frank Lee, PhD, a professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and director of the Entrepreneurial Game Studio, was interviewed along with Chris McCole, a research programer at EGS, and alumnus Thomas Sharpe.

Zachary A. Klase, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 19 Philadelphia Inquirer article about how to prepare for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.

David Goldberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was mentioned in Feb. 18 The Verge article about a new world map he helped to design. The map is a two-sided, flat disk that minimizes map distortions, making it more similar to a globe than other flat maps.

Drexel President John Fry was included in a Feb. 18 Philadelphia Citizen story about “disruptive” leaders in the city who would make good candidates for mayor.

Michelle Lowry, PhD, TD Bank Professor of Finance at the LeBow School of Business and academic director of the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute, was quoted in a Feb. 17 Philadelphia Inquirer story about Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency, surging past $50,000 this week, stunning finance professionals who had dismissed it as a fad.

David Goldberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was mentioned in a Feb. 16 Daily Mail (United Kingdom) article about a new world map co-designed by Goldberg. The map is a two-sided flat disk that minimizes map distortions, making it more similar to a globe than other flat maps.

Eric Zillmer, PsyD, the Carl R. Pacifico professor of Neuropsychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of Athletics, was quoted in a Feb. 16 Washington Post article about feeling envious of those who have received COVID-19 vaccines while waiting to receive it and how to cope with “vaccine envy.”

John Kounios, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Feb. 16 TIME article about how the feeling of loss and unproductivity during the pandemic may provide hope for life after the pandemic. The article was also published on Yahoo “Life.”

Harris Steinberg, a professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and executive director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, was featured in the Feb. 16 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) ​story about big infrastructure projects that could transform the region.

Usama Bilal, PhD, MD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 13 WHYY.org story about how to celebrate the holiday weekend as safely as possible.

Brian Stuart, PhD, an associate teaching professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, was interviewed in a Feb. 12 episode of KYW-Newsradio’s “In Depth” podcast about the 75th anniversary of ENIAC, the first computer.

Joseph Amon, PhD, a clinical professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 11 WHYY.org article about a recent CDC study that suggested double masking may offer more protection than one mask against the coronavirus.

Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, a professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, authored a Feb. 10 Philadelphia Citizen article about Philadelphia restaurant owner Jezebel Careaga’s pivot to nontraditional revenue streams during the pandemic to not only survive, but grow her business.

Gladys Ijeoma Akunna, PhD, a visiting scholar in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, co-authored a Feb. 8 The Guardian Nigeria essay on understanding and recovering Black agency after suffering physical, psychological and political violence.

Stephen Lankenau, PhD, a professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 8 KYW Newsradio story about a study finding an association between excessive marijuana use and self-harm among young people with mood disorders.

Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PHD, dean at the Dornsife School of Public Health, and Sarah Long, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine, were featured in a Feb. 6 Philadelphia Inquirer article about failures in the vaccine response to the pandemic.

Karl Fowlkes, an adjunct professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was quoted in a Feb. 6 Rolling Stone story about singer Morgan Wallen’s record label suspending his contract after he was captured on camera using a racial slur.

Usama Bilal, PhD, MD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 5 Philadelphia Inquirer article about line-jumping to get COVID-19 vaccines. The article was also published by MSN Lifestyle.

Lindsay Shea, DrPH, director of the Policy and Analytics Center and assistant professor in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was quoted in a Feb. 5 WHYY.org story about advocacy for individuals with autism to be given vaccine priority.

Mimi Sheller, PhD, a professor and director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Feb. 5 WHYY.org story, that also ran on WITF.org (NPR - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), about the racial hierarchy that continues today in Philadelphia’s public spaces and transportation.

Igor Burstyn, PhD, an associate professor, and Tran Huynh, PhD, an assistant professor, both at the Dornsife School of Public Health, were quoted in a Feb. 5 Philadelphia Inquirer story about their research finding that Philadelphians experienced increased anxiety and depression during the first wave of COVID-19.

David Cohen, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Feb. 4 Slate article about the parallel tactics between the Capitol invasion and clinic harassment.