February

Drexel’s participation in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s AI Safety Institute Consortium was mentioned in a Feb. 28 Technical.ly story. Researchers from the College of Engineering, College of Computing & Informatics and College of Arts and Sciences will contribute to consortium’s efforts to establish safety standards and practices for the development and use of AI technology.

David S. Cohen, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Feb. 28 New York Times article about the rise in awareness of abortion issues and the spike in telemedicine prescriptions.

Sarah Long, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 28 Associated Press article about early estimates on the success of this year’s flu shot. The article was picked up by several regional outlets.

The College of Engineering’s participation in testing an autonomous shuttle bus, which will provide transportation within the Philadelphia Navy Yard, was mentioned in Feb. 27 WHYY, KYW-Newsradio (1060-AM), Billy Penn, Technical.ly Philly, WVPI-TV (6-abc), Philadelphia Inquirer, WCAU-TV (NBC-10) and Philly Voice stories.

Amy Auchincloss, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Feb. 27 HealthDay story about how experiencing climate change disasters can affecting teens' mental health.

Monica Harmon, executive director of Drexel's Community Wellness HUB and an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was interviewed in a Feb. 26 KYW-TV (CBS-3) article about the Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Black Nurses Association's Mini-Nurse Academy. Harmon is also the associations' area chapter president.

Research from Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, a professor, and Jeffrey Lapides, PhD, an adjunct associate professor, both in the College of Medicine, about the role of the brain's microbiome in Alzheimer's was covered in a Feb. 19 New Scientist article.

Dawn Medley, EdD, senior vice president for Enrollment Management, was a guest on the Feb. 16 episode of KYW-Newsradio’s “In Depth” podcast to discuss delays in the rollout of the Department of Education’s new Free Application for Federal Student Aid form.

Eyewear designer June He is working to bring the optical into the Drexel University curriculum.

Sarah Long, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 15 HealthDay article, which also ran on U.S. News & World Report, about a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showing that more than two dozen toddlers and at least 128 pregnant women received the wrong RSV vaccine.

Sarah S. Long, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 14 New York Times article about a new warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that at least 128 pregnant women, and at least 25 children under age 2, received the wrong vaccination for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

Erum N. Ilyas, MD, an interim academic chair in the College of Medicine, was quoted in a Feb. 13 Philadelphia Inquirer article about how to keep skin healthy during winter.

Ali Alamdari, a doctoral student in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Feb. 12 Archinet post about his research with Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, PhD, an assistant professor in the College, to develop an AI-guided system for robotic inspection and monitoring of cracks in concrete structures.

Research on interactions between autistic youth and the criminal justice system led by Lindsay Shea, DrPH, director of the Policy, Analytics and Community Research program and professor in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was mentioned in a Feb. 12 NPR story about a specialty court program to address the behaviors of at-risk juvenile offenders with autism in Nevada.

Bruce Katz, JD, distinguished fellow in the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and co-founder an inaugural director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, authored a Feb. 12 Philadelphia Citizen column about how buying from local suppliers helps to grow local wealth.

David S. Cohen, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Feb. 9 MSN News article about the recent retractions of three studies, cited in Texas district Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling banning mifepristone, that have called into question his decision's credibility and scientific validity.

Andrew Leahey, an adjunct professor in the Kline School of Law, authored a Feb. 6 Bloomberg Law tax column about how AI would provide greater transfer pricing tax transparency.

Rosemary Trout, DHSc, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Feb. 5 Delish article about recent criticisms of oat milk, and how serving size and how it is consumed will affect the potential impact on a person's blood sugar. The piece was also republished by Yahoo! Life.

Afsaneh Razi, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, was a guest on the Feb. 4 edition of NBC-10 "@Issue" to discuss what can be done to keep teens safe on social media while also protecting their privacy.

A Jan. 31 piece about using artificial intelligence to protect teen users on social media, while preserving their privacy, written by Afsaneh Razi, PhD, an assistant professor in the College of Computing & Informatics, for The Conversation, was republished by Fast Company on Feb. 2.

The Academy of Natural Sciences was mentioned in a Feb. 2 Smithsonian story about a number of new hedgehog species that Academy researchers helped to identify in collaboration with researchers at the National Museum of Natural History.

Robert D'Ovidio, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed during a Feb. 2 KYW-TV (CBS-3) news segment about using AI to moderate criminal content on online platforms like YouTube.

Drexel was mentioned in Feb. 1 Philadelphia Business Journal and Feb. 2 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) stories about the Eagles Autism Foundation funding community and research projects with money raised during the 2023 Eagles Autism Challenge.

Charlotte Hagerman, PhD, an assistant research professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Feb. 1 New York Post article on her recently published research on the practice of self-compassion helping people cope with weight loss setbacks and pursuing their goals faster. The article was republished on Yahoo! News.