Studying the Life Aquatic
Sep 28, 2012
Graduate student Karen Sullam is fascinated by and currently studying a most interesting area of aquatic life and ecosystems—fish guts.
DNEWS Wins NATAS Award
Sep 28, 2012
DNEWS, the-student produced news magazine on all things Drexel, has won a National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for Best College Production Newscast.
PFD Fire Safey App
Sep 27, 2012
The Philadelphia Fire Department and Drexel University are teaming up to release the “Philadelphia Fire Department Safety App,” a program giving smartphone users instant access to a wide range of safety and emergency preparedness information. The web-based application, optimized for iOS and Android platforms, will include information about smoke alarms, home escape planning, hospital locations and first aid tips.
Walnut Hill Community Farm
Sep 27, 2012
Neighborhood outreach turned an old SEPTA lot into a community garden at 46th and Market streets. Some ingenuity from a group of freshman engineering students at Drexel University is helping to keep it sustainable. This summer, 11 students from a freshman design class in the College of Engineering took on the challenge of irrigating, tilling and heating the farm in order to allow for year-round growing.
Changing Lives, One Patient at a Time
Sep 26, 2012
Senior Danielle Matthews had never heard of Drexel's 11th Street Family Health Services until she began the co-op interview process. Now she knows she'll never forget her experience there.
Drexel, Powel and SLA Partner for New Public Shool
Sep 25, 2012
The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) has awarded $215,000 to a collaboration among Samuel Powel Elementary School (Powel), Science Leadership Academy (SLA) and Drexel University. The investment from the Great Schools Fund will support planning for the expansion of Powel, a K-4 district school near Drexel in West Philadelphia, and the creation of a new middle school to serve the same neighborhood.
Preserving a Piece of Drexel’s History
Sep 19, 2012
For the first time since it arrived at Drexel in 1912, the Eugene Farcot Conical Clock, located in Main Building's Great Court, has undergone full restoration.
What I'm Reading: Dr. Youngmoo Kim
Sep 19, 2012
Drexel's Dr. Youngmoo Kim took the time to chat with DrexelNow about his current reading choice, The Rise of the Creative Class—Revisited (second edition) by Richard Florida.
Drexel Law Professor Creates First MOOC to Teach Business Acquisition Skills
Sep 17, 2012
Law students, practicing attorneys and anyone interested in business acquisitions will be able to polish their transactional lawyering skills thanks to a new massive open online course (MOOC) created by Karl Okamoto, a professor in the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University. While some of the nation’s most elite universities are collaborating to offer a variety of courses through MOOCs, this will be among the first law school courses delivered in this way.
Drexel Advances in 2013 US News Rankings
Sep 12, 2012
For the fifth consecutive year, Drexel made the “Up-and-Coming” list of national universities according to U.S.News & World Report for the 2013 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.” In overall rankings, Drexel advanced from 88th to 83rd place.
What I’m Reading: Allen Sabinson
Sep 12, 2012
Despite a busy schedule and packing for the move, Westphal College Dean Allen Sabinson found time to read The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro.
NSF Awards $2.2 Million to Project Studying Community-Based Development for Math Teachers
Sep 11, 2012
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $2.2 million to a project created by the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University, the Math Forum @ Drexel and the College of Education at Temple University to study community-based professional development for middle and high school mathematics teachers.
What Makes A Masterpiece? Renowned Dance Critic Will Discuss at Drexel
Sep 10, 2012
Internationally renowned dance critic Deborah Jowitt will explore the topic “What Makes A Masterpiece?” on Thursday, October 4 from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnuts Sts.), hosted by the dance program in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. The event is free and open to the public.
Junior Rubs Elbows with Investment Banking Executives
Sep 5, 2012
This fall, junior James Hamalian will return to classes with more than books and pens in hand. Thanks to his co-op experience, he will return with a new working-world understanding of the concepts being taught in his classes.