Centuries of Fashion on Display in Immortal Beauty
Sep 30, 2015
Now ready for its official opening, Immortal Beauty: Highlights from the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection is the first, large-scale public showing of Drexel’s museum-quality collection.
Behind the Scenes at Pope Weekend
Sep 30, 2015
An online graduate student in Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions used her deployment with the American Red Cross for the papal visit as an opportunity for the intense, on-the-job application of what she’s learned.
Heard Around Campus: September 2015
Sep 29, 2015
The school year has officially begun. Check out anything you may have missed in all the excitement — like the new provost's first University-wide announcement or the success of Welcome Week.
One in Four Young Adults in Philadelphia Are “Disconnected” from Both Work and School
Sep 29, 2015
One in four people in Philadelphia between the ages of 18 and 24 are “disconnected” from the labor market – out of school and out of work – according to a new study from Drexel University’s Center for Labor Markets and Policy.Nationally, only 17.7 percent of the age group were disconnected.The report, released this month, was conducted by Paul Harrington, PhD, director of Drexel’s Center for Labor Markets and Policy, and Neeta Fogg, PhD, alabor economist in the Center
Bringing ‘Death of a Pharoah’ to Life
Sep 24, 2015
Drexel’s Alex Geisinger found he needed to look no further than his own professional backyard for creative help on a personal project.
Celebrating A.J.'s 189th
Sep 21, 2015
Hundreds of students turned out to don fake mustaches and scarf down some ice cream in celebration of the 189th birthday of Drexel's founder.
Tips for Philly Marathoners at Drexel Running Center
Sep 16, 2015
Runners training for the Philadelphia Marathon who are looking for some help boosting performance and avoiding injury can watch a lecture hosted by experts at the Running Performance and Research Center at Drexel’s Parkway Health and Wellness.
Drexel Establishes Co-op Research Center With Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sep 16, 2015
Quality materials, reliable tools and talented artisan are the key ingredients of any successful workshop. When it comes to making electronics components and energy storage devices, discoveries emerge when new materials are used in advanced fabrication techniques. Students from Drexel University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology will soon be in the presence of both. A co-op partnership with Korea’s National Research Foundation will give the students a chance to apply their talents in the nanofabrication center frequented by companies like Samsung and Hyundai, using the latest nanomaterials developed by Drexel’s materials scientists.
Drexel and Penn Join White House Smart Cities Initiative
Sep 15, 2015
Experts from Drexel University and The University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research will join others from cities around the country as participants in a White House initiative to make universities and their host municipalities partners in using technology to solve the challenges that face our nation’s growing urban areas.
A Fitter U Q&A: September 2015
Sep 9, 2015
Get answers to questions on exercise, fitness and health submitted by the Drexel community to one of the Recreation Center’s fitness experts.
Diagnosing 'Sick' Buildings to Save Energy
Sep 9, 2015
Are you feeling too cold right now? Too warm? Is your office's air a little stale today? On average, Americans spend 90 percent of the day indoors, in a controlled environment. Controlling that environment, at least in the workplace, is the Sisyphean labor of building operators. “Operating” a building requires not only striking the perfect balance between heating, cooling and ventilation, but also repairing and maintaining all of the equipment and systems that allow this magical equilibrium to exist. Endlessly pushing a boulder up a hill might actually be less work. As part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers from Drexel University are working on a cloud-based data analysis tool that could help consolidate these labors while also spotting undetected problems that lead to wasted energy and poor indoor environmental quality.
Welcoming New Dragons to Drexel
Sep 3, 2015
To help welcome Drexel’s newest students to campus and familiarize them with Philadelphia, the University is hosting a new Welcome Week.
Drexel's Image-Tracking Technology Allows Scientists to Observe Nature vs. Nurture in Neural Stem Cells
Sep 3, 2015
One of the longstanding debates in science, that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, permeated into the field of stem cell research, is the question of nature versus nurture influencing development. Science on stem cells thus far, has suggested that, as one side of the existential debate holds: their fate is not predestined. But new research from the Neural Stem Cell Institute and Drexel University's College of Engineering suggests that the cells’ tabula might not be as rasa as we have been led to believe.