November

Heard Around Campus — November

November 30, 2016

Among the more important faculty and staff news that came out in November are updates on new email and cloud services and a volunteering program that will allow Drexel employees to volunteer their time at nonprofit organizations during the workday.

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Drexel's Materials Researchers Building Connections in Korea

November 30, 2016

The first chapter in a South Korean collaboration proved fruitful for Drexel's nanomaterials researchers, who learned that it takes big thinking to make progress on the smallest of scales.

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NIH Funds Clinical Trial to Test Device That Heals Wounds With Ultrasound

November 29, 2016
The battery-powered applicator — as small and light as a watch — is the first portable and potentially wearable device to heal wounds with low-frequency ultrasound.
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Urban Climate Change Research Hub Opens at Drexel

November 29, 2016
In the battle to adapt to and mitigate climate change caused by humans, most environmental engineers and climate scientists agree that cities are the front line. Due to the sheer density of their population, and the quantity of resources they consume, cities have the potential to most quickly and significantly affect—and be affected by—climate risks. They also have the ability to integrate climate resiliency into their plans for the future, according to environmental engineering professor Franco Montalto, PhD, who will direct a network of North American climate change researchers concerting their efforts via a new hub at Drexel University.
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Drexel Takes a Shot at the Mannequin Challenge

November 28, 2016

Drexel Provost M. Brian Blake, Mario and the Dragon'24 group got in on the viral craze.

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In Africa, Fighting HIV in Young Mothers Through Education

November 28, 2016
A new program run by a new faculty member in Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health will attempt to address education as a determinant of HIV risk in young South African mothers.
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Riding the Rails During a Disneyland Co-op

November 28, 2016

A Drexel engineering student spent months with roller coasters and theme park rides — and set a career path in the process.

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Hidden Treasures: The Drexel Paintings That Have Gone ‘Down to Posterity’

November 22, 2016
The year before he died, Drexel’s notoriously private founder finally agreed to sit for a portrait provided that it would never hang while he was alive. More than 123 years, it’s still hanging on Drexel’s campus.
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Employee Spotlight: Robert McCracken Peck

November 21, 2016
Bob Peck, senior fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, is celebrating 40 years as the museum’s “humanist” with the release of a new book and grateful reflections on a career like no other.
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Drexel Wins Award for Exceptional Grounds Maintenance

November 18, 2016
Drexel’s University City Campus was recently honored for its status as an exceptional urban university campus by a prestigious national grounds management society.
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The Drexel History Behind a Beloved Thanksgiving Side Dish

November 18, 2016
The green bean casserole is a staple on Thanksgiving tables across the country, thanks to an enterprising Drexel alumna.
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‘Ambition Can’t Wait’ at Drexel

November 16, 2016
A new advertising campaign will run throughout the region and across the country to highlight the best of what Drexel’s experience-based learning can offer to students excited to make a difference in their field.
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Risk-Taking Behaviors Tied to Racial Disparities in HIV in Gay Communities

November 14, 2016
Researchers from Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health re-examined data showing a disparity between HIV prevalence in black and white men who have sex with men and found that a racial gap between them was reduced once levels of risk within their communities were considered.
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Drexel Wins Grant to Offer Free Passports to Students

November 10, 2016
Drexel recently received a grant to pay the $135 fee required for students to apply for a passport and travel the world.
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A Drexel History of U.S. Presidents

November 7, 2016
In time for the final moments of the election, DrexelNow looks back at U.S. presidents who have touched Drexel in some way.
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Epilepsy

November 7, 2016
During Epilepsy Awareness Month, Carla LoPinto-Khoury, MD, a neurologist and assistant professor in the College of Medicine, explains the many faces of the condition.
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Recalling Drexel’s Ties to the 2008 Presidential Election

November 3, 2016
Back in 2008, Drexel hosted an official debate for the Democratic presidential candidates.
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Restoring Treasures From The Drexel Collection

November 3, 2016
The Drexel Collection will host a lecture on Nov. 17 to discuss and display its most recent conservation efforts.
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Q&A With Graduate College Dean and Executive Vice Provost James Herbert

November 3, 2016

You might call the one-year anniversary of Drexel’s Graduate College “the great rollout.” For the past year, with inaugural Dean and Executive Vice Provost James Herbert, PhD, leading the way, the college has moved into its new home and set in place a long list of initiatives. Now it’s time to mobilize.

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Panel of Professors Gives UBER a Grade of ‘C’ for ‘Self-Serving’ Endorsement of Nevada Assemblyman

November 2, 2016

Drexel University’s Institute for Strategic Leadership in partnership with the American Marketing Association administered a Real Time Expert Poll © asking a panel of business school professors to grade Uber on its first ever endorsement of a political candidate. The panel gave Uber a “C” for its move to support the re-election of republican candidate Derek Armstrong with a mailer and an email campaign encouraging voters to “Uber” to polls and cast their vote for him. Armstrong has recently been under attack by the Nevada State Democratic Party, which claims that he does not support sufficient criminal background checks for Uber drivers.

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Drexel Honors Veterans With a Week of Activities

November 2, 2016
Drexel’s Office of Veteran Student Services has scheduled activities in collaboration with the Veterans Task Force leading up to Veteran’s Day this November.
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