November

Are Nanomaterials Key to Energy Storage?

November 28, 2019
Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in the College of Engineering, was featured in a Nov. 28 AZO Nano story about his recently published research on how nanomaterials can improve energy storage devices.

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A Pa. Big-City Mayor Took a Bold, Radical Stand on Climate Change. (It Wasn't Philly's...Not Yet, Anyway.)

November 27, 2019
Drexel’s Lindy Institute of Urban Innovation was mentioned in a Nov. 27 Philadelphia Inquirer column about its recent partnership with the Clean Air Council to launch a study of long-term uses for the South Philly refinery site that could make its acreage more attractive for a greener business use.
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The Shortage of Black Male Doctors Is Medicine's Real Emergency

November 27, 2019
Drexel's College of Medicine was mentioned in a Nov. 27 Philadelphia magazine story about the efforts of local medical schools to recruit and support more black men in medicine.
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House Plants Are Not Helping in Air Purification, Experts Say

November 27, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 27 Science Times story about his research that shows potted plants do not improve indoor air quality.
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How to Encourage Vaccination Against HPV Cancers? Drexel Study Suggestions Taking a Cue From Anti-Vaxxers.

November 27, 2019
Research by Philip M. Massey, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, and colleagues, showing that pro-vaccine messages on Instagram may receive more engagement if they include a personal story, was featured in a Nov. 27 Philadelphia Inquirer story.
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How to Encourage Vaccination Against HPV Cancers? Drexel Study Suggests Taking a Cue from Anti-Vaxxers.

November 27, 2019
Philip Massey, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Nov. 27 Philadelphia Inquirer article and a Nov. 22 Precision Vaccinations article about his research which found that legislation in support of vaccination was more prevalent in areas that had experienced outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Drexel's Autism Institute Finds New Director In-House

November 27, 2019
Diana Robins, PhD, director of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was featured in a Nov. 27Philadelphia Business Journal story about her recent appointment as director of the Institute.
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Rapamycin Has Anti-Aging Effect on Human Skin

November 26, 2019
Christian Sell, PhD, an associate professor at the College of Medicine, and colleagues, recently published a study showing potential use for Rapamycin to reduce skin aging. The findings were covered Nov. 26 by MedicalResearch.com and Nov. 28 by McKnights Long-Term Care News, Medical News Today, Derm City and Medical Daily.
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The Green New Deal Needs Batteries. Nanomaterials Might Be the Solution.

November 26, 2019
Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in the College of Engineering, was featured in a Nov. 26 Inverse story about his recently published research on how nanomaterials can improve energy storage devices.
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Rapamycin May Slow Aging in Human Skin, Study Finds

November 26, 2019
Christian Sell, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine, was quoted in Nov. 26 United Press International and Specialty Medical Dialogues stories and a Medical Life Sciences story on Nov. 25 about his research exploring the use of Rapamycin, a drug typically used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, to reduce signs of skin aging.
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How to Grow the Wealth of Poor Neighborhoods From the Bottom Up

November 26, 2019
Richard Florida, JD, Drexel's inaugural Philadelphia Fellow, authored a Nov. 26 CityLab story about deepening regional inequality and the decline of the middle class. The piece mentions a new report, authored by Bruce Katz, PhD, distinguished fellow in the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, which lays out a potential solution.
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Teva, Drugmakers in Talks With U.S. to End Generics Probes

November 25, 2019

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Instagram Storytelling May Help Promote HPV Vaccination

November 25, 2019
Phillip Massey, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Nov. 25 Cancer Health post about his research on how narrative-based Instagram posts could help persuade parents to get their children vaccinated for HPV.
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Coal Knew, Too

November 25, 2019
Robert Brulle, PhD, a professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Nov. 22 HuffPost story about recent research suggesting that the coal industry knew the gravity of fossil fuel-induced climate impacts and positioned itself prominently in the climate change denial movement. The story was picked up by Mother Jones on Nov. 25.
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Anthony Kennedy's Final SCOTUS Decisions Called into Question After Revelation of Trump Meeting

November 22, 2019
Anil Kalhan, JD, an associate professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Nov. 22 Law and Crime post about former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's reported role in Brett Kavanaugh's nomination.
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Coal Knew, Too

November 22, 2019
Robert Brulle, PhD, a professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences was quoted in a Nov. 22 HuffPost story regarding his recently released research that suggests the coal industry knew the gravity of fossil fuel induced climate change impacts, given how prominently it positioned itself in the climate denial movement.
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A Knittable and Washable Conducting Yarn for Functional Textiles

November 22, 2019
Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Bach professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 22 Advanced Science News story about his research with Genevieve Dion, a professor in Westphal College and director of the Center for Functional Fabrics, to develop MXene-coated conductive yarn.
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13 Things You Didn’t Know About Wildfires

November 22, 2019
Stephen C. Mason, Jr., a doctoral candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences and graduate research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences was quoted in a Nov. 22 Reader's Digest article about commonly asked questions, and answers, about wildfires
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Culinology Currents, November 20, 2019

November 21, 2019
Rosemary Trout, director of the Food and Hospitality Management department in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was mentioned in a Nov. 20 Culinology post announcing the recently elected Board of Directors for the Research Chefs Association.
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Building Effective Corporate Engagement on LGBTQ Rights

November 21, 2019
Daniel Korschun, PhD, an associate professor in the LeBow College of Business, co-authored a Nov. 21 MIT Sloan Management Review piece about how companies can build effective corporate engagement on LGBTQ rights.
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Organic Chicken Is Half As Likely to Be Contaminated With Salmonella

November 21, 2019
A Nov. 21 Runner's World article quoting Jennifer Quinlan, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, about ways to avoid Salmonella contamination with poultry was picked up Nov. 27 by Bicycling magazine.
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Study Finds Links Between Disease Outbreaks, Vaccination Laws

November 18, 2019
Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, an assistant research professor in the School of Public Health, was quoted in a Nov. 18 United Press International story about his research which found that legislation in support of vaccination was more prevalent in areas that had experienced outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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6 Ways to Boost Your Health in 60 Seconds or Less

November 18, 2019
Art therapy research from the College of Nursing and Health Professions, on the stress-lowering benefits of art making, was mentioned in a Nov. 18 Woman's World post about health-boosting activities that take 60 seconds or less.
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Philadelphia Medical Schools Try Alternative Therapies to Help Students Cope With Stressful Profession

November 18, 2019
The College of Medicine was included in a Nov. 18 Philadelphia Inquirer story about counseling and alternative therapy support that local medical schools offer their students. Lisa Chang, a student in the College of Medicine, was quoted in the story.
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Houseplants Don't Actually Clean Indoor Air as Much as You Thought

November 18, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 18 Better Homes & Gardens story about his recent research finding that houseplants do not contribute to better indoor air quality.
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A Path to Preserving Philadelphia for the People | Editorial

November 15, 2019
Harris Steinberg, a professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and executive director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, was quoted in a Nov. 15 Philadelphia Inquirer opinion article from the editorial board, about preserving Philadelphia’s historic nature for its people.
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Art Therapy Using Virtual Reality

November 15, 2019
Girija Kaimal, EdD, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Nov. 15 Medgadget article about her recent study on using virtual reality as an expressive tool in creative arts therapies.

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Two Years In, Are Federal ‘Opportunity Zones’ Helping Connecticut's Troubled Cities?

November 15, 2019
Bruce Katz, PhD, distinguished fellow in the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, was quoted in a Nov. 15 WSHU Public Radio (New Haven, Connecticut) article about whether federal “Opportunity Zones” have helped Connecticut’s troubled cities.

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Gaming’s Pleasure Principle: How Virtual Worlds Make Our Creative Brains Come Alive

November 15, 2019
John Kounios, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Nov. 15 Electronic Games Monthly article about video games’ effect on creativity and pleasure in a player’s brain.

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Some Jobs May Harm Women's Heart Health More Than Others

November 15, 2019
Research out of the Dornsife School of Public Health in collaboration with the American Heart Association on how various jobs are related to women's heart health continues to be included in television broadcasts across the country. Most recently, the story aired Nov. 17 on WTHR-TV (NBC-Indianapolis, Indiana) and WLTX-TV (CBS-Columbia, South Carolina). Everyday Health also reported the story on Nov. 15.
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Which Houseplants Should You Buy to Purify Air? None of Them.

November 14, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in Nov. 14 CNN.com, National Geographic and WPVI-TV (6-abc) stories about his research showing that potted plants do not contribute to improving indoor air quality.
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NCAA ‘Not Acting in Good Faith’

November 14, 2019
Ellen Staurowsky, EdD, a professor in the Sport Management program in the LeBow College of Business, was quoted in a Nov. 14 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder how states, like Minnesota, are following California’s lead to legislate bills allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) despite the NCAA recently announcing it will allow athletes to profit from NIL.

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Ranked-choice Voting and the Future of Small-d Democracy in New York

November 14, 2019
Jack Santucci, PhD, an assistant teaching professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, authored an opinion article on Nov. 14 about opposition to a proposal that would bring ranked-choice voting to New York.

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Drexel Doctor: Gender Disparities in Pediatrics Hurt Patients and Physicians

November 14, 2019
Nancy Spector, MD, a professor and associate dean in the College of Medicine, is featured in a Nov. 14 Philadelphia Inquirer story about leading a recently published study on the myths behind the gender imbalance in pediatrics leadership.
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When Pregnant Women Who Abuse Opioids Are Treated Like Criminals, Their Babies Suffer

November 14, 2019
David S. Cohen, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Nov. 14 Los Angeles Times story about laws that punish women who abuse drugs during pregnancy.
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Sorry, Your Houseplants Aren't Cleaning the Air in Your Home

November 13, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 13 Well + Good post about his research that debunks the myth that potted plants can improve indoor air quality.
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Addressing the Lack of Women in Leadership Positions in Academic Pediatrics

November 13, 2019
Nancy Spector, MD, a professor and associate dean in the College of Medicine, was featured in a Nov. 13 WIA Report story about leading a recently published study on the lack of women in leadership positions in pediatrics.
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Art Therapy is Finally Being Taken Seriously as a Tool For Boosting Health

November 12, 2019
Girija Kaimal, EdD, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Nov. 12 Inverse article about a recently published World Health Organization report that art can be therapeutic, lending international credibility to an already established field.
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The Great STEM Debate: States Can’t Agree on What Those Four Letters Mean, and That’s a Problem

November 11, 2019
Nancy Butler Songer, PhD, distinguished university professor in the School of Education was quoted in a Nov. 11 LA School Report article about the ongoing debate among various states across the country who are trying to define exactly what STEM stands for.
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Drexel Announces Development of New Conductive Yarns

November 11, 2019
Genevieve Dion, a professor in Westphal College and director of the Center for Functional Fabrics, was quoted in a Nov. 11 Advanced Textile Source story about the opening of a new space for the Center that will also be the host of the Pennsylvania Fabric Discovery Center.

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They Can Save Lives, Sure. but for the Business Side of Health Care, These Doctors Go Back to School.

November 11, 2019
The Physician Leadership Academy created by the Drexel Solutions Institute for physicians in the Crozer-Keystone Health System was featured in a Nov. 11 Philadelphia Inquirer story. The program’s goal is to get doctors to think about the business side of health care. David Stein, MD, a professor in the College of Medicine; David Becher, PhD, an associate professor in LeBow College of Business; Lauren D’Innocenzo, PhD, an assistant professor in LeBow College; and Anna Koulas, executive director of the Drexel Solutions Institute, were noted in the story.
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Evidence Based Interventions for Dementia Care pt. 1

November 11, 2019
Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was featured in the Nov. 11 episode of How to OT podcast about the role occupational therapy can play in dementia care.
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Vaping Health Risks Raise Alarm About Educating Younger Generations

November 11, 2019
Pamela McGee, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Nov. 11 Nurse.com post about the dangers of vaping and e-cigarette use and how nurses and other healthcare professionals can intervene with young patients.
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Brief Art Intervention Benefits Caregivers of Cancer Patients

November 11, 2019
Girija Kaimal, EdD, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Nov. 8 Psych Central article about her recent study on the benefits of art-making for cancer caregivers.
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Opening A Window Will Improve Indoor Air Quicker Than Chic House Plants

November 8, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in Nov. 8 stories in Forbes and Consumer Affairs about his research that indicates houseplants do not contribute to improving indoor air quality.
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Houseplants Do No Improve Indoor Air After All, Drexel Study Finds

November 8, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was featured in Nov. 8 Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Voice, Air Quality News and Medical Daily stories about his research on potted plants. Related stories also appeared on Nov. 7 in the Minnesota Post, Geek.com, Mental Floss and an MSN.com piece and was picked up by a number of television affiliates across the country.
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More Companies Are Openly Supporting Abortion Rights. That May Be Controversial, But It's Also Good Business

November 8, 2019
Daniel Korschun, PhD, an associate professor in the LeBow College of Business, was quoted in a Nov. 8 Fortune story about how more companies are publicly supporting reproductive rights.
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Sorry, But Plants Don’t Improve Indoor Air Quality, New Study Finds

November 8, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 8 Atlanta Journal-Constitution story about his research that found potted plants do not contribute to improving indoor air quality.

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This Philly Restaurant and Food Truck Owner Makes Time for Wellness Despite All Her Meetings

November 7, 2019
Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, a professor in the Food and Hospitality Management department in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was mentioned in a Nov. 7 Philadelphia magazine profile of Philadelphia chef Kiki Aranita that focused on reducing food waste in the city.
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Drexel to Host Conversation with Record Producer Steve Albini and Don Giovannia Records' Joe Steinhardt

November 7, 2019
Joe Steinhardt, PhD, an assistant teaching professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was mentioned in a Nov. 7 WXPN-Radio "The Key" post about Drexel's Music Industry program hosting a conversation between him and record producer Steve Albini next week.
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Entrepreneurs Tackle Autism Job Gap

November 7, 2019
An Oct. 23 New York Times article quoting Anne Roux, a research assistant professor in the Life Course Outcomes program of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, and Amy Edwards, EdD, director of Drexel’s Autism Support program, about employment opportunities for adults with autism was picked up Nov. 3 by the Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Mercury News (San Jose, California) and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Autism Support Program works with New York-based company Daivergent to ensure students with autism find co-op opportunities.
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A Pediatrician Who Serves Children Of Color Discovered His Implicit Bias. Here’s What He’s Doing About It.

November 6, 2019
Daniel R. Taylor, DO, an associate professor in the College of Medicine, authored an Nov. 5 Philadelphia Inquirer article about what he is doing to combat unconscious bias in his care for patients and offers advice for his peers.

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Your Houseplants Aren't Actually Improving the Air Quality in Your Home

November 6, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 6 Newsweek story about his research which debunks the myth that potted plants can improve air quality indoors.

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Houseplants Do Not 'Cleanse' The Air After All

November 6, 2019
Michael Waring, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Nov. 6 Yahoo Health story about his research which debunks the myth that potted plants can improve air quality indoors.

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Why Group Exercise Is So Effective: The Psychology Behind Working Out With Others

November 6, 2019
Eric Zillmer, PsyD, Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and Drexel's Director of Athletics, was quoted in a Nov. 6 Philadelphia Inquirer article about why working out in a group is more motivating than working out alone.
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Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins Unveils New Mural at West Philadelphia Playground

November 5, 2019
The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation’s Young Dragons Summer STEAM Camp at the ExCITe Center was mentioned in a Nov. 5 WTFX-TV (FOX-29) story about a Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins unveiling a new mural in West Philadelphia.
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Column: Shadowy Data Brokers Make the Most of Their Invisibility Cloak

November 4, 2019
Jordan Fischer, JD, an assistant teaching professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Nov. 4 Los Angeles Times column about the largely unregulated industry of data brokers that make billions of dollars annually buying and selling people’s personal information.
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The Bogus Tech Bro Accused of Scamming the Elderly to Fund Gambling Sprees

November 4, 2019
Nicole Iannarone, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law was quoted in a Nov. 4 VICE story about securities regulation and professional ethics, as it relates to a recent case of an individual exploiting senior citizen investors.
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Impeachment Process and the Justice Department Policy of Not Indicting a Sitting President

November 4, 2019
William Rosenberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed on Nov. 4 on POTUS XM 124 in a segment about the current state of the impeachment process and the Justice Department policy of not indicting a sitting President.
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Virtual Reality Meets Industry Reality at Philly Universities

November 25, 2019
Nick Jushchyshyn, an assistant professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and director of the Immersive Research Lab, and undergraduates Travis Hove and Jen Raimondi, were quoted in a Nov. 25 WHYY.org piece about the lab and Drexel’s new BA degree in virtual and immersive media.
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