September

Where You Live May Raise Your Odds of Developing This Chronic Health Problem

September 30, 2020
Research by Meera Harhay, MD, an associate professor of Medicine at Drexel’s College of Medicine and Dornsife School of Public Health, finding that a neighborhood’s overall socioeconomic status, including income and education-level, may influence its residents’ risk of chronic kidney disease, was reported on Sept. 30 by the Ladders.

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Drexel Professor and 3 PA. Lawmakers Push for Ban To Hair Discrimination

September 29, 2020
Wendy Greene, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Sept. 29 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) story about the CROWN Act, a bill being considered in the Senate that would ban discrimination based on hairstyles. Greene helped three state lawmakers in drafting the legislation.

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Workers at Chains Including Whole Foods and Whataburger Are Taking Legal Action in Fight Over Employees' Right To Wear Black Lives Matter Masks

September 29, 2020
Wendy Greene, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a Sept. 29 Business Insider and WCAU-TV (NBC-10) stories about workers at chains like Whole Foods taking legal action in fight over employees' right to wear Black Lives Matter masks.

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Can I See My Friends and Family for Thanksgiving if I Quarantine for Two Weeks?

September 26, 2020
Thersa Sweet, PhD, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, was quoted in a Sept. 26 Philadelphia Inquirer story about whether people can safely see their families for Thanksgiving if they quarantine for two weeks.

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Coronavirus News Roundup: September 19–September 25

September 25, 2020
Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz professor of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, was mentioned in a Sept. 25 Scientific American post about guidance he put together with more than 50 indoor air quality experts and other scientists to help people understand how to protect themselves from COVID-19 aerosol transmission.

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Civil Dialogue: How Do We Talk To Each Other?

September 25, 2020
Civil Dialog, an interactive, digital art installation created by Frank Lee, PhD, a professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and director of the Entrepreneurial Game Studio in the ExCITe Center, was featured in a Sept. 25 WHYY “Radio Times” episode about how to have conversations with people you disagree with.

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Art Is Good for Your Kids—and Here’s the Science Why

September 24, 2020
Girija Kaimal, EdD, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in Sept. 24 National Geographic and Sept. 23 HealthOMind (India) stories about the mental health benefits of art making. Kaimal was also quoted in a Sept. 23 story in The Pigeon (Canada) about the Indigenous roots of art therapy.

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How a New App Could Help Prevent Opioid Overdoses in Philadelphia

September 23, 2020
Stephen Lankenau, PhD, is featured in a Sept. 23 Philadelphia magazine article about how a team of Dornsife School of Public Health researchers has developed an app to help address the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.

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Employers Can Require Workers To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine. Will It Come To That?

September 22, 2020
Robert I Field, JD, PhD, a professor in the Kline School of Law and Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 22 Dallas Morning News story about whether or not employers can require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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As CDC Reverses Itself on COVID-19, Americans Are Losing Trust, Warn Public-Health Veterans

September 22, 2020
Esther Chernak, MD, an associate clinical professor and director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer article about what may be motivating changes in health guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The Weird Reason Why You Should Always Salt Your Pineapple

September 22, 2020
Michael Tunick, PhD, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was quoted in a Sept. 22 MSN “Lifestyle” article about why adding salt to fresh pineapple enhances the sweetness and dampens the tingling sensation often associated with eating the fresh fruit.

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Gregory E. Deavens Becomes Independence Blue Cross’ First African American Leader as Dan Hilferty Retires

September 22, 2020
Drexel President John Fry was quoted in a Sept. 22 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the retirement of Independence Blue Cross chief Executive Dan Hilferty.

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Dr. Bill Rosenberg POTUS 124XM on Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9-21-20

September 21, 2020
William Rosenberg, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Science, was interviewed Sept. 21 on POTUS-Radio (XM-124) about the impact of the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court and the American political system.

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This Drexel Prof Says Twitter Is Uncivil. So He’s Projecting Your Tweets on a Building

September 21, 2020
Civil Dialog, an interactive, architectural digital art installation on Nesbitt Hall this Thursday, designed by Frank Lee, PhD, a professor in Westphal College and the director of the Entrepreneurial Game Studio, was featured in a Sept. 21 Technically Philly story. The project is one of the featured events during Philly Tech Week.

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What To Expect Over the Next Six Months of Pandemic Life, According To Philly Experts

September 21, 2020
Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz professor of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, was featured in a Sept. 21 Philadelphia Inquirer story about local experts’ projections for the next six months of the battle against COVID-19.

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What’s the Next Delaware Waterfront-Style Victory for Philly? | Editorial

September 20, 2020
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 Sept. 20 Philadelphia Inquirer article about the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation’s decision on how Penn’s Landing will be developed.

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How the Oil Industry Made Us Doubt Climate Change

September 19, 2020
Robert Brulle, PhD, a professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Sept. 19 BBC News feature about how the oil industry perpetuated climate change doubt.

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Pa., NJ Order Flags at Half-Staff as Local Leaders Mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 19, 2020
Lisa Tucker, JD, an associate professor in the Kline School of Law, was interviewed during a Sept. 19 WCAU-TV (NBC-10) segment about the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg. Tucker was also quoted in Sept. 19 Philadelphia Inquirer article about the feminist icon and gender equality pioneer.

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Coping With Covid19: A Helpful, Hopeful Call-in Show

September 19, 2020
Anil Kalhan, JD, a professor in the Kline School of Law, was interviewed in a Sept. 19 WBAI-FM (Pacifica Radio-New York) segment about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation process for a Supreme Court Justice.

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Do You Actually Need To Wipe Down Everything To Protect Yourself From COVID-19?

September 17, 2020
A Sept. 11 Philadelphia Inquirer article about the risk of getting COVID-19 from touching dirty surfaces, that quoted Thersa Sweet, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was published Sept. 17 by The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Hartford Courant and other outlets nationwide.

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Study Finds Link Between Air Pollution and Risk of Stroke for People With Afib

September 17, 2020
Research co-authored by Jane E. Clougherty, ScD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, that found a link between air pollution and risk of stroke for people suffering from atrial fibrillation, was covered Sept. 17 by WESA-Radio (NPR-Pittsburgh).

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COVID-19 Widened the Gender Gap Among the World’s Top Scientists

September 17, 2020
Nancy Spector, MD, executive director, and Barbara Overholser, communications and relationship manager, both in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program in the College of Medicine, wrote a JAMA commentary mentioned in Sept. 17 Quartz story about how COVID-19 has widened the gender gap among the world’s top scientists.

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Can I Visit Family for Thanksgiving or Christmas? Your Pandemic Holiday Travel Questions, Answered

September 17, 2020
A Sept. 17 Marketwatch article that explored pandemic holiday travel questions, that featured Usama Bilal, PhD, MD, an assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was published Sept. 17 by MSN Money.
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What Would Philly Look Like If Urbanists Ran the City?

September 15, 2020
Harris Steinberg, executive director of the Lindy Institute of Urban Innovation and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, an adjunct professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, were quoted in a story in the September 2020 edition of Philadelphia magazine speculating on what the city would look like if it was run by urbanists. The piece mentions "SIM-PHL," an urban planning game created by Frank Lee, PhD, a professor in Westphal College and director of the Entrepreneurial Game Studio in the ExCITe Center.

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Racism Left Hunting Park Overheated. Neighbors Are Making a Cooler Future

September 14, 2020
Franco Montalto, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Sept. 14 WHYY Plan Philly story about efforts to curtail the effects of extreme heat in the Hunting Park neighborhood of Philadelphia. Montalto and Aspasia Zerva, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, have been working with community members to design and install cooling projects in the neighborhood this summer.

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How ‘Upcycling’ Discarded Ingredients Into Food Is Gaining Momentum

September 13, 2020
Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, a professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was interviewed in a Sept. 13 PBS “NewsHour” segment about the growing trend of upcycling food, or using discard ingredients to make other food items.

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Changing Their Minds, and Their Lives: A Way Out of Poverty in Philadelphia

September 12, 2020
Soneyet Muhammad, director of workforce and economic inclusion in the Office of University and Community Partnerships, was quoted in a Sept. 12 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the MindSet program, run by the nonprofit Episcopal Community Services, that uses coaching to help participants think more clearly and work through a succession of discrete goals, so they can change their circumstances in lasting ways.

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Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence on BLM, Listening and Learning: 'I'm on the Journey of Discovering'

September 11, 2020
Ellen Staurowsky, EdD, a professor in the LeBow College of Business, was quoted in a Sept. 11 ESPN story about college football players visibly advocating for players’ rights, economic issues and social justice.
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How To Be Safe Indoors During Coronavirus: Ventilation Pros Share Their Expertise

September 11, 2020
Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz professor of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Sept. 11 Cheddar story about the role of ventilation in keeping people safe from the coronavirus indoors.

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A Police Officer Shot a 13-Year-Old With Autism in Salt Lake City

September 8, 2020
Research from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute about what happens when youth on the autism spectrum are stopped by police, was mentioned in a Sept. 8 New York Times story about a recent shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by Salt Lake City police officer.

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Local Culinary Scientists Create Avocado Seed Brew

September 7, 2020
Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, a professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was mentioned in in a Sept. 7 WTXF-TV (FOX-29) broadcast of an interview of Sheetal Bahirat and Zuri Masud, both recent graduates from the College, about their drink Reveal, a tea-like beverage made from the seeds of avocados that they came up with in the Drexel Food Lab and incubated in the Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship.

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Local Division I Schools Have Different Rules for Different Teams

September 5, 2020
Director of Athletics Eric Zillmer, PsyD, was quoted in a Sept. 5 Philadelphia Inquirer article about local universities’ plans for fall and winter sports participation during the pandemic.

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This South Philly Restaurant Family Is Making a Comeback After They All Had COVID-19

September 4, 2020
Thersa Sweet, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 4 Philadelphia Inquirer story about a family-run restaurant in South Philadelphia reopening after the owners recovered from COVID-19.

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Guns Flashed in Philly Virtual Classrooms Raises Many Concerns

September 4, 2020
Robert D'Ovidio, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed in a Sept. 4 WPVI-TV (6-abc) segment about the Philadelphia School District’s Acceptable Use Policy for school-issued laptops and issues with paraphernalia like guns being brandished during online schooling.

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The Rules and Risks of Going To the Movies

September 3, 2020
Seth Welles, PhD, a professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a Sept. 3 story in The Philadelphia Inquirer about how to minimize risk when considering whether to go to a movie theater this fall.

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Iowa Athletics Will Suffer Budget Pain Without Football This Fall — but Don't Bet on a New Financial Model

September 3, 2020
Joel Maxcy, PhD, a professor in the LeBow College of Business, was quoted in a Sept. 3 Hawk Central (Iowa City, Iowa) article about how pandemic-related fall sports cancelations, especially football, will impact the University of Iowa's budget.

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76ers Want New Arena at Penn's Landing but Not Everyone Agrees

September 3, 2020
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 Sept. 3 WPVI-TV (6-abc) article about the Sixers targeting Penn's Landing for a potential new basketball arena. And whether it would really be good for the city.

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There’s More To COVID Safety Than 6 Feet of Social Distance. Here’s What Else To Consider.

September 2, 2020
Charles Haas, PhD, LD Betz professor of Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Sept. 2 Philadelphia Inquirer story about the science behind assessing and minimizing risk of COVID-19 transmission indoors.

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Is a Sixers Arena at Penn’s Landing Good for Philly? | Pro/Con

September 1, 2020
Harris Steinberg, a professor in Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and executive director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, co-authored a Sept. 1 Philadelphia Inquirer opinion commentary about the Sixers targeting Penn's Landing for a potential new basketball arena. And whether it would really be good for the city.

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This Drexel Professor’s Free App Allows Choir Members To Create Music Together, Remotely

September 1, 2020
Youngmoo Kim, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering and director of the ExCITe Center, was featured in a Sept. 1 Technically Philly story about an app he created to help virtual choir members record their parts.

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For Fashion To Be Truly Inclusive,There Needs To Be Plus-Size Education

September 1, 2020
Lisa Hayes, an associate professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was quoted in a Sept. 1 Refinery29 article about plus-size education and why fashion inclusivity needs to be addressed within school curriculums.

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