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August 13, 2025
Last term, Drexel University’s colleges, schools and departments received funding, created partnerships and otherwise contributed to the success of Drexel’s academic enterprise. This update offers a snapshot of activity, courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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July 30, 2025
Recent climate-related crises — from severe storms and flooding to extreme heat — have raised new questions about how local governments communicate the risk of these crises and what they are doing to keep their citizens safe. To better understand what this communication looks like at local level, and the factors that may be shaping it, researchers from Drexel University analyzed climate resilience planning information available on the public-facing websites of 24 coastal communities in New Jersey that are contending with the effects of sea level rise. Their report, recently published in the Journal of Extreme Events, found wide variation in the number and extent of mitigation actions taken and how the websites describe causes of coastal hazards — for example, only half of the communities are acknowledging sea level rise as a contributing factor to these hazards.
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July 16, 2025
Drawing inspiration from the veinous ears of jackrabbits and elephants, Drexel University researchers have come up with a new approach to passive heating and cooling that could one day make buildings more energy efficient. Their concept, recently published in the Journal of Building Engineering, embeds a vascular network within cement-based building materials that, when filled with paraffin-based material, can help passively regulate the surface temperature of walls, floors and ceilings.
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July 09, 2025
The University wasn’t founded with degree programs or the Drexel Co-op. In fact, it wasn’t even founded as “Drexel University.”
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May 29, 2025
Students can donate and select old clothes from their fellow students.
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May 21, 2025
The University was recognized for improving the sustainability of the University City Campus grounds.
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April 08, 2025
In a study recently published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, researchers from Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans with the help of ultraviolet light.
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March 12, 2025
Drexel students redesigned the historic, multi-use space to better reflect the University’s modern community and founding ideals of art, science and industry.
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February 18, 2025
In a surprising discovery, researchers from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University found a substantial number of anadromous Blueback Herring in New Jersey’s Cooper River.
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January 27, 2025
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