2023

- STARS Sustainability Rating System Upgrades Drexel
  
  July 24, 2023
  
  Marked changes that Drexel has implemented in sustainability practices — and reporting on them —over the last three years have earned the University a Silver ranking.
  
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- Drexel’s Titanium Oxide Material Lets Sunlight Drive Green Hydrogen Production
  
  July 13, 2023
  
  As part of ongoing efforts to develop materials that could enable alternative energy sources, researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have produced a titanium oxide nanofilament material that can harness sunlight to unlock the ubiquitous molecule’s potential as a fuel source.
  
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- Drexel Recognized as One of the 50 Most Community-Minded Employers in the Greater Philadelphia Region
  
  June 27, 2023
  
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  June 20, 2023
  
  Last term, Drexel University — through its colleges, schools and other units and programs — created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement.
  
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- Extreme Temperature Tolerance of Army Ants Could Inform How Animal Populations Will Respond to Changing Climates
  
  June 09, 2023
  
  Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
  
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- Drexel-Led Consortium Releases Research Strategy for Building Philadelphia Region’s Climate Resilience
  
  May 24, 2023
  
  In hopes of preparing the city for these changes, Drexel University, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and CCRUN convened more than 100 experts, community members and stakeholders to produce a research agenda that, if pursued, could help to fortify Philadelphia, and its most vulnerable populations, against the extreme effects of climate change.
  
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- Too Good to Go Program Cuts Down on Move-out Trash on Drexel’s Campus
  
  May 19, 2023
  
  One student started the program, which will help reduce waste created during move-out by donating items students leave behind.
  
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- Grants & Convening Event for Area of Excellence and Opportunity in Sustainability and Climate Resilience
  
  May 11, 2023
  
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- Three Facts From Drexel's EarthFest
  
  May 05, 2023
  
  Environmentally minded organizations from Drexel and the community set up tables for EarthFest to share their missions and a few fun facts, like about a fish who can walk on land.
  
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- Machine Learning Can Support Urban Planning for Energy Use
  
  May 04, 2023
  
  Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering are hoping a machine learning model they’ve developed can support these efforts by helping to predict how energy consumption will change as Philadelphia's neighborhoods evolve.
  
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