Sustainability News

- Paperwasps in Different Castes Develop Different-Sized Sensory Brain Structures
  
  January 06, 2014
  
  A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study led by Drexel professor Sean O'Donnell, PhD, indicates that the brain regions involved in sensory perception also develop differently in these castes, according to the different behavioral reliance on the senses.
  
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- Smart House Senior Project
  
  December 18, 2013
  
  The minimum page requirement for a Drexel communication major’s senior project is 15 pages. But that didn’t stop Farrah Goldsmith and Cherilyn Buscarino from submitting a 97-page report — and planning an event that raised more than $25,000.
  
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- Opening AJ Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment
  
  December 16, 2013
  
  Drexel University is opening a new research institute that will strive to answer some of the most challenging questions about energy and environmental sustainability facing the nation today.
  
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- Worst Job in Science
  
  December 02, 2013
  
  Jake Owens spent a month surrounded by criminals with machetes and rotting meat in Africa, earning notice from Popular Science magazine.
  
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- Mica Matlack Co-op Profile
  
  November 11, 2013
  
  As part of her co-op, Mica Matlack must don special gloves to turn a page in a 175-year-old book every day. Oh, and she speaks seven languages.
  
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- Cuisine From the Collections A Taste of the Academy
  
  October 31, 2013
  
  The second annual Cuisine From the Collections, an exciting twist on the ordinary cocktail party, will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The event, a fundraiser for the museum’s research and collections, will feature foods—from the everyday to the exotic—inspired by the Academy’s collection of more than 18 million plant and animal specimens.
  
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- Bob Francis Q-and-A
  
  October 30, 2013
  
  As vice president of University Facilities, Bob Francis is faced with a monumental task: the execution of Drexel’s 2012-17 Campus Master Plan. DrexelNow spoke with Francis about what has gone into Drexel’s transformation.
  
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- Environmental Research Consortium With Lacawac Sanctuary
  
  October 24, 2013
  
  Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel University today announced an agreement to form an environmental research and education consortium at Lacawac Sanctuary, a popular National Natural Landmark and ecological field research station in the Pocono Mountains.
  
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- Dinosaurs Unearthed
  
  October 11, 2013
  
  Roaring, thrashing, life-size dinosaurs and the awe-inspiring stories of prehistoric earth are unfolding at the as Dinosaurs Unearthed makes its East Coast debut at the Academy of Natural Sciences.
  
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- Drexel Scientist Studies Hurricane Sandy Impact on NJ Coastal Wetlands One Year Later
  
  October 07, 2013
  
  In a stroke of good luck, Drexel's Dr. Tracy Quirk captured detailed measurements of water level and salinity at a range of coastal wetland sites, even as they were overtaken by Hurricane Sandy. After the storm, she began working on an intensive year-long project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to evaluate ecosystem processes in New Jersey’s salt marshes before, during, and for a year following Hurricane Sandy. Quirk is beginning to analyze findings from the study now.
  
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