University Marketing & Communications
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University Marketing & Communications

Tracy Powell

Tracy Powell

Senior Vice President, University Marketing & Communications
Main Building
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
tbp36@drexel.edu

Division of University Marketing & Communications

Led by Senior Vice President Tracy Powell, the Division of University Marketing & Communications (UMAC) partners with University leadership, faculty, professional staff, and community members to develop and execute essential brand-focused marketing and messaging strategies in alignment with Drexel’s 2030: Designing the Future strategic plan and primary organizational goals.

Utilizing a coordinated surround sound approach that encompasses messaging platforms in all mediums and at all levels, UMAC is focused on sharing the Drexel story with a wide array of internal and external audiences through a unified, impactful delivery that reflects the University’s core values, vision, and mission.

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Publications

Exel Magazine
Exel Magazine 
An award-winning annual magazine overviewing the University’s fast-growing research enterprise.
Drexel Magazine
Drexel Magazine 
A magazine for alumni and friends of the University published three times a year.
Drexel News Blog
Drexel News Blog 
The blog offers expert perspectives on timely topics and a look behind the stories and research making news at Drexel. 
Drexel Now
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Our Work

From marketing brochures to news articles, the division of University Marketing & Communications handles it all.
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Forever Dragons: The Future Is Now in Your Hands

At Drexel University, we want to celebrate our graduating Forever Dragons. We know you have worked hard, made meaningful memories, and pushed beyond the limits of what’s expected to reach this important milestone. And wherever you go in life, personally or professionally, Drexel will always be your home. As our Class of 2023 Dragons take this next step, we know that they will continue to make an impact on the world and move forward as if failure was not an option. The future is now in the hands of our Forever Dragons, and we can't wait to see what they will do!

Drexel News

MXene air filter Closing the Gaps — Coating Air Filters With MXene Nanomaterial Can Enhance Performance and Reusability
Feb 27, 2025
Despite improvements to air filtration technology in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the smallest particles — those of automobile and factory emissions — can still make their way through less efficient, but common filters. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering have introduced a new way to improve textile-based filters by coating them with a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial called MXene.
View of Drexel Main Building Main Court Heard Around Campus — February 2025
Feb 25, 2025
Make sure you’re aware of available benefits — free Rec Center classes, professional certificates and Vision, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology resources From Salus — and upcoming deadlines.
Erin Nipps celebrated the Eagles’ Super Bowl win on the field at the Super Dome. Photo courtesy Erin Nipps. An Incredible First Year as an Eagles Cheerleader and a Two-Time Drexel Graduate
Feb 24, 2025
Erin Nipps, BS ’23 and MPH ’24, joined the Philadelphia Eagles at the beginning of their Super Bowl-winning season — while also balancing a full-time job and teaching dance at a local youth-oriented nonprofit.
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In the News

Parade of Planets: What Is the Rare Celestial Event?
Feb 27, 2025
Christina Love, PhD, an associate teaching professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Feb. 27 WTXF-TV (FOX-29) story about an upcoming rare celestial event - the "Parade of Planets" - where people can view seven planets in the night sky and five that are visible with the naked eye.
Autism Diagnoses in Adult Women Are on the Rise. We Asked Experts to Explain Why
Feb 19, 2025
Research on the reach and accuracy of information on autism on the social media app TikTok co-authored by Elisabeth Sheridan, PhD, director of the Clinical Core and associate professor, and Giacomo Vivanti, PhD, an associate professor, both in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was mentioned in a Feb. 19 SELF article about the uptick in diagnoses of autism in adult women.
The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’
Feb 18, 2025
John Kounios, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored a Feb. 18 Scientific American article about the science behind “aha moments” and what happens in the mind when insight strikes.
‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea
Feb 12, 2025
Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in Feb. 12 New York Times and Science articles about a new observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino in an underwater observation instrument that is still under construction in the Mediterranean Sea.
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