Magazine of the College of Arts and Sciences
Kelly Joyce, PhD, was lured to Drexel in the fall of 2012 to help build the master’s program in science, technology and society (STS). Instead, she went above ...
Richard Binder Adjunct Professor of Communication Drexel University Librarian April 30, 1945 – July 8, 2013 This summer, Drexel University and the Department of Culture and Communication mourned ...
We all know she loves a good hat, but how well do you really know Dean Donna Murasko? After successfully serving as Dean of the College of Arts ...
Think Philadelphia summers are getting warmer? While the Earth’s surface temp has risen an average of 1.5°F in the last century, the country of Mongolia has seen a ...
The last primate we remember seeing on the big screen is King Kong and he (spoiler alert) met his untimely demise at the hands of human beings. Drexel ...
Most of us have enough trouble figuring out what we did yesterday, let alone what happened 375 million years ago. Ted Daeschler, PhD, on the other hand, specializes ...
While some debate the existence of climate change and others attempt to point fingers, Drexel professors like Mimi Sheller, PhD, know that the search for solutions starts with ...
Have you ever talked to one of our international area studies students? Their feats are enough to make your chest swell with Dragon pride—or your ego deflate when ...
Much like singing in the shower, scientific research is often done behind closed doors. But while most data stays private until publication, Jean-Claude Bradley, PhD, champions a different ...
Thought “Jurassic Park” in 3-D was cool? How about real dinos in 3-D? BEES’ Ken Lacovara, PhD, in collaboration with James Tangorra, PhD, of Drexel’s College of Engineering, ...
In 2011, I was approached by one of my faculty members to offer our students a course in a local prison — in the process of learning alongside inmates, she said, our students would gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of crime, justice, inequality and other important social issues.
When I was in seventh grade, I took a course called “Immigrant.” It was a required course for everyone in my middle school, and it was taught jointly by our social studies and computer science teachers. The focus was the Irish immigration to the U.S. in the 1800s and early 1900s.
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