Seemingly drawing from the playbook of a national commission on hunger that was co-chaired by a Drexel professor, President Barack Obama announced a plan to budget $12 billion for reducing hunger in children. The plan, […]
Month: February 2016
Do Infections Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
A study from Drexel researchers offers new evidence to support a controversial hypothesis: Alzheimer’s disease results from the body’s inflammatory response to chronic infections. The scientists believe that bacteria create slimy, impenetrable biofilms in the […]
Q+A: Front Runners Emerge as Presidential Race Moves from Iowa to New Hampshire
There were many surprises at the Iowa caucus: Ted Cruz leap-frogged Donald Trump, Marco Rubio came in a strong third, and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were neck and neck. And most surprising of all, […]
Q+A: The Troublesome Implications of Monitoring Student Weight
With one university taking a high-tech stab at keeping its freshmen class’ weight down, an expert in weight stigma in Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions is alarmed by their methods. Oral Roberts University […]
ICYMI: Drexel Hyperloop Team Gets a Big Push Forward
A group of Drexel engineering undergraduates is among the last teams standing in the race to design a transportation pod for SpaceX’s high-speed transit test track — the hyperloop. The team was one of thousands […]
Quick Take: Can Scientists’ Passion Counter Anti-Vaxxers’ Pins?
“The anti-vaccine messages of today threaten to detrimentally influence public opinion, vaccination policy and public health. Do we continue to bombard the scientific community with more literature or lambaste the anti-vaccinating public by citing more […]