These days, there is no question that the football teams with big names, from big conferences and qualifying for the big playoffs are ‘profitable’. Each of the four teams in this year’s College Football Playoff—Alabama, […]
Month: December 2016
Want To Help Plan For an Alien Invasion?
If science fiction movies have taught us anything, it’s that it typically takes a widespread and concerted effort to turn aside a space alien invasion. So as Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio prepares its citywide, […]
Snapshot: Annual Puppy Pawlooza Helps Students De-Stress During Finals
Are the upcoming holidays stressing you out? Petting a dog may help. To get a break from studying for finals and relieve some stress before the holiday break, Drexel University students got to visit with […]
Quick Take: Improving Life for People With Spinal Cord Injuries
“We are trying to improve someone’s quality of life. If someone can breathe without a ventilator, then you’ve increased their independence, and that, to me, is a huge success.” –Michael Lane, PhD Walking is not […]
Talking It Out: Constant Trauma and Its Effect on Young Men of Color
In a brief he wrote this fall for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Drexel University’s John Rich related the story of Andre, a black 19-year-old who, while walking home from work, was shot by an […]
Eat Crapsules: Researchers Probe the Power of Poop
Scientists are seeking to make poop an easy pill to swallow. Once viewed by many physicians as a controversial treatment, fecal transplantation (though it is still classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as […]