College life might look glamorous through an Instagram filter, but a new awareness campaign at Drexel University is aiming to remind students that all undergraduates struggle at one time or another. Paul Furtaw, PsyD, associate […]
Month: June 2017
Corporate Tax Cuts Impact Amount and Quality of Merger Activity
Tax cuts for companies producing work or goods in the United States can be significant and in many cases not only affect the number of mergers and acquisitions for companies receiving the cuts, but also […]
Media Watch: Locked Up for Sexting?
A 2014 Drexel University study about teenage “sexting” habits is back in the national spotlight after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new bill that some lawmakers are calling “overbroad” and “punishing.” The Protecting […]
View the Winning Student Collections from Drexel’s Annual Fashion Show
Drexel Fashion Design students gave a nod to nature on the runway at Urban Outfitters’ corporate headquarters in the Navy Yard on June 10. Twenty-eight senior and graduate students from the Westphal College of Media […]
How to Play a Drum With a Magnet (And Possibly Communicate With Whales)
“Part bow string, part synthesizer, part alien whale sound?” One of the hard parts about inventing a brand new instrument is describing what sound it makes. “It’s hard to place,” said Peter English, Drexel’s ExCITe […]
Reprogramming Veterans’ Blood Cells to Study Gulf War Illness
More than two decades after the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf, over a quarter of the 700,000 veterans who served are still suffering from chronic fatigue, memory loss, joint pain, insomnia and stomach problems. […]