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Author: Britt Faulstick
Britt is the assistant director of media relations who covers primarily technology and engineering beats, including information and computer science. He also covers a number of areas in media arts and design, student life, research ventures, athletics and more. Britt is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in his senior year the Orange won the men’s basketball national championship. He worked in Drexel’s athletics department for seven years, during this time the women’s basketball team won its first conference championship. So if history is any indication, the media relations team is due for a big win. Follow him at @DrexelBritt or view his blog posts here. Contact Britt at britt.faulstick@drexel.edu or 215.895.2617.
Q+A: How Can We Change the Face of Technology?
Access to technology has undeniably improved over the last decade, but that has not resulted in greater diversity among the leadership and workforce of the tech industry. Silicon Valley is notoriously dominated by white, male […]
Drexel Experts Consider the Green New Deal
Unrealistic. Not ambitious enough. Too little, too late. Worth a shot? Already the subject of a great deal of conjecture and debate, the Green New Deal, a broad set of policy goals addressing environmental justice […]
Q+A: How Should We Be Tracking Progress Toward the End of the AIDS Epidemic?
In one of the less contentious moments of President Trump’s State of the Union address, he announced a strategy to stop the spread of HIV in the United States by 2030. Though few details of […]
Q+A: Why Wood Construction Is Making a Comeback
While it was one of the first and most common materials used to make things, when it comes to buildings larger than a log cabin, wood has been on the outs for more than a […]
3 Ways Philadelphia Can Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions While Fixing Its Traffic Problem
As Philadelphia tries to sort out its problem with traffic, now is the perfect time to consider how transportation policy can support the City’s goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions —according to environmental engineering […]
Q+A: Drexel’s Magnetic Resonator Piano Makes Its Big-Screen Debut
Disney’s latest incarnation of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh franchise — “Christopher Robin” — hit theaters earlier this month. Its whimsical soundtrack, composed by Richard Sherman, Jon Brion and Geoff Zanelli, helps set the mood for the […]
Q+A: Why Giving an Oscar For ‘Popular’ Films is an Unpopular Decision
This week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts announced a series of changes for the Oscars, its annual awards ceremony. Chief among them is a new category for achievement in popular film. While the move is […]
Media Watch: Computer Science at Center of 76ers Twitter Controversy
Strange tweets? Strange coincidence? Or strange individual? Former Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Bryan Colangelo has been fielding a lot of questions about his Twitter behavior, all stemming from the findings of a computer algorithm. An […]
Q+A: How Will Europe’s New Data Privacy Law Change Your Relationship With The Internet?
While consent is at the front of our collective consciousness — for a number of significant reasons that have nothing to do with online privacy — it’s also at the heart of a new law […]
