When it comes to diets, the problem is that when many people think about them, they forget: people are human beings and not robots. Food is a part of everyday life, but it’s a part […]
Author: Frank Otto
Frank is a news officer for health and science at Drexel. Formerly, he was a reporter at the Pottstown Mercury where he covered car crashes, murders, and goat races. He also interviewed Tom Wolf, Carly Rae Jepsen and almost Ke$ha once. He's still not a coffee-drinker and remains a lifelong Phillies fan, even now, because their ineptitude just feels nostalgic to when he first started watching them. Follow Frank at @DrexelFrank. Contact him at 215.571.4244 or fmo26@drexel.edu.
Commission Co-Chaired by Drexel Professor Influences National Child Hunger Conversation
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Q+A: Can NASA Really Predict — and Divert — Harmful Asteroids?
The name “Planetary Defense Coordination Office” evokes such sci-fi motifs as laser canons pointed skyward and angry, space ship-riding aliens. In actuality, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) that NASA announced earlier this month deals […]
Hunger in U.S. Solvable: Hunger Commission’s Final Report
The National Commission on Hunger released its final report Monday, detailing the myriad causes of hunger in the United States that range from under-employment to racism while also providing concrete steps forward that could combat […]
5 Things to Know About Being Bitten By A Viper
Sean O’Donnell is a member of the white fang club — which is to say that he’s one of a group of biologists whose been bitten by a venomous snake and lived to tell the […]
Q+A: With or Without the ACA, Health Costs Will Keep Climbing
With Congress gearing up to send a bill with provisions to repeal core components of the Affordable Care Act to the desk of President Barack Obama, Drexel’s Robert Field is concerned about the effects […]
Quick Take: Your Coloring Book is Not Your Therapist
“Art is a very powerful, symbolic language that expresses those internal life experiences for which we have no words. A trained art therapist helps people create, express, and understand their own symbolic language which can […]
Quick Take: Elected Officials Must Step Up to Fight Hunger
“Clearly, we need to improve our current programs but we also need to address the root causes of hunger and make sure that we are counting and supporting the most vulnerable citizens of America,” — […]