Author: Mike Tuberosa

Mike is an assistant director of news and media relations, working with the Kline School of Law, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, the Drexel School of Education, the Pennoni Honors College and the Academy of Natural Sciences. He served as Drexel’s Assistant Athletics Director for Communications for 24 years before joining the University Marketing & Communications team. Mike is a Syracuse University graduate, originally from Massachusetts. His biggest dilemma will be choosing sides if the Phillies ever face the Red Sox in a World Series.
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Q&A: What’s Next for IceCube’s Hunt for ‘Ghost Particles?’

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, or IceCube, is a massive cubic-kilometer detector embedded deep in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole that explores fundamental questions in physics and astronomy. For the first time since its inception in 2010, IceCube has just completed an upgrade consisting of adding over 600 new detectors to the existing 5,160 which were installed more than 15 years ago. This upgrade, along with the continued collaboration of Physics faculty and students from Drexel University, should lead to more information on neutrinos, or “ghost particles” as they are sometimes referred to, and pave the way for more cosmic discoveries.

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Q+A: Eating Disorders and Body Image: Two Overlooked Problems for Men

The growing popularity of weight-loss medications like GLP-1s has triggered a broad reevaluation of the driving forces behind our relationship with food. As a result, researchers are also taking a fresh look at the neurological and psychological drivers of eating disorders — including binge-spectrum eating disorders, which affect approximately 2.8 million adults in the United States.