Today is your final day to vote for a Drexel University professor to become Philadelphia Magazine’s 2016 Health Hero. Philadelphia Magazine editors received more than 600 nominations this year for “health heroes” — from physicians […]
Category: Community & Society
Drexel College of Medicine Among Top 10 Medical Schools With the Most African-American Students
Drexel University College of Medicine was recently ranked seventh by U.S. News & World Report on a list of the top 10 medical schools with the most African-American students. The distinction means the college has bucked […]
Q+A: How Should You Talk to Your Doctor About End-of-Life Care?
No one wants to talk about death. But when a loved one is faced with old age or a serious illness, there are choices that need to be made. How does the patient feel about […]
60-foot Mural Pays Tribute to the Rise of Baseball in Philadelphia, Negro Leagues & Civic Trailblazers
Philadelphians are often known for their devotion to the community, culture and perhaps most distinctively, for their sports teams. While in the thick of baseball season, Mark Stockton, assistant teaching professor in Drexel University’s Antoinette […]
Leonard Pearlstein Gallery Participates in 5th Annual BlackStar Film Festival & Hosts 1st Youth Program
The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in the URBN Annex (3401 Filbert St.) of Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is known for its continued commitment to exhibiting regional, experimental art in all contemporary […]
Q+A: What Would an Ailes Exit Mean For Fox News?
In the midst of sexual harassment allegations, it appears that the departure of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes is imminent. Ailes, a former conservative political advisor, led the network to the top of the ratings […]
Pat Summitt’s Legacy and the Work that Remains
By Ellen Staurowsky, Ed.D. Last week, famed college basketball coach Pat Head Summitt passed away. The celebration of her life and mourning of her loss offers an opportunity to reflect on what her career represented […]
Email Ad Campaigns May be Effective but Companies Shouldn’t Phase out Catalogues Just Yet
Consumers may spend most of their day on handheld devices with emails available at their fingertips but researchers say companies shouldn’t forget about those snail mail catalogues just yet. Eleanor McDonnell Feit, PhD, an assistant […]
Corporate Political Activism: Why Corporations are Taking Political Stands More than Ever
By Daniel Korschun Traditional wisdom holds that corporations should avoid making political statements at any cost. Companies cannot afford to alienate their customers; or so the logic goes. But something is changing in the corporate […]
Drexel Senior Product Design Students Create to Inspire Positive Societal Change
Life-like prosthetics, empowerment campaigns and tools to combat culture shock will be on display as Drexel Seniors from the Product Design program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design debut their senior […]
