How do aspiring doctors spend their summers? For second-year medical student David Tomajan, a flight and a 3-day road trip across rugged terrain brought him to a remote, desert region in the Himalayas called Spiti […]
Category: Community & Society
Missouri Football Player Strike: College Athletes’ Power to Effect Campus Change
On Saturday, Nov. 7, more than 30 black members of the University of Missouri football team announced that they would boycott all team activities, including games, unless University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned […]
ICYMI: Colorado Case Puts Spotlight on Underage Sexting’s Harsh Legal Consequences
Sexting. Apparently everyone is doing it. But while it may be beneficial for adult relationships, as one Drexel study found, for teens it can be another story. According to a Drexel study conducted last year […]
Drexel Snapshot: Designing and Building Philly’s First Public Boathouse
During the summer, as part of Drexel’s Engineering Projects in Community Service program, students from Drexel’s College of Engineering worked with students from the community to design and build a public boathouse and a floating […]
ICYMI: Would Defunding Planned Parenthood Violate the Constitution?
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to vote on whether to cut off federal money to Planned Parenthood a few weeks ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an opinion piece by constitutional law expert David […]
Turning Social Media Data Streams into Interactive Art
Imagine this: you walk into your closet in the morning and a device on the wall notifies you that the weather is a bit blustery outside. So you put back the T-shirt you were planning […]
A Vision Taking Shape Along Philadelphia’s Waterfront
By Harris M. Steinberg More than 1,500 people had packed the Pennsylvania Convention Center, and it was so crowded that they opened an overflow room with a televised link. The November 2007 occasion was the […]
Quick Take: Does “Trumpcare” Make Sense?
“Health care coverage is extremely complex, whether it is provided by the government or by private companies. Any universal plan must address thousands of interrelated issues, not to mention countless political concerns. That is why […]
The Way to a Woman’s Heart is Through Her Stomach, Too
You’ve heard that romance starts in the kitchen and not in the bedroom. Well, researchers at Drexel University finally have the science to support that saying – but not the way you might think. In […]
Papers Cover Rock: Drexel Students Interview Husker Dü Drummer For Writing Class
Husker Dü drummer and vocalist Grant Hart was interviewed by Drexel University students taking the “Writing About Rock Music” Honors Course on July 30. Hart, a cofounder of the influential alt rock and punk band and […]