Written by Drexel University President John Fry and published in Inside Sources, this piece focuses on the need for colleges and universities to prepare students for meaningful careers by incorporating professional work experience into academic […]
Category: Experts
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 […]
Preventing Falls in Older Adults: What Works and What Doesn’t
When you fall dozens of times a day as a toddler, you bounce right back up. Maybe you get some bruises on your elbows or knees, maybe not. But when an older person falls, however, […]
Media Watch: Piecing Together What Happened to Southwest Flight 1380
In the aftermath of the disastrous engine failure on Southwest Flight 1380, that caused debris to puncture the fuselage, killing one passenger and forcing an emergency landing, the airline and the National Transportation Safety Board […]
Q+A: Protecting ‘The Process’ — What Makes Joel Embiid’s Mask So Indestructible?
Whether you think Joel Embiid’s mask is more Iron Man or Phantom of the Opera, one thing’s for sure — it’s strong. A collision with teammate Markelle Fultz near the end of the season sidelined […]
How Would Medicare ‘Part E’ Work?
Medicare provides health insurance for older Americans and to those with disabilities, but a new proposal might make it available to almost anyone who cares to buy in. With midterm elections coming up, it appears […]
Spillover Effect: Lawsuits Affect Joint Venture Partners Too
It comes as no surprise that a firm facing a class-action lawsuit experiences reputational and financial consequences. But what happens to companies that do business with those companies? A new study led by Drexel University’s […]
Q+A: What Does Facebook’s Mishandling of User Data Reveal About Our Privacy Laws?
Recent reporting by The New York Times and The Guardian discovered that personal data, collected from more than 50 million Facebook users under the auspices of academic research, was illegally obtained by the political research […]
Media Watch: Consumers Use Purchasing Power to Influence Policy
Companies have been taking positions on social and political issues for a number of years, but within the last year — with major policy changes being addressed in Washington — companies are more frequently getting […]
Q+A: Can ‘Inclusion Riders’ Really Change Hollywood?
In closing her memorable Oscar acceptance speech, Frances McDormond left her peers and a national audience with two words — “inclusion rider” — and a lot of questions. The term is a legal concept that […]
