By Charles Haas, PhD Forty years ago next month, more than 200 cases of Legionnaires’ disease, resulting in 29 deaths, occurred at hotel hosting an American Legion conference in Philadelphia — giving the disease its […]
Category: Opinion
Brexit: What’s Next for the EU and the World Economy
Drexel University’s Marco Airaudo, PhD, an associate professor of economics in the LeBow College of Business, shared his thoughts on the United Kingdom’s recent vote to exit the European Union. Did you expect the vote […]
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 […]
The Three Dumbest Things in Tom Brady’s Cookbook
Excuse Drexel’s Nutrition Sciences department if they’re a bit skeptical of Tom Brady’s new $200, wood-bound cookbook. “It’s not a cookbook, it’s a nutrition manual,” he assured. That manual — which sold out already, despite […]
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: We’re Already Doing It, and It’s Not as Hard as You Think
By Patrick L. Gurian, PhD In the spring of 2014 the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability asked Drexel University’s Institute for Energy and the Environment to consider what it would take for the City of Philadelphia […]
What the Presidential Candidates Can Learn From Market Basket
By Daniel Korschun, PhD It’s been over a year since New Englanders got their favorite supermarket back. On Aug. 27, 2014, Arthur T. Demoulas, and others on his side of the family, reached the deal […]
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 […]
Science and Religion Together: Popes, Scientists and Pope/Scientists
By Jonathan Seitz Pope Francis has finally arrived in the United States and addressed a joint session of Congress. Rep. Paul Gosar, however, announced that he would not be there. The representative from Arizona decried […]
Certificate Programs: The “New Black” in Professional Development
By Susan Aldridge, PhD In today’s ever-evolving workforce, lifelong learning is the key to gainful and fulfilling employment—which is why successful professionals are always on the lookout for quality continuing education, designed to drive career […]
Greece’s Anti-Austerity Government and the Future of the Eurozone
With the recent election in Greece, the country’s radical left Syriza party became the first anti-austerity party to win elections in Europe. The victory of Syriza prime minister candidate Alexis Tsipras has already cast doubts […]
