One field rife with job opportunities in our economy’s recovery from the Great Recession is cybersecurity — some estimates have the demand in this sector surging to 1.5 million positions by 2020. The trouble, however, is […]
Shaping the 21st Century Urban Strategist
Urban living can be a blessing and a curse; you have amenities like ease of transportation, the ability to learn from multiple cultures, food and technology…but those pot holes are awful. Why does it take […]
Q+A: Why Are More Young People Getting Colon Cancer?
A new study from the American Cancer Society points out a mysterious trend: Colorectal cancer rates are declining rapidly overall in the United States, but increasing among young adults. In fact, compared with Americans born […]
Dark Matter Remains Elusive, But Drexel Scientist on the Case
We all know that about 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water. That’s something you learn in elementary school. Now, imagine that 80 percent of the Earth was covered in water — but […]
Media Watch: Masks Created by Military Service Members are Unifiers
“To see the masks is to ‘see’ the very real impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and understand how it impacts the military service members’ personal life, relationships and perceptions […]
Student Startup One Step Closer to Bringing Smart Faucet to Homes
With a recent six-figure seed-round investment, Tern Water is one step closer to making homes more intelligent with its smart faucet. Mohamed Zerban, a senior in Drexel University’s College of Engineering, is the founder of […]
Quick-Take: Bringing the Public Health Perspective to Automated Cars
“The projected reductions in morbidity and mortality from autonomous vehicles not only assume a near-ideal implementation — with few, if any, mechanical and software failures — but they also assume that forced decisions are being […]
Going Toe-to-Toe With ‘Pokemon Go’
Imagine you’re a student game developer and your first game is mentioned along with the likes of video game royalty like the Mario Brothers and Pokemon. That’s the case for a student company from Drexel’s […]
Deleting This Fatty Acid Receptor Helps Mice Recover From Spinal Cord Injury
Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have discovered a new target for treating spinal cord injury. In a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the scientists […]
5 Tips for Surviving Valentine’s Day in a Politically Split Relationship
The 2016 election was one of the most contentious and polarizing in memory. Unfortunately for some, that polarizing effect came home to roost, with some couples sitting on opposite sides of the political spectrum. […]