“It is a step forward, it is reassuring. I think even if that 1.5 percent prevalence rate holds, we still have to recognize that still means 5 million individuals in the country are living with […]
Drexel Study: Touching Sandpaper Can Boost Charitable Donations
Organizations are constantly coming up with flashy fundraising campaigns to solicit donations, but a new study by a Drexel University marketing professor shows simply touching sandpaper could trigger empathy and motivate people to donate to […]
Student-Designed Game Squeezes Out Competition at Intel Game Developers Conference
While the latest edition of the Princeton Review’s annual rankings once again slotted Drexel among the top 10 schools for game design, a group of Dragons set the program apart with a game that edged […]
Can’t Afford Gwyneth Paltrow’s Smoothie? No Problem
This week, Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle site, Goop, unveiled a special breakfast smoothie that the actress supposedly drinks “every morning, whether or not she’s detoxing.” Containing a wide variety of ingredients, including items such as Goop’s […]
Q+A: Pumping the Brakes on Painkillers
The federal government has published the first-ever national guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Percocet, in an effort to halt the overuse of the highly addictive drugs. The Centers for Disease Control […]
Q+A: Are We Ready for the Zika Outbreak?
The Zika virus has reached Philadelphia, after the virus already struck two people in Pennsylvania and one in Delaware, all who acquired the infection during travel to affected areas. It is one of the latest […]
11 Hidden Architectural Gems of Philadelphia
In the lead-up to the American Institute of Architects 2016 Conference hosted in Philadelphia, some of the city’s prominent members are letting us in on their favorite places to visit. Drexel’s own Harris Steinberg, executive […]
Q+A: The Public Health Effects of a Philly Soda Tax
To date, only one city in the United States has passed a soda tax: Berkeley California. But Mayor Jim Kenney reportedly hopes to have Philadelphia soon join the west coast city in taxing sugary beverages. […]
A Dramatic Shift in the World of Photography
Photographer Harvey Wang began taking pictures as a teenager. He was mid-career when the tools of his trade were made virtually obsolete with the transition from film to digital. In a new film, “From Darkroom […]
The Sleep Revolution and Pajama Evolution
When Arianna Huffington spoke at Drexel University in 2013 as the Distinguished Lecturer for the College of Arts and Sciences, she stressed the need for society to unplug from our culture of over-connectivity, sleep deprivation […]