Seemingly drawing from the playbook of a national commission on hunger that was co-chaired by a Drexel professor, President Barack Obama announced a plan to budget $12 billion for reducing hunger in children. The plan, […]
Do Infections Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
A study from Drexel researchers offers new evidence to support a controversial hypothesis: Alzheimer’s disease results from the body’s inflammatory response to chronic infections. The scientists believe that bacteria create slimy, impenetrable biofilms in the […]
Q+A: Front Runners Emerge as Presidential Race Moves from Iowa to New Hampshire
There were many surprises at the Iowa caucus: Ted Cruz leap-frogged Donald Trump, Marco Rubio came in a strong third, and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were neck and neck. And most surprising of all, […]
Q+A: The Troublesome Implications of Monitoring Student Weight
With one university taking a high-tech stab at keeping its freshmen class’ weight down, an expert in weight stigma in Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions is alarmed by their methods. Oral Roberts University […]
ICYMI: Drexel Hyperloop Team Gets a Big Push Forward
A group of Drexel engineering undergraduates is among the last teams standing in the race to design a transportation pod for SpaceX’s high-speed transit test track — the hyperloop. The team was one of thousands […]
Quick Take: Can Scientists’ Passion Counter Anti-Vaxxers’ Pins?
“The anti-vaccine messages of today threaten to detrimentally influence public opinion, vaccination policy and public health. Do we continue to bombard the scientific community with more literature or lambaste the anti-vaccinating public by citing more […]
ICYMI: Science Explains Why You Can’t Keep That New Year’s Resolution
Here we are in the final days of January. How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? Have you maintained the willpower to eat healthy and lose weight, or did you lose all control […]
Q+A: Is Zika Virus a Threat to the United States?
A mosquito-borne illness that has spread throughout South America, Central America and the Caribbean adds fuel to growing fears about where viruses could strike next, infectious disease experts say. The Zika virus, previously restricted […]
Q+A: Can NASA Really Predict — and Divert — Harmful Asteroids?
The name “Planetary Defense Coordination Office” evokes such sci-fi motifs as laser canons pointed skyward and angry, space ship-riding aliens. In actuality, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) that NASA announced earlier this month deals […]
Drexel’s Million-Dollar Scholar Named to 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 List
Drexel’s Christopher Gray has come a long way since he first made headlines in 2013 as the million-dollar scholar who secured $1.3 million from 34 scholarships and created the Scholly app to help other students find and […]