The World Bank recently cut its forecast for global growth this year due to weakness in the developing world—including in countries like Brazil and China—but the prospects for advanced economies, including the United States, are […]
Hunger in U.S. Solvable: Hunger Commission’s Final Report
The National Commission on Hunger released its final report Monday, detailing the myriad causes of hunger in the United States that range from under-employment to racism while also providing concrete steps forward that could combat […]
ICYMI: How Art Therapy is Helping Children Raised in Poverty
Ninety-four percent of patients at Drexel’s Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services have been exposed to one or more childhood traumas, according to a survey conducted by the center. A recent feature […]
Q+A: Post-Paris, America’s First Step To Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Drexel environmental engineering professor Patrick Gurian explains why the United States’ first move after the Paris Climate Conference was to formalize a new energy efficiency standard for air conditioners and furnaces.
5 Things to Know About Being Bitten By A Viper
Sean O’Donnell is a member of the white fang club — which is to say that he’s one of a group of biologists whose been bitten by a venomous snake and lived to tell the […]
Virtual Reality Brings Students to the Crime Scene
A man breaks into a 28-year-old woman’s home and rapes her. When you arrive at the scene to investigate, you find the door unlocked, a roll of duct tape in the bedroom and the woman’s […]
What’s in a Name? At UMD, a Hurtful History of Segregation
Amidst a flurry of protests across the country – from the University of Pennsylvania to Princeton University and the University of Kentucky – by students calling for the renaming of campus buildings and programs due […]
Q+A: With or Without the ACA, Health Costs Will Keep Climbing
With Congress gearing up to send a bill with provisions to repeal core components of the Affordable Care Act to the desk of President Barack Obama, Drexel’s Robert Field is concerned about the effects […]
Many Animals Were Helped in the Making of This Production
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design professor Brannon Wiles is a producer of a Broadway play called “Sylvia,” starring Tony Award-winners Matthew Broderick, Annaleigh Ashford and Julie White, which recently started a limited run […]
Quick Take: Your Coloring Book is Not Your Therapist
“Art is a very powerful, symbolic language that expresses those internal life experiences for which we have no words. A trained art therapist helps people create, express, and understand their own symbolic language which can […]