Sexting. Apparently everyone is doing it. But while it may be beneficial for adult relationships, as one Drexel study found, for teens it can be another story. According to a Drexel study conducted last year […]
Building a Video Game Showdown for Vets on CBS Sports Network’s ‘Triumph Games’
On Veterans Day, CBS Sports Network will unveil “Triumph Games” a seven-day competition pitting 12 military veterans head-to-head in challenges of mind and body. Among the challenges are a triathlon, an obstacle course, a car […]
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 […]
Accessing the ACA’s Full Potential
Although research by a new Drexel professor has shown important increases in health care access for the United States’ Latino population under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), he feels expanding it to include undocumented immigrants […]
Quick Take: Pediatricians Urged to Join Fight Against Childhood Hunger
“It’s high time [that pediatricians screen all patients for food insecurity]. We know food insecurity drives up health care costs, is associated with more hospitalizations and is related to poor childhood development and health.” – […]
Quick Take: When Social Responsibility Goes Wrong
“Social and environmental responsibility should not be a competitive sport. Not every company can have the smallest carbon footprint or donate the most to charity.” —Daniel Korschun, PhD A recent New York Times article focused […]
Drexel Snapshot: Designing and Building Philly’s First Public Boathouse
During the summer, as part of Drexel’s Engineering Projects in Community Service program, students from Drexel’s College of Engineering worked with students from the community to design and build a public boathouse and a floating […]
ICYMI: Would Defunding Planned Parenthood Violate the Constitution?
As the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to vote on whether to cut off federal money to Planned Parenthood a few weeks ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an opinion piece by constitutional law expert David […]
Turning Social Media Data Streams into Interactive Art
Imagine this: you walk into your closet in the morning and a device on the wall notifies you that the weather is a bit blustery outside. So you put back the T-shirt you were planning […]
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 […]