The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for online shopping. Economists are predicting that more than $2 billion worth of purchases will be made on Cyber Monday alone –a 15 […]
The 2015 Holiday Shopping Season Is Here, Now What?
With multiple Thanksgiving sales events adding an extra week to this year’s holiday shopping season, it’s likely we will see an increase in sales over previous years, according to Drexel University’s Rajneesh Suri, PhD, a […]
Chakra Fitwear: Active Wear with a Social Conscience
It’s never been easier to save the environment while looking great in colorful, Hinduism-inspired yoga pants. With its recently launched Kickstarter campaign, Chakra Fitwear hopes to fund a line of eco-friendly active wear to continue […]
The Geography of Job Growth
By Neeta Fogg and Paul Harrington Last month, payroll employment levels in the U.S increased by 214,000, as the nation’s unemployment rate edged down to 5.8 percent. At least some commentators were surprised that these […]
Stop-and-Frisk Appeal Déjá Vu
The New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk practices are back in the spotlight. Again. It’s been a little more than a year since U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the NYPD to change its […]
Is CBS’s Streaming Service The Beginning of The End For Cable?
CBS recently announced that it will begin streaming its programming live online via a subscription service in selected markets. The move is certainly a victory for cable-cutters –those who eschew cable service in favor of […]
The Mystery of Drexel’s Rare David Bowie Recordings
Rare finds from David Bowie’s personal archives of handwritten lyrics and stage costumes are currently shown at the “David Bowie Is” retrospective exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. But which ones are stored away in […]
College Dropouts and College Grads: Completing a Degree Means Getting a Better Job
By Neeta Fogg and Paul Harrington If you decide to go to college, stick with it. That’s the message of a story just published in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “A Bit of College Can […]
How Do You Get to Antarctica? …Study…Study…Study
The Earth’s polar regions are holy lands for environmental researchers. Relatively pristine and preserved by their remoteness and shielded from many of humanity’s atmospheric impacts, the Arctic and Antarctic are environmental samples as close to […]
The Soundtrack of Giving: WKDU’s Electronic Music Marathon
For the first time in seven years, Drexel’s student-run radio station WKDU 91.7 FM is bringing back its Electronic Music Marathon (EMM) fundraising event for this upcoming Columbus Day weekend. Drexel DJs will host local […]