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 […]
What Do Cyber Attacks Against Major Companies Mean for Consumers?
JP Morgan Chase & Co. confirmed last week that hackers managed to access personal data for more than 83 million customers, including 76 million households and seven million small-business online accounts. As The New York […]
Five Questions You Should Ask When Choosing a Therapist
Seeking care for behavioral health concerns, whether for yourself or your child, can itself cause some stress – especially if you don’t know what to look for in a therapist, or if your insurance coverage […]
Obamacare’s Healthcare.gov Roll-Out: One Year Later
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the controversial launch of HealthCare.gov, the federal government’s health insurance marketplace, and the beginning of enrollment in Obamacare. So how are the embattled health care law and its website […]
Next-Gen Virtual Reality is Latest Medium For Drexel’s Digital Storytellers
Could you imagine abandoning a movie plot line in the theater when it gets boring? Or deciding to follow a different character when the protagonist is annoying you? Choose-your-own-adventure-style movies might be the next box […]
Drexel Engineer’s Discovery Turns Artificial Ankle Research in a New Direction
One small misstep in the biomechanical understanding of the ankle about 70 years ago has thrown research on the joint slightly off kilter ever since. Sorin Siegler, PhD, a mechanical engineer at Drexel is […]
Looking Beyond the Numbers: Experts Can Comment on What Poverty Data Mean for U.S. Families
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released data on income, poverty and health insurance for 2013. The data show that poverty continues to impact families and communities throughout the country. Despite the recession coming to an […]
Digging Deeper into Dreadnoughtus: Dinosaur Interview Part 2
A team led by Drexel University’s Kenneth Lacovara, PhD announced a major new dinosaur discovery with a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports on Sept. 4, 2014. The dinosaur is BIG. So big that […]