Yanliu Huang, PhD, an associate professor of Marketing in Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, insight into why stores lock up merchandise, how it impacts customers and employees, and other potential theft prevent and reduction practices.
Q+A: Can Studying How the Mind Wanders Improve Mental Health Treatments?
Aaron Kucyi, PhD, an assistant professor in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Dynamic Brain and Mind Lab, recently published a review of recent research developments on spontaneous thought and mental health, and what it means for future mental health interventions.
Q+A: Bumps, Humps, Cushions, Tables — What’s the Best Way to Slow Down Traffic?
The last three years have been three of Philadelphia’s worst for traffic fatalities, according to the city’s Vision Zero annual traffic safety report. Citywide efforts in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation are attempting […]
Q+A: What is (Still) Causing Electronic Devices to Overheat?
Recent reports about new iPhone 15s overheating when running apps like Instagram and Uber have spurred Apple to release a patch in its next operating system to address the issue. While this issue is rooted […]
‘Time to Mask Up’ — How a Gentle Reminder from an AI Assistant Can Help Protect Health Care Workers
As part of an effort by National Institutes of Health to protect health care workers from dangerous infections, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics are sharing their expertise on how best to […]
Q+A: How Are Engineers Improving the Safety and Performance of E-Bike, Scooter and EV Batteries?
As battery-powered transportation, such as e-bikes, scooters and electric vehicles, become more widely used, the durability and performance of battery technology is increasingly being pushed to its limits. A spate of tragic e-bike fires in […]
US Citizen Children of Mexican Immigrants Burdened by Family Separation, Discrimination and Mental Health Issues Amid Heightened Immigration Enforcement
A new study based on the Between the Lines research project — a two-year project between researchers at Drexel University and the Mexico section of the US-Mexico Border Health Commission — offers perspectives on the discrimination and trauma felt by immigrant children amid anti-immigrant rhetoric and family separation policies from 2019-2021.
Q+A: Can AI Help Video Games Reach the Next Level?
Frank Lee, PhD, founder of Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio, considers how artificial intelligence could change the way video games are made and how we play them.
Q+A: How Are Inflation and Recession Linked?
Marco Airaudo, PhD, professor of Economics in Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, explains how current economic issues are connected and what consumers should do during this time of uncertainty.
Slowing Down Can Help Photographers Find Their Subject
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design Photography Professor Andrea Modica is known for using a distinctive technique to photograph her subjects that requires a great deal of patience. Eschewing the latest technology, Modica uses […]