Seven-year-old Tiana Parker was sent home from school on her first day…because of her hair. The elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, deemed the dreadlocks she wore under her big, pink bow to be “faddish,” and, […]
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Staying Upstream of Water Contamination
From November of 2001 to January of 2002 a contaminated cistern that had collected rain water for the village of Santa Isabel do Ivaí Paraná, Brazil infected more than 600 people with a parasitic disease […]
Drexel Business Professors Comment on Potential Next Fed Chair
As the current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke prepares to step down in Jan. 2014 and the media buzz over who will succeed him grows louder, three finance professors from Drexel University’s LeBow College […]
What’s Next for Saks Fifth Avenue After Deal with Lord & Taylor Parent?
The elite retail store Saks Fifth Avenue surprised consumers last week when it announced it would be sold for $2.4 billion to the Toronto-based Hudson’s Bay, the parent company of Lord & Taylor. What will […]
A Building Engineer’s Tips for Keeping Cool in Hot Weather
Whether you’re dialing down the thermostat, hoisting a window unit into place or creating a wind tunnel of fans, it’s been a challenge to keep cool during record temperatures this summer. And comfort comes at […]
Drexel’s Moth Goes Full Circle
It was a surprise to Jon Gelhaus, curator of entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, when he came across the photo of a modest-looking moth in a book a few months ago. It was […]
How Mobile Coupons Make You Buy More: By Forcing You to Walk Through the Store
There is no better feeling for shoppers than walking out of a store feeling like they scored the best deals on their purchases and made out even better with the help of coupons. A recent […]
Ten Years of Musical MADness
Drexel became one of the first schools in the country to launch its own student-run record label tied to a degree program when MAD Dragon Records was born in 2003. The fledgling company entered the […]
John, Paul, George and Hubo?
Four humanoid robots stole the spotlight on YouTube last year with their take on the Beatles’ “Come Together.” Now the Drexel engineers responsible are giving a behind-the-scenes look at how the music video…well, came together. […]
Will JC Penney’s Apology Woo Customers Back?
Recognizing the mistakes it made in an attempt to reinvent itself, JC Penney is now trying to woo customers back with a television and social media campaign apologizing to customers and inviting them back. But […]