8.17 Drexel Embarks on a 10-Year, $480 Million Collaboration to Bolster Defense Textile Manufacturing Drexel University has been designated as a key collaborator on a 10-year Department of War initiative, led by North Carolina State University, aimed at modernizing textile manufacturing in the United States to support the defense industry. The FutureTEX award – which includes $36 million in its first year and has a ceiling of $480 million over a decade –brings together industry, government, university and nonprofit partners to advance manufacturing technologies of textiles for military and domestic applications. FutureTEX will champion workforce development, and modernization of facilities and equipment to increase U.S. competitiveness.
8.13 What Do People Really Think About Generative AI? Is generative artificial intelligence technology a helpful tool or a big problem? Nearly four years after ChatGPT became a household name, most people are either using AI applications or generally aware of what the technology can do. But understanding how much they actually trust the work it produces, and the answers it provides, remains an important question. New research from Drexel University, based on a longitudinal analysis of hundreds of thousands of Reddit posts since 2022, sheds light on the general perception of AI and suggests that the public remains largely divided on how much it can be trusted.
8.7 Drexel University's Recent Academic Activity: Sponsored Opportunities and New Partnerships From Spring 2026 Last term, Drexel University’s colleges, schools and departments received funding, created partnerships and otherwise contributed to the success of Drexel’s academic enterprise.