International Programs News

  • Drexel President Fry Leads Delegation to Israel

  • Drexel University President John A. Fry is leading a delegation to Israel to attend the second Bi-national Symposium on Translational Research in Biomedicine and Biomedical Engineering, jointly sponsored by Hebrew University's (HUJI) Institute for Drug Research (IDR) and Drexel... More

  • Upcoming ITA Deadline

  • The deadline for ITA applications for both graduate and faculty awards is Thursday, January 26th 4:30pm for Travel between March 1st, and June 30th. Applications can be emailed or brought to our office in person. Click one of the following for more information...    Graduate | Faculty

  • Dr. Mimi Sheller Invited to Japan for Earthquake Research

  • Mimi Sheller is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University. She will be traveling to Tokyo in January 2012 as part of a team of 10 global experts commissioned by the World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction to write a report on lessons from the Japanese earthquake and .... More

  • Study Abroad in America Scholarship

  • Study Abroad recently held its scholarship winners event. Tianjiao Cai is a materials engineering student who spent time studying at the University of Sheffield. She won their America Study Abroad Scholarship - a scholarhship for .... More

  • Jenzabar Foundation Grants $50,000 to Student Groups

  • The Jenzabar Foundation recently announced that the weServe and Alternative Spring Break programs at Drexel are the recipients of the 2011 Student Leadership Awards, which recognize student campus groups and projects that .... More

  • Drexel's Lauren Weinrich Selected for Water Management Young Technology Leader Award

  • Lauren Weinrich, Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering, has been recognized as a "Young Technology Leader" by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest's Transatlantic Program. .... More

  • Asia Institute on Political Economy

  • The Asia Institute for Political Economy (AIPE) is an academic program designed to promote discussions of political economy with other young leaders. Analyze and debate issues of economics, global trade and economic developments with a group of outstanding students, well-known professors, and notable guest lecturers.... More

  • Dr. Banu Onaral honored at US-Israel Healthcare Technology Conference

  • Dr. Onaral was honored on November 15th, by the Israel Chamber of Commerce. She is one of the of the founding members of the Drexel University - Hebrew University research HUB, which brings together premier scientists and engineers from the two universities to define and advance joint translational biomedical research projects... More

  • Thai Harvest Initiative

  • Last year, the OIP helped the 6 interdisciplinary students of the Thai Harvest Initiative to make a difference in Thailand. Come hear about their adventures, and stay for the refreshments and live music!...    More

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  • Internationalization is a major trend in leading Universities today. This trend reflects concerns with global issues in science and technology, politics, economics, and culture;
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    Drexel expands and strengthens partnerships in China with three spring delegations as part of the integrated strategic approach. more
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  • Lauren Scull

  • Thanks to the assistance I received from the International Travel Award, I was able to attend the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations and the 22nd International Symposium on ALS/MND in Sydney, Australia.... more

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  • Julianne Holloway
    College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

  • I recently spent four months (August 26th – December 17th, 2011) in Manchester, United Kingdom researching at the University of Manchester under the advisement of Drs. Anthony Freemont and Brian Saunders. My research project was titled, "Improvement of the yield strain of double cross-linked microgels."... more

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  • Julianne Holloway
    College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

  • As a Drexel chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate, I have been performing research on the development of a fiber-reinforced hydrogel composite for meniscal replacement for the past several years. Meniscal injuries constitute a significant portion of... more

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  • Carlos Perez
    College of Engineering

  • Last month I had opportunity to present my work at CESEP'11, the fourth international conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection, following the initiatives of the French, Polish and Spanish Carbon Groups, the organizers of the ... more

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  • Lloyd Ackert
    Department of History & Politics

  • The generous International Travel Award helped me to travel to St. Petersburg, Russia to present my research at the 'Russian-French Links in Biology and Medicine' conference organized by the Institute of History of Science and Technology (IHST), Russian Academy of Sciences.   ... more

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  • Peter W. Baas
    Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

  • I attended the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the ISN-ESN, which is the joint International Society for Neurochemistry and European Society for Neurochemistry. The meeting was held in Athens, Greece August 28 through September 1, 2011 ... more

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  • Jeffrey Scott
    Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • The annual Sound and Music Computing (SMC) Conference is an international venue for discussion and networking between interdisciplinary researchers with such diverse backgrounds such as computer science, engineering, information science, musicology and psychology... more

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  • Anitha Manohar
    School of Biomedical Engineering

  • I had an overall culturally and scientifically enriching experience during the 10th international summer school on Biocomplexity from Gene to System at the Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. The summer school was sponsored by NSF, IEEE-EMBS society and... more

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  • Brian Dolhansky
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • I recently traveled to Padua, Italy to attend the Sound and Music Computing Conference to present my latest research on expressive drum gestures performed with mobile devices. The conference was held at the Palazzo Bo, a building which was originally... more

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  • Nora Madison
    Department of Culture & Communication

  • I attended the biannual conference of the International Association for the Study of Sex, Culture, and Society in Madrid, Spain. The International Travel Award through Drexel's Office of International Programs allowed me the remarkable opportunity to... more

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  • Margo N. Orlin
    Department of Physical Therapy

  • I attended the 16th International World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress held in Amsterdam on June 20 – 25, 2011. This was an outstanding meeting attended by more than 5000 physical therapists from over 100 countries. The satellite... more

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  • Heng Yang
    Department of Biomedical Engineering

  • I had a chance to attend the ISMB/ECCB conference held in Vienna, Austria. The goal of this annual, international Bioinformatics and Computational Biology conference is to gather researchers from around the world to share their achievements in... more

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  • Jie Cai
    Department of Finance

  • I left from the Newark International Airport in the afternoon of June 29, 2011, arriving at Hong Kong in the evening of June 30. I attended the China International Conference in Finance (CICF) during... more

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  • Lisa Chiarello
    Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences

  • This memo details my activities while attending World Physical Therapy, 2011 (World
    Confederation of Physical Therapy), in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 20-25, 2011.... more

Graduate | Faculty

  • Shazia Mehmood

  • Shazia Mehmood, Drexel University Class of 2008, is off to Geneva this summer to take part in a highly competitive summer internship with the World Health Organization's World Alliance for Patient Safety .... read more

  • Dr. Anthony Addison
    College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry

  • Dr. Anthony Addison, in September 2009, travelled to Kiev, Ukraine, to visit the Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for about ten days....read more

  • Dr. Paul Oh
    Associate Professor, Drexel's Mechanical Engineering Department.

  • I largely attribute my appointment as the nation’s overseer of robotics to my experiences abroad. Between 1989 and 1993 I saw America from the other side of the world...read more

  • Dr. Arthur Frank
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

  • Dr. Frank advised the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor for the Government of Israel on the establishment of a research institute in the areas of occupations safety and health. Additionally ...more

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