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  • Drexel President Fry Leads Delegation to Israel [Gallery]

  • 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

  • Peace Corps Information Session [pdf]

  • 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps —50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world. Peace Corps offers a way to refine and develop skills and gain international experience, while helping others. ...    More

  • Cross Country Conversation

  • This event was a discussion on the issue of social and economic class, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and the impact it has on our society and our lives.
    Click here for pictures from the event!...    More

  • Upcoming DSA Meetings: Nov. 2nd and Nov. 3rd [pdf]

  • Drexel Student Alliance is looking to enlarge it membership and fill positions on the Executive Board. Come hear about our unique organization, and we will not only provide pizza and drinks, but you will have the opportunity to get tickets to see Bill Cosby during his visit to Philadelphia next week! ...    More

  • Voices of Uganda: Children of War Tell Stories of Hope.

  • Philadelphia native, activist and actress Melissa Fitzgerald (West Wing) will tell her story of doing theatre with the local population in Uganda. The work is chronicled in the documentary film, Staging Hope, which tells the story of a cross-cultural collaboration between a group of American actors and...    More

  • Looking Eastward

  • A fun information-fair to learn about Opportunities for the Drexel Community in the Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa. Come learn about study abroad, co-op, and research, Monday October 24th, in the Intercultural Center...    More

  • Philadelphia Joins with the World for Peace Day 2011

  • The International Day of Peace (Peace Day) is a global day of ceasefire & non-violence observed by millions worldwide on September 21. On Peace Day's 30th anniversary, individuals, schools and organizations throughout the Philadelphia region will join with the world by actively participating in a wide range of peace and non-violence activities. More

  • Publication by Elias Okwara, Student Focus Winner

  • Drexel student Elias B. Okwara wrote a paper during his time in Brussels with the Global Governance Institute titled "The International Criminal Court and Kenya’s Post-election violence: National Justice through Global Mechanisms” ... More | Direct Download

  • Presentation of the Maxwell Award in Edinburgh

  • I met today with the Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of presenting the IEEE/Royal Society of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Award to Marcian E. Hoff. Hoff is one of the inventors of the microprocessor and the Least means Square algorithm. He was one of the first employees of Intel..... More

  • Drexel Mourns the Loss of Dr. DeLancey

  • With deep sadness and profound sympathy, we mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, Professor F. Elaine DeLancey who passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011. Elaine Delancey served Drexel for over twenty-five years as.... More

  • Daniel Tedesco Receives Fulbright Award

  • Mr. Daniel Tedesco of Drexel University has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to China in Political Science, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently..... More

  • Prof. Yury Gogotsi of Drexel University Visited SARI

  • On July 26, 2011, Prof. Yury Gogotsi, Director of A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute and Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair of Materials Science and Engineering, paid a visit to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI).... More

  • weServe Gambia - Vanessa Lin - Program Report

  • This past spring, Vanessa Lin had the opportunity to travel to The Gambia for six weeks through the Drexel weServe Program. Her work at Sulayman Junkung General Hospital was filled with experiential learning as Vanessa gained .... More

  • Drexel Students in Germany

  • 16 Drexel engineering students have landed in Bochum, Germany to spend the summer taking a full course-load of engineering courses while studying in one of the most dynamic cities in Germany. The group is composed of 16 pre-junior students... More

  • President Fry Joins University Leaders in Israel

  • President John A. Fry and a delegation of U.S. University Presidents and Chancellors will visit Israel from July 4-11. Initiated by Project Interchange, an institute of the American Jewish Committee, the trip will include ...more.

  • Drexel Engineering Students Help Thai Farmers

  • A group of seniors from Drexel's College of Engineering is in Thailand helping rice farmers to construct and use tools that will ease the work of rice farming. The Thai Harvest Initiative is a design project undertaken by six seniors from varying fields of study. ...more

  • Drexel's Shutter Abroad Contest

  • The "Shutter Abroad" Photography Contest begins June 15th and ends July 15th at 5:00pm. Submissions entered after the due date and time will not qualify. Contest sponsored by the College of ...more

  • Drexel Representatives meet with Three Chinese Academies

  • From May 5 – 14, 2011 Dean Allen Sabinson led a Westphal College delegation, including, Sandy Stewart (Associate Dean), Joseph Gregory (Art and Art History), Roberta Gruber (Fashion Design and Merchandizing), and Julie Mostov. They visited three of the top academies of art in China....more!

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  • 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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  • CHINA
    Drexel expands and strengthens partnerships in China with three spring delegations as part of the integrated strategic approach. more
  • 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.
  • An extensive portion of Chile recently experienced the strongest earthquake on record, followed by a raging tsunami in coastal regions; these tragic events left behind a trail of devastation and human misery..; read more.