International Programs News

  • Drexel Students Accepted to Compete at Annual RASC-AL

  • Drexel engineering students have been accepted to participate in a prestigious annual student competition on Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in Cocoa Beach, FL this June... more

  • Review of Cross Country Conversations: Internet Privacy

  • On May 2, 2012, the Office of International Programs held a Cross Country Conversation on the topic of Internet Privacy in the Marks Intercultural Center.   Christopher Bonnaig, Matthew Whitworth, and Sean Flynn served as student panelists and shared contrary views on what internet privacy means, how it should be handled, and who. .... more

  • Review of Rio+20 Conference

  • On June 20th through 22nd, 2012, Dr. Dov Jaron will be attending the Rio +20 Conference in Brazil, a conference to follow-up the United Nations’ original Rio conference that took place in 1992. There, world leaders as well as participants from governments . .... more

  • "Innovation Partnership Forum Delegation" Turkey April 2012

  • The overarching theme of the delegation is "Innovation Partnerships for Prosperity and Peace." The purpose of the delegation is to participate in activities designed to introduce delegation members to leaders and the grassroots of the 'regional innovation movements' in three cities, namely Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir, and to provide a forum for... more

  • Peru Alternative Spring Break

  • On a Drexel Alternative Spring Break trip this year taking place March 24th to April 1st, 15 students volunteered for the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) in Trujillo, Peru. They were immersed in the Peruvian health system as they went on rounds with local physicians and nurses at two different clinics and a hospital...more

  • Upcoming Fulbright Workshops

  • "First Steps to Fulbright Workshop" Tuesday, May 22, 5:30-6:30pm . Come hear about the Fulbright Study/Research grants from students who are finalists for the program and staff from the Drexel Fellowships Office...more

  • weServe $2 Challenge Final Reflection

  • With Andrew DiMatteo and Katelynn Montgomery's leadership, the weServe students did a fantastic job in planning, preparing and executing the event over the 3 days. The participants built an amazing shelter, lived on $2 a day each, and raised awareness about weServe and the reason for our $2D Challenge.... more

  • Drexel in Cuba

  • Dr. Julie Mostov, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Dr. Shannon Marquez, Director of Global Public Health Initiatives and Interim Associate Dean, School of Public Health traveled to Havana and Cienfuegos, Cuba in March 2012. There, they...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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  • Allyson Bachta

  • The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland began in March 1972, when Ms. Cecil Linehan, a Catholic parent, first publically suggested that the educational system be used to help children through the conflict best known as "The Troubles." This led to the.... 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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