January 22, 2025
When the College of Medicine opened its West Reading Campus in 2021, one of its first community partnerships started only a few blocks away at the Reading Science Center, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing engaging and accessible STEM learning to local youth. The Reading Science Center became one of the campus's first Health Advocacy Practicum (HAP) sites, hosting a first-year medical student from the inaugural class.
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January 22, 2026
Compared to college students in other disciplines, medical students are more likely to experience mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression and burnout due to demanding academic workloads in high-pressure environments. The College of Medicine is ensuring students have access to comprehensive mental health resources, even as they train across diverse clinical locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and California.
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December 17, 2025
Drexel University has signed a landmark lease selecting Gattuso Development Partners’ and Vigilant Holdings’ best-in-class life science development, 3201 Cuthbert Street, as the future home for its medical research and laboratory operations. The long-term lease agreement, which encompasses four floors totaling 150,741 square feet, marks a transformative step that will bring the entirety of research operations for the Drexel University College of Medicine to University City.
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December 15, 2025
There is no cure for the rare disease hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School have achieved proof-of-principle success with “silence and replace” gene therapy — an approach that uses a viral vector to silence genes with disease-causing mutations and replace them with healthy genes — to prevent and even reverse disease progression.
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December 8, 2025
This quiz is themed around leaders throughout institutional history — including Drexel’s newest president.
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December 5, 2025
Nominations are open for election into the Delta Zeta chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. You do not need to be a member of AOA to nominate a deserving candidate. The deadline is January 7, 2026.
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November 25, 2025
Each year, the University Libraries and the Office of the Provost proudly host the Celebrating Drexel Authors event — a celebration that honors faculty, staff and students who have published creative or scholarly works. At this year's event held on November 6, the University honored a total of 79 individuals who published books or contributed to highly cited journal articles in the calendar year 2024. Of the honorees, 15 are from the College of Medicine.
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November 11, 2025
Last term, Drexel University faculty members were recognized for their scholarly research and prolific academic and professional contributions. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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November 10, 2025
On November 6, 2025, the College of Medicine hosted its annual Discovery Day at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, offering attendees a full day to explore cutting-edge research shaping the future of clinical, translational and biomedical sciences.
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October 30, 2025
Last term, Drexel University’s colleges, schools and departments received funding, created partnerships and otherwise contributed to the success of Drexel’s academic enterprise.
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