Welcome to the Office of the Provost

Following a national search, Interim Dean Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH, has been appointed Dana and David Dornsife Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health.

We are pleased to share updates, important policy reminders, and stories of our colleagues leading innovative work in teaching, research and partnership.

The Environmental Collaboratory is pleased to support the formation of four collaborative teams of faculty, students and professional staff for research, creative and scholastic endeavors that will further catalyze Drexel’s Areas of Excellence & Opportunity (AEOs) in Sustainability and Climate Resilience with funding from the Waverly Street Foundation,

Christopher Spahr, PhD, has been appointed Executive Director of the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, effective April 1, 2024.

Interim Dean Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH, has been appointed Dana and David Dornsife Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health.

At the heart of her course, Sociology of the Environment (SOC/ENSS 244), Amanda McMillan Lequieu, PhD, assigns students a multi-stage case study and guides them through a process that exposes them to the skills needed to analyze research and use that information to make a persuasive case for a potential policy measure.

Climate change — its impact on health and society — continues to shape Associate Professor Ali Kenner’s work and has led to her next project: establishing a monthly climate café at Drexel. It has also influenced the creation of a new course in Experimental Ethnography.

Faculty members were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.