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March 22, 2013

Drexel President John A. Fry and a delegation recently traveled to Ethiopia to explore possible University programs in the country’s urban and rural areas. Fry was joined by Dr. Shannon Marquez, associate dean of Drexel’s School of Public Health, and philanthropists and University benefactors Dana and David Dornsife.

March 06, 2013

Drexel’s Michael Yudell was never a fan of Stephen King. But that changed when he took on chance on King’s recent 11/22/63, a novel with an interesting perspective on American history.

February 19, 2013

����Vlog's public health research into the health effects and complex causes of hunger and food insecurity are prominently featured in a new documentary film, A Place at the Table. The film profiles Barbie Izquierdo, a participant in Drexel's "Witnesses to Hunger" program and includes expert commentary from Dr. Mariana Chilton.

November 02, 2012

Experts in law, medicine and public health will explore prospects for the future of health reform and the health care system at What the Election Means for Health Reform,a roundtable discussion sponsored by ����Vlog’s Earle Mack School of Law and School of Public Health at the Academy of Natural Sciences on November 16.

October 22, 2012

In honor of LGBT history month, DrexelNow talked to School of Public Health professor Randall Sell about his role as an academic and community historian in the LGBT community—and why learning about gay history is crucial to a comprehensive education.

October 16, 2012

A “Witnesses to Hunger” exhibit, featuring the photographs of parents from Baltimore, Boston, and Philadelphia who have experienced hunger and poverty first-hand, will run through October in Baltimore. It is one of multiple ways anti-hunger advocates are coming together this month to raise awareness about the challenges of living in or near poverty and to fight hunger in Maryland.

October 11, 2012

The School of Public Health's Dr. Mariana Chilton carved out some time to speak with DrexelNow about her current reading selection, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson.

October 09, 2012

����Vlog was awarded a three-year, $1 million fire prevention and safety grant last month to develop tools to improve on-the-job safety for firefighters. Researchers will develop a survey to measure the safety climate – the measurable aspect of an organization’s or group’s attitudes toward safe behavior or “culture of safety”– for use in fire departments and by fire safety researchers.

October 01, 2012

September 12, 2012