Drexel University News

The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission holds a day-long conference on alternative fuel vehicles at Drexel University and has some examples parked outside for the curious to peruse Thursday, May 31, 2012.

Running a start-up in college may give students the opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to real-life situations.

Teaching languages is Charlene Mastro's passion. The Wayne native is now instructing students in the same classrooms that she learned in not long ago at Radnor High School .

A team of researchers from Haddonfield are leading an exhibit at the Academy of Natural Science of Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Chen was nominated for the honor by Mark B. Taubman, M.D., dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

It's a concept that parents may not be familiar with, but experts say it can explain a lot about family conflicts: Is your child's temperament a good 'fit' with yours? For example, a stubborn child who's a chip off the old block might have a lot of showdowns with an equally stubborn mom or dad.

The illustrations on this page are reproductions of various stickers on doses of LSD: Jerry Garcia, SpongeBob Squarepants, Homer Simpson and a graphic referring to Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." IT TOOK A POLICE battering ram to bust down the door of the West Philadelphia apartment.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - This Thursday at Drexel University, the public is invited to a discussion of alternatively fueled vehicles being hosted by the Public Utility Commission.

Yit Mun Lee , a Northeast Iraq veteran, on parades: "They're not for me. I'm going to the beach." DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer For the typical American, the annual Memorial Day parade serves as a stirring display of pomp and patriotism, a diverting prelude to the shopping or barbecues to follow.

Top, the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Charles Dutoit performing at the Shanghai Expo in 2010.

In what he described as his final homework assignment, Nicholas Martin delivered his salutatory speech Friday night to the 98 graduates of York Catholic's class of 2012.

Darshan Shilpesh Patel, son of Dr. and Mrs. Shilpesh Patel of Rockingham, graduated from The O'Neal School on Saturday, May 25, at the commencement ceremony in Owens Auditorium of Sandhills Community College.

Drexel President John A. Fry gave the second of four presentations planned to inform the University community about future renovations and expectations from the "Drexel University Strategic Plan 2012-2017" on May 21 in Behrakis Grand Hall.

Leatherback sea turtle hatchlings, as with other turtle species, face immense danger when emerging from their nests located on the sandy Playa Grande beach in northwest Costa Rica, where nearly forty percent of the nests are burrowed.

The Museum of Elfreth's Alley is hosting a fashion show fundraiser at the Painted BrideA Art Center Saturday,A May 26.

Leatherback turtles have to dig through 80cm of sand after hatching on the beach.

Despite the hodgepodge of local acts that performed May 19 at Drexel University's Spring Jam, the performers all found common ground by bringing out the crowd's local pride.

Family and friends packed the seats in Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday for Luzerne County Community College's 44th annual commencement.

Ian McClelland, a Drexel freshman studying game art and design, died May 17 after sustaining injuries in a car accident.

Newswise - Ilana Cass, MD, vice-chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai and a prominent specialist in gynecologic cancers, is one of only 50 physicians internationally accepted to a program that prepares exceptional women faculty for senior leadership positions at academic health centers.