Tag: biology
Oct. 26, 2018
The way vaccines work should be better explained
I hadn’t realized how big the anti-vaccination movement really was until I came to college. One of the first conversations I had with my new…
Sep. 28, 2018
Armory to become new U.S. Squash National Center
The university announced plans Sept. 14 to sublease the Drexel Armory on 32nd Street and Lancaster Avenue to U.S. Squash, the national governing body for…
Feb. 1, 2018
DU, Rosemont offer combined program
Drexel University and Rosemont College, located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, have partnered to offer a five-year, two-degree program for nursing students, which is set to…
Jul. 25, 2014
Military tech used to protect snakes
Drexel University biologists are collaborating in an effort to save northern pine snakes from extinction using military technology. Researchers have implanted transmitters into the snakes…
Jun. 27, 2014
Truvia found to be possible pesticide
According to a paper by two Drexel University professors, erythritol, used as a semi-sweet and low-calorie bulking agent in some sweeteners, is both appealing and…
Jun. 11, 2014
Campus grieves senior biology major
Senior biology major Andrea Messina passed away May 31 from complications during treatment for leukemia. Better known to her friends and brothers as “Skillet,” Messina…
May. 30, 2014
Biology junior found deceased
Junior biology student Kirsten Vannix was found deceased in her off-campus apartment May 22. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed. “University officials…