Tag: student death
Jan. 17, 2020
Drexel mourns passing of a medical student
A Drexel student in the College of Medicine fell two stories to his death early morning of Jan. 11 in the Spring Garden neighborhood of…
Nov. 15, 2019
Breaking the silence on death of Drexel student
The temperatures ferociously dropped over the weekend, and many people stayed out of the cold and didn’t do much. It was a weekend that flew…
Apr. 7, 2016
Featured this week: Remembering Mikey McGinley
Drexel University is mourning the loss of 22-year old senior marketing major Michael McGinley. He was found dead at a friend’s off-campus apartment in the…
Apr. 5, 2016
Drexel mourns loss of LeBow student
Drexel University senior marketing major 22-year old Michael McGinley was found dead at a friend’s off-campus apartment in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia Sunday…
Jul. 24, 2015
Jasmine Wright’s killer charged for murder, rape
James Harris, the former handyman of the building that Jasmine Wright lived in, was charged in her murder and rape July 24 according to the…
Jul. 23, 2015
Drexel graduate found dead in West Philadelphia apartment
Jasmine Wright, a recent graduate of Drexel University School of Public Health, was found dead July 16 in her apartment in West Philadelphia. The 27-year-old…
Apr. 2, 2015
Germanwings tragedy takes graduate’s life
More than a week after Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in a remote area of the French Alps, friends and family are still grieving over the…
Mar. 6, 2015
LeBow student passes away days after car accident
Less than the week since the Drexel community lost freshman computing and informatics major Taline King, LeBow College of Business students were informed that freshman…
Mar. 1, 2015
Myers resident found deceased in room
Taline King, a Drexel University freshman in the College of Computing & Informatics, was found deceased in her room in Myers Hall on the morning…
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…