Tag: violence

Over 100 students gathered around Locust Walk the night of April 4 over one thing: sexual assault. The keynote speaker, Sonalee Rashatwar , a sex…

It is uncommon for any of us, as college students in Philadelphia, to be bothered when we hear that someone was shot or killed in…

Two public health experts delivered presentations Feb. 4 to a packed audience at the Violent Conflict, Refugees and Health event that examined the role public…

Jonathan Purtle, an assistant professor for Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to research…

A junior film major got an insider’s perspective of two cities historically entrenched with bouts of violence — Dublin, Ireland, and Amman, Jordan, — during…

It’s been almost a month since the Parkland shooting and it seems like gun control isn’t going to go away so easily. Of course, there…

“He always told me he wants to die and go to heaven because there is food there. He’s only a child, enough is enough, God.”…

At what point did “it happened again,” change from a statement to a question? On Feb. 14 — Valentine’s Day — a 19-year-old Floridian named…

Today, as I follow Western world leaders’ responses to increasing violence, I am astounded by blind patriotism which has become the hallmark of reactions. President…

What can we do about Vegas? As the pundits analyze the Las Vegas shooting, the same questions will be analyzed ad nauseam. What was his…