Articles by Sophia Mattia
Sep. 24, 2015
New app to encourage school pride
Drexel University released a geo-location app called Dragon RoarWards Aug. 15 in hopes of boosting student attendance at university athletic events. This program operates by…
Aug. 20, 2015
Drexel alters university schedule for Pope’s visit
Accounting for the estimated 1.5 to 2 million visitors that Pope Francis’ visit is estimated to bring to Philadelphia, Drexel University announced that a modified…
Aug. 6, 2015
College of Engineering renovates 3101 Market for laboratory space
For the past three years, Drexel University College of Engineering, led by Dean Joseph Hughes, has been working on plans to repurpose 3101 Market Street.…
Aug. 6, 2015
Cracking Drexel’s schedule system
Schedulr, located at getschedulr.com, is a web app that Nishtha Dalal, an informatics and information systems major, and Tushar Soni, a computer science major, created…
Jul. 10, 2015
Unclogging arteries with one professor’s micro-bots
Drexel’s Biological Actuation, Sensing and Transport Laboratory under head researcher MinJun Kim is now joining forces with an international research coalition led by the South…
May. 14, 2015
Drexel and Monell Chemical Senses Center declare formal partnership
Drexel University’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management and the Monell Chemical Senses Center have declared a formal partnership as of May 5. Two Drexel…
Apr. 30, 2015
WKDU 91.7 helps nonprofits record PSAs for broadcast
Drexel University’s independent radio station WKDU 91.7 FM hosted representatives from approximately 15 different nonprofit organizations based in Philadelphia April 25. The station was providing…
Apr. 14, 2015
Student operated Saxbys coffee shop opens on campus
On the morning of April 13, the newly constructed Saxbys coffee house located on Drexel University’s campus hosted its grand opening at 65 N. 34th…
Apr. 9, 2015
Law professor accidentally emails porn link to students
Drexel University’s professor Lisa McElroy of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law, is currently under investigation for having sent her students an email containing…
Apr. 2, 2015
WKDU team ups with local non-profits to create new public service announcements
WKDU 91.7 FM, Drexel University’s entirely student-run and independent radio station, hosts a series of hourly public service announcements in place of commercials, just as…