Articles by Jithin Thenasseril
Apr. 9, 2015
17 year old pre-junior Zakiya James searches for Drexel tuition funding
Seventeen-year-old student Zakiya James is a pre-junior at Drexel University studying civil engineering who has faced numerous challenges in America’s education system in order to…

Dec. 5, 2014
Conductive clay yields new front for energy storage
Michel W. Barsoum, distinguished professor at Drexel’s College of Engineering, and his research team have chemically engineered a novel 2-D nanomaterial that has the potential…

Nov. 21, 2014
City of Philadelphia hosts college public policy case competition
Two Drexel undergraduates presented a proposal help reduce high school dropout rates to the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Education and a distinguished panel of judges…

Nov. 7, 2014
USGA President Taylor Collins steps down
Taylor Collins resigned early from her role as president of Drexel’s Undergraduate Student Government Association effective Oct. 23. Kevin Murray, the vice president of the…

Oct. 31, 2014
Retired US official named new fellow
Drexel University’s Center for Public Policy has named a former U.S. representative to the United Nations as distinguished visiting fellow in public policy at Drexel.…

Oct. 24, 2014
Research questions length of Ebola quarantine period
A new comprehensive study by Charles N. Haas, the department head of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has suggested that the 21-day quarantine period currently…

Oct. 10, 2014
University instates Common Application fee
The University has elected to begin charging a $50 application fee to prospective freshmen, transfer, and international students. The change was discussed earlier this year…

Oct. 3, 2014
DUCOM creates clinical simulator
Drexel University’s College of Medicine has collaborated with Education Management Solutions to develop new interactive training software that hopes to significantly reduce clinician error and…

Aug. 22, 2014
STEM receives $3 million grant
Drexel University was awarded a $3,175,000 grant from the National Science Foundation July 30 to increase the number of ethnic minority students completing degree programs…

Aug. 22, 2014
Professors create novel wound dressing
Former research professors in Drexel’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems have developed an innovative wound healing technology using natural soy proteins that…
