Articles by Nicolena Stiles
May. 28, 2015
Engineering new understanding: Ex3 courses target non-engineers
Bill Eisenstein, a founding professor of the new Ex3 course suite at Drexel University, believes that there is something very wrong with what students are…

May. 21, 2015
Fry addresses on campus anti-Semitic incident
In an official mailing sent May 17, Drexel University President John A. Fry shed additional light on an anti-Semitic incident that occurred in a residence…

Apr. 30, 2015
‘Philly is Baltimore’ takes over Dilworth Park
City Hall stood at the center of a resurgence of a movement that changed the face of history and marked the year 1964 as a…

Apr. 24, 2015
Philly celebrates Tech Week 2015
Celebrating both the start of warm weather and the city’s blossoming technology and innovation sectors, hundreds gathered in Dillworth Park the evening of April 18…

Apr. 24, 2015
495 denied Drexel applicants sent acceptance letters
As hundreds of high school seniors anxiously wait to get a “yes” or a “no” from their university of choice, about 500 Drexel University hopefuls…

Apr. 9, 2015
Freshman hosts Philadelphia’s first ‘all-women’ student hackathon
In a move to encourage more women to network in the programming field, Andrea Baric, a Drexel University software engineering freshman, put together FemmeHacks, Philadelphia’s…

Mar. 5, 2015
Drexel announces closure of its Sacramento campus
Drexel University announced March 5 that after a comprehensive evaluation, the Board of Trustees has decided to close the school’s Sacramento campus. The closure comes…

Feb. 26, 2015
Professor teams up with TechGirlz to teach game design
Frank Lee is not unfamiliar with the idea of using games and technology to inspire. As the mastermind behind the massive games of Tetris and…

Feb. 20, 2015
U.S. Army Reserve partners with universities to create cyber security program
Every day, the United States is bombarded with new and greater threats to national security — though instead of firearms, these attackers’ weapon of choice…

Feb. 6, 2015
The Fight Against Off-Campus Living
Drexel University is tangling with property owners in Powelton Village in order to restrict students from living off-campus. Drexel has backed the Powelton Village Civic…
