Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences

07/15/2025

After two centuries as a prestigious organization and museum, The Academy of Natural Sciences — the oldest natural sciences institution in the Western Hemisphere — entered an affiliation with Drexel, a longstanding partner, that changed both institutions.

As a result, the College of Arts and Sciences created the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) that incorporates the Academy and its collections into co-op, research, courses, teaching, outreach and field site projects.

Learn more in this article about the history of Drexel University.

The University wasn’t founded with degree programs or the Drexel Co-op. In fact, it wasn’t even founded as “Drexel University.”

07/11/2025

Through the co-op experience, Bayanne Kakhia, BS biological sciences '26, is growing their career — literally! 🐲 🍎 🌻

A current student in Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences, Kakhia completed their second co-op with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), working at the Green Resource Center at the Norristown Farm Park on a variety of educational and community-based programming, including school field trips, nutrition education, and resources for community gardens.

Read more about Kakhia's co-op experience: https://bit.ly/4jCGsOh

07/10/2025

07/09/2025

From Minors in Spanish and French to IKEA's Global Growth and Marketing Team: meet James Langel, BA international area studies '03, MBA '07.

Langel joins the latest episode of "On the Map" to discuss how his experiences at Drexel University, including study abroad in Madrid and a co-op in Paris, inspired him to learn many languages and gain cultural competency. Even though Langel began his freshman year as a business major, he says making the change to global studies allowed him to ultimately meet his career goals.

To this day, these skills help him better understand people's behaviors and give him vital insight into the global market in his job as the Product Owner of Visual Community Generated Content at IKEA. In this role, Langel, who earned his MBA from LeBow College of Business - Drexel University, develops digital strategies and video technology to promote IKEA's product line across more than 25 different countries.

"On the Map," a podcast series from the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages, shares diverse student experiences and career journeys of alumni. Listen here: https://on.soundcloud.com/IDJdrFQC9bBdajGp9o

07/09/2025

We are excited to announce that nominations for the Drexel Magazine 40 Under 40 program are now open! 🐲 🎉

Submit your nominations by August 15: https://bit.ly/2vPcYr1

07/02/2025

Social Networks and Health, a new course in the Department of Sociology, explores how social networks influence health through creative assignments including photo scrapbooks and fiction writing.

Drexel University was awarded a Colonial Academic Alliance IN/CO Award to develop the course, in which multidisciplinary teams of visual artists learned how to visually investigate and represent mental health and wellbeing while drawing on social scientific knowledge of illness and health disparities.

In the blog post below, Philosophy, Politics and Economics major Anthony Martin discusses his experience as a student in this course. https://drexel.edu/coas/news-events/news/2025/July/sociology-class-new-lens-on-health/

06/30/2025

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences John Kounios, PhD, joined The Connection on WHYY to discuss how he uses neuroimaging technology to understand creativity.

Kounios has spent years cracking the code of creativity by using electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to see what’s going on inside our heads while we problem solve. Learn more at the link below.

Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.

06/25/2025

It’s summer at Drexel University! A slower pace during the summer might give you time to check out new resources or find your new favorite spot. While you’re searching for shade, succeeding on co-op or studying for summer quarter, make the most of the downtime that’s left over.

In the academic realm, you can explore what the Academic Resource Center (ARC) has to offer. There’s support by subject, professional and study support and more specialized support for students as well. The ARC acts as a central hub to direct you to resources to succeed, so see what direction you can go.

Find more tips on how to spend your summer days here: https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2025/June/summer-campus-tips-2025

06/24/2025

Summer has arrived in Philadelphia — and so has Volume 9 of Paper Dragon, the literary journal of Drexel University's MFA in Creative Writing program.

"As humans, we make art for many reasons: to process, to release, to heal, to connect, to inform, to protest, and because we cannot stop," shared co-editors Krista Beucler and Reagan Prior. "Even when the world is full of noise, we make art. Perhaps, especially then. And when the world is full of noise, we turn to art as a way of making sense of the world. We want to celebrate all of the artists whose work features in Volume 9, who bring us a reprieve."

Paper Dragon is managed and edited by Drexel MFA students and published with generous help from the Drexel Publishing Group. Through civic engagement, its mission is to provide a platform for the amplification of communities that have historically been underrepresented in literature.

Explore Volume 9 here: https://drexelpaperdragon.com/

06/23/2025

Speakers at Drexel's University-wide commencement ceremony shared advice, reflections and life lessons to prepare the Class of 2025 for the next chapter of their lives.

“To Drexel's Class of ’25, I struggled with writing this speech because as much as I want to say 'before we embark on this journey into the workforce, blah blah blah' — we’ve already had real work experience," said Vice President of the Undergraduate Student Government Association Katie Moorcones, political science and sociology ’25.

"So instead, good luck on picking what’s for dinner every night, paying your bills, trying to go to the gym regularly, having a bedtime and many of the other nuances of being a real adult.”

Read the Top 10 Quotes From Drexel University’s 2025 Commencement here: https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2025/June/top-drexel-commencement-quotes-2025

06/19/2025

Today is a day of recognition and celebration

06/18/2025

Allison Choong recently had the opportunity to showcase her work on a global stage.

The sociology and criminology and justice studies double major was among 15 finalists selected out of over 700 applicants for the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards. This accomplishment awarded her a fully funded trip to pitch her project, 'Safiya Speaks Up,' at the 2025 Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany this May, where she represented Drexel University and her home country of Malaysia.

'Safiya Speaks Up' is a multilingual children's book, mentor’s guide and educational initiative aimed at teaching young girls about sexual violence. Choong received positive reactions during the pitch competition and attendees agreed that 'Safiya Speaks Up' is a resource that belongs in schools worldwide.

"Unfortunately, sexual violence is something that's present in every country,” Choong explained. “People from many different countries told me that this is something relevant in their country and that they knew someone who could have benefited from this book. It was amazing to have so many leaders come up to me to give me their contact information. Hopefully we will have more conversations about funding the project or helping with distribution in countries we haven't reached yet.”

Read more: https://drexel.edu/coas/news-events/news/2025/June/allison-choong-pitches-project-at-international-summit/