Going to college is essentially an act of personal optimism.
You make a bargain with your intellect, your time and your wallet. The bargain is that you spend... Read More
Last month, the world commemorated the Normandy invasion that broke Hitler’s grip on Europe 70 years ago.
I toured that French coastline 20 years ago, and I’ll... Read More
As I write this, in mid-February, Drexel University is shut down for the third time this year by a snowstorm. Drexel has a reputation for powering through winte... Read More
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when I decided this magazine was going to be more fun than I imagined — and also, just more of everything.
It’s not just that the... Read More
This was composed at high altitude in a tiny cabin alongside a trout lake in British Columbia, so forgive the fishing analogy I’m about to use.
Lake HiHium, ... Read More
If I had just one word to describe the Drexel that I’ve come to know over the past year and a half, that word would be this: Ambitious.
So, if nothing else, ... Read More
"This has got to be most entertaining thing that's happened here in a while."
So said one of the research assistants in Drexel's Music and Entertainment Lab,... Read More
Welcome to Drexel Magazine’s home on the Web.
Since arriving here as Editor back in June, I’ve been working both with my team in the Office of University Com... Read More
During my first five months here at Drexel, our campus was both slammed by a hurricane and shaken by an earthquake.
The former sent most of Philadelphia scur... Read More