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The young alumni honored in this year’s Drexel Magazine 40 Under 40 program are proof that cooperative education produces graduates with the creativity an... Read More

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When a concussion from a car crash knocked Green Bay Packer James Starks out of the NFL, he began building a second career around his Drexel degree.

The young alumni honored in this year’s Drexel Magazine 40 Under 40 program are proof that cooperative education produces graduates with the creativity and resilience to solve problems for which there is no pre-existing answer key. Our graduates are paving paths that scarcely existed when they left high school in fields like nanotechnology, autonomous vehicles, cryptocurrency, cleantech and robotics. They’re creating novel products, making scientific discoveries and addressing emergent social issues. As Drexel celebrates the centennial of its Drexel Co-op program we are reminded that no method of education is better suited to today’s world of swift technological and social change. We believe that those who build the future have a stake in the shape it takes. So we asked them each to imagine their own personal centennial, and what change they would most like to see in the world by the time they’re 100.

With $2 million raised through an initial coin offering and nearly 400,000 users of his cryptocurrency wallet, Sneh Bhatt is sold on the future of money.

The young alumni honored in this year’s Drexel Magazine 40 Under 40 program are proof that cooperative education produces graduates with the creativity and resilience to solve problems for which there is no pre-existing answer key. Our graduates are paving paths that scarcely existed when they left high school in fields like nanotechnology, autonomous vehicles, cryptocurrency, cleantech and robotics. They’re creating novel products, making scientific discoveries and addressing emergent social issues. As Drexel celebrates the centennial of its Drexel Co-op program we are reminded that no method of education is better suited to today’s world of swift technological and social change. We believe that those who build the future have a stake in the shape it takes. So we asked them each to imagine their own personal centennial, and what change they would most like to see in the world by the time they’re 100.

Shana Weiner’s nonprofit Dinah helps Jewish women confront domestic partner violence by providing pro bono legal services, and by educating others to recognize signs of abuse.