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Dragons in the SpotlightThe men’s and women’s basketball teams continuemore than 100 years of Drexel athletics tradition asthey take the court this month for the start of whatpromises to be another exciting season of basketballat the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

On November 18 at 10 a.m., the men’s team will chal-lenge the Penn Quakers in the “Battle of 33rd Street.”This 13th annual meeting of the two teams marks thefirst time the Dragons have ever hosted Penn on ourhome court. This historic match-up will take place inthe national spotlight, as ESPN returns to the DAC.

The women’s team recently made its own ESPNappearance, when it was named one of this year’s top10 mid-major women’s basketball programs byESPN.com. Anthony J. Drexel’s groundbreaking visionfor an institution of learning offering equal opportuni-ty to women and men laid the foundation for one of themost inclusive athletics programs in the nation. In fact,Drexel Athletics was recognized by the NCAA earlierthis year with a Top Five Award for Overall Excellencein Diversity.

We are also proud that our dynamic, competitiveand inclusive athletics programs celebrate academicexcellence as well as sport participation. Over thepast academic year our 450 student-athletes earned animpressive 3.15 cumulative grade point average. DrexelAthletics also received outstanding scores on theNCAA Academic Progress Rate, which measures eli-gibility, retention and graduation figures. SeventeenDrexel student-athletes have been recognized withthe prestigious title of Academic All-American.

The University community can show its supportand school spirit by “Packing the DAC” for the 2008-09basketball season, and continuing to celebrate thesuccess of all of Drexel’s great teams, including thenational rankings achieved in recent months by fieldhockey and men’s lacrosse. I salute the hard work ofDirector of Athletics Eric Zillmer and the head coach-es of our women’s and men’s basketball teams, DeniseDillon and James “Bruiser” Flint.

On behalf of the University, I congratulate all of ourstudent-athletes for making Drexel proud on the courtand in the classroom. Best wishes for a successfulseason. Go Dragons!

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Laura Bush and Gov. Rendell toReceive Drexel Online Awards

Dr. Kenneth Hartman, director of academicaffairs for Drexel Online, has announced

that First Lady Laura Bush and PennsylvaniaGovernor Edward G.Rendell will be honoredwith Online LeadershipAwards at the NationalDistance Learning Weekannual awards recep-tion on November 10 atnoon at the MitchellAudit orium in the Bos -sone Research Enter -prise Cen ter. The awardrecognizes individuals who have made a signif-icant contribution in the field of educationaltechnology and distance learning. GovernorRendell will deliver the keynote speech. LauraBush is unable to attend. Her acceptance letterwill be read at the ceremony.

NDLW, sponsored by the United StatesDistance Learning Association (USDLA), is aninitiative that seeks to generate broader aware-

ness and appreciation for distance learning with-in the areas of pre-K through 12 education,higher and continuing education, and homeschooling, as well as business, corporate, mili-tary, government and the telehealth markets.

Outstanding Drexel Online instructors willalso be recognized at the event. They are:

Dr. Alison M. Lewis – TheiSchool, College of InformationScience and TechnologyDr. Jeremy Johnson – College ofEngineeringBill Tobia – Drexel UniversityCollege of MedicineRaymond Lum – School ofPublic HealthStacey Kline – LeBow Collegeof Business

Cheryl Portwood – College of Nursing andHealth ProfessionsAmy Giddings – Goodwin College ofProfessional StudiesMarlin Killen – College of Arts and SciencesSunda Dierkes – School of Education

For more information, call Dr. Hartman at215.895.0501 or email kenhartman@drexel.edu.

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Governor Rendell

The men’s basketball team will open the season on Nov. 18 byhosting the University of Pennsylvania at the Daskalakis

Athletic Center in a game that will be televised on ESPN as partof its 14-hour hoops marathon that day, an event spreadover 23 consecutive hours. The game is a historic occa-sion, marking the first time the basketball team has evermet UPenn on its home court. The game will be thefirst against Philadelphia opponents during theupcoming season. Drexel will play Saint Joseph’s atThe Palestra on New Year’s Eve.

The Dragons will also host a team to beannounced in ESPN’s Bracketbuster series on Feb. 21,2009. This will be the fifth straight season the Dragonshave participated in the event. Other road games includecontests at Bucknell and Rider and a return game atFairfield from last season’s Bracket busters match-up.

The Colonial Athletic Association schedule begins onDec. 6 with a home game against George Mason. This sea-son, Drexel will play home and home series againstDelaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra,Northeastern, Towson and William & Mary. The Dragonswill visit James Madison and UNC Wilmington and willhost Old Dominion and Virginia Commonwealth.

To learn more about the schedule and purchase tickets,visit www.drexeldragons.com.

Dragons Basketball Team to Face UPenn on ESPN

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Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis, associate dean, SPH, was thelead author on a comprehensive report comparingthe two presidential nominees’ health care reformplans in the context of eliminating the nation’sracial and ethnic disparities in health care. Thereport was released by the Joint Center for Politicaland Economic Studies.

Dr. Joan Rosen Bloch, assistant professor of nursing, pub-lished “Interpreting Odds Ratios and Logistic Regres -sion: A Necessity for Evidence-based Prac tice,” inthe American Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

Dr. Pia Brancaccio, professor of art history, AWCoMAD,presented a paper on the art of ancient Afghanistan,“The Pottery of Bajuar: A Window into the LateGandharan Tradition,” at the Institute for Research inHumanities of Kyoto University in Japan.

Nick Cassway, professor of design and merchandising,AWCoMAD, curated the exhibit “Metaphoric Vinyl,”at NEXUS gallery and exhibited 12 video works underthe title “dj YardSale Presents: the Third Idea.” Theworks were mash-up videos using public domainaudio and visual materials from the early 20th century.

Dr. Chaomei Chen, associate professor, and DonPellegrino, graduate student, The iSchool, CoIST, pre-sented their work with the National Visualization andAnalytics Center at the “Preparedness in the Region:Confronting Vulnerability in the Delaware Valley” con-ference at Drexel. They discussed how visual analyt-ics can help support vulnerable populations duringemergencies by providing capabilities to respondersfor managing complex and changing situations.

Dr. Lisa Chiarello, associate professor of nursing, pre-sented the platforms “Family Priorities for Activityand Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy,”and “Coping in Children with Cerebral Palsy,” at theAmerican Academy of Cerebral Palsy andDevelopmental Medicine Conference in Atlanta.

Linda Dayer-Berenson, clinical assistant professor ofnursing and standardized patient laboratory facultycoordinator of nursing programs, presented “TrainingPatient Actors for Human Simulation,” a nationalwork shop on human simulation strategies held atDrexel; “The Impact of Culture on Patient Education,”at the International Nursing Research Conference“Facing the Challenge of Health Care Systems inTransition,” in Jerusalem, Israel; “Guidelines to Pro -vide Culturally Competent Care to Chronic PainPatients,” at the 23rd National Conference GaylordNational; “The Nuts and Bolts of Clinical Simulation,”at a preconference workshop of the Drexel UniversityNursing Education Conference in Atlantic City.

Jason Dela Cruz and Chris Estes, recent graduates,SPH, were selected to receive Public Health Fel -lowships from the Association of Schools of PublicHealth and the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention. The students were two of 18 recentgraduates nationwide to receive the awards.

Dr. Anda Dubinski, professor, Department of Art andArt History, AWCoMAD, had a lithograph featuredin The Crane Arts Building’s Second Thursdaygallery opening.

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The 2008 President’s AwardsCeremony, acknowledging thosestaff members who help achieve

the mission and goals of Drexel withinnovation and excellence, was held onOctober 15 at Korman Quad on theUni versity City Main Campus.

The highest honor Drexel bestowson staff members, the President’sAwards recognize those employees whogo “above and beyond” what is requiredof them. President Papadakis acknowl-edged the contribution of staff mem-bers and teams at both Drexel and theDrexel University College of Medicine.

Speakers at the event included ReneeAmoore, a Drexel trustee, Mary Caraccioli,host of CN8’s Money Matters Today, AdeleBarbato, senior vice president for humanresources, and President Papadakis.

President Papadakis Honors Staff with Annual P

One hundred forty-eight staff members were nom-inated for the award by their colleagues. This year’saward recipients were:

INDIVIDUALSRobert Esmond, lead mechanic, Department ofFacilities ManagementJoanne Ferroni, director of recruitment, Collegeof EngineeringIan Sladen, director of undergraduate programs,LeBow College of Business

TEAMSMarketing and Media Relations, LeBow College of BusinessRichard BarnesJennifer CoreyTawanda JonesLisa LitzingerJill McClarySusan RinaldiJacqueline Ring

International Undergraduate StudiesAkiko BarnesEmald FurxhiShumi Muinde

11th Street Family Services CenterJohari CrewsEmily Beil DuffyMaria Irrera-NewcombConstance LeachGail PartridgePamela Sellers

Individual award recipientswith President Papadakis,clockwise from top left:Robert Esmond, JoanneFerroni and Ian Sladen.

Marketing and Media Relations Team, LeBow College of Business 11th Street Family Services

From left: Trustee Renee Amoore, keynote speaker; Mary Caraccioli, masterof ceremonies; Adele Barbato, senior vice president for human resources;and President Papadakis.

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Dr. Eugenia Ellis, professor of interior design, AWCoMAD,presented a poster, “Low-Energy Luminous Surfaces:Residential Lighting using CeeLite LEC Technology,” atthe Pennsylvania Green Growth Partnership Con -ference in Hershey, Pa. She presented a mock-up ofthe product Dark Light, an illuminated modular panelsystem designed for low-level night lighting condi-tions. This project is funded by a $20,000 grant from theGreen Building Alliance and includes team membersfrom CeeLite as well as the Department of Civil,Architectural and Environmental Engineering, theDepartment of Materials Science and students work-ing on the Drexel Smart House project.

Dr. Bakhtier Farouk, J. Harland Billings Professor ofMech anical Engineering, was the program evalua-tor of the engineering programs for the ABET/EACat Texas A&M University Qatar at Doha, Qatar. Dr.Farouk also visited the Engineering College at QatarUniversity and presented a seminar on his currentresearch.

Miriam Giguere, director of the dance program,AWCoMAD, authored the chapter “Learning fromthe Masters—Lessons from the Humphrey-LimonTradition” in the Limon Centennial Collection pub-lished by the Congress on Research in Dance.

Christine Gingerich, Kristen Hayduk, Martha Palacio,and Jamie Thomson, graduate students, The iSchool,CoIST, attended the Grace Hopper Celebration ofWomen in Computing, a program of the Anita BorgInstitute for Women and Technology.

Dr. Marla J. Gold, dean, SPH, was recently appointedto the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Health byMayor Michael Nutter. As a member of the Board ofHealth, Dr. Gold will help formulate policy for thecity’s Department of Public Health. Her researchfocus is on HIV/AIDS, with particular interest in thedesign of health care delivery systems, treatmentprotocols and epidemiology.

Bruce Graham, professor of screenwriting and play-writing, AWCoMAD, wrote a play, SomethingIntan gible, scheduled for production at the ArdenTheatre this spring. The play received the EdgertonFoundation New Plays Award and was one of fournationwide nominated for the Irving and BlancheLaurie Award. His play According to Goldmanreceived numerous local Tony award nominationsin Florida and Dallas, and was recently published byDramatists Play Service. Pollack’s original screen-play The Most Wonderful Time of the Year was pur-chased for a film starring Henry Winkler, to bebroadcast on the Hallmark Channel during the holi-day season this year. His spec script Middle AgedWhite Guys was optioned by Echo Lake Pro -ductions in Los Angeles.

Margaret M. Harkins, clinical assistant professor ofnursing, presented “Care of the Dying Patient” atthe Advance Nursing Job Fair at Temple University.

Dr. Betty Hartzell, assistant director of art therapyeducation, presented “Educating the Student ArtTherapist in Supervision Using Communication of theProcess via Art Making and Response Writing” and“Teaching Aspects of Jungian Psychology through

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taff with Annual President’s Awards2008 NOMINEES

Individuals

David AppletonSheyna ArthurKen BlankJeff BonfieldNatalia BrozBarbara BryanStacey CaiazzoThomas CoyneLaura D’AngeloFrances EngelmannBarbara Erwins-RommRobert EsmondMarie FazioJoanne FerroniNiki GianakarisJudy GieringWayne HillGregory HilleyWilliam HirschhornRick HomanMaathew IdichandyTatum IsenbergerKristen JohnsonKathleen JonesLois KastenJames KatsaounisRichard KoppAngela LevaCrystal MacNeillKathleen MaertzigTrish MahonTara McNairKathleen NearyJeffrey NemetzLori OttSang ParkLeslie PaulsonEmily PerrottaLindsey PerryEllen PosnerThomas QuinnDeborah RizzoKathryn RuggieriSubir SahuDavid ShenIan SladenJeff SpenceSharon WallaceJohn Wiggins

TeamsFaculty Communi ca -tions Work Group

Dawn HammondBeth HazanyPaul KearneyChris KowalskiRobin SmithMegan Weyler

InternationalUndergraduateAdmissions

Akiko BarnesErnald FurxhiShumi Muinde

Office of AlumniRelations

Andi BricklinLara CressmanCristina GesoRichard KoppLauren RoccaJeff Spence

Online Learning TeamJan BirosMike ScheuermannChris Shields

InformationResources &Technology

Julie AllmayerJeffrey BermanSteve ChestnutBrett CohenChad KealeyAbigai MaleyRichard Varenas

11th Street FamilyHealth Services Center

Johari CrewsEmily BeilDuffyMari Irrera-

NewcombConstance LeachGail PartridgePamela Sellers

Peter Bartcherer and Staff

Peter BartschererWynne FisherDeidre MaitreJason Rappaport

Academic Advising Team

David AppletonWendy ElliottTheresa GagliardiMaria Lanza- Gladney

Stephanie McKissicSamantha Mercanti-

AnthonyRegina Ruane

Baiada CenterMark LoschiavoTerri McIlhenney

Office of the Dean ofLeBow College

Debra Colbert-Moduforo

Marketing & MediaRelations—LeBow

Richard BarnesJennifer CoreyTawanda JonesLisa LitzingerJill McClarySusan RinaldiJacqueline Ring

Time GroupLori O’ConnellGeorge Zeiset

Woman One TeamBetti EllisKaren ErnstLauren HollandMelinda JohnsonShermika LightfootMaureen McVailShani Risien-Harvey

Office of BiomedTia DorseyStephanie HassonAngelo MiloneMichele Morales

Communications &Marketing—DUCoM

Adrienne HoveyRosanne MiddletonJillian PearlmanLinda RothRachel SparrowJean Tracy

EMR Dream TeamChristina BrownMarisol BurgosMaribeth Friel-

KrenzelMartina GiddingsPatricia KuschJessica OrtizShavon ParkerJosephine SzumskiAlexia WomackCharlene Youngl

Office of CampusEngagement

Tina Brackett-WoodRebecca DzaraJoseph GonzalezJessica GraceAri HaubenWalter ParrishKatie Peoples

Housing by DesignJennifer CalvertBilly EzellVanessa HoaglandPaula KingJohn MaahsAlexandra PelbergRebecca PrattJoe Russo

International Undergraduate Admissions Team11th Street Family Services Center Team

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the Focus of the Mandala,” at the Education in ArtTherapy Conference in Krakow, Poland.

Lydia Hunn, professor of visual art, AWCoMAD, has apainting, “Antenna Man,” on display in “The GreenExhibition” in Philadelphia’s City Hall throughJanuary 23.

Jim Klein, program director of the Music IndustryProgram, AWCoMAD, moderated the panel,“Music Libraries and Digital Distribution of Music,”at The Composer Expo in New York.

Dr. Vicki Lachman, clinical associate professor of nurs-ing, published “Making Ethical Choices: WeighingObli gations and Virtues” in Nursing; “Whistle blow -ing: Role of Organizational Culture in Prevention andManagement” in the Medical Surgical NursingJournal; and “Personality Disorders in the Work -place: Identification and Intervention Strategies” atthe Nursing Management Congress in Las Vegas.

Dr. Alan Lawley, emeritus professor of materials sci-ence and engineering, is co-author of a paper,“Development of a Dual-Phase Precipitation-Har -dening PM Stainless Steel,” named OutstandingTechnical Paper at the World Congress on PowderMetallurgy and Particulate Materials, held in Wash -ington, D.C. The paper was selected from more than300 technical presentations.

Dr. Bradley Layton, assistant professor of mechanicalengineering, and his research group had theirpaper, “Pure Gene-ious: A Marine Bacterium’sCollagen-producing Abilities Could Be the Result ofPrehistoric Gene Swapping,” featured on thecover of the Journal of Molecular Evolution.

Joseph Lema, assistant professor of hospitality man-agement, served as a judge for the “10th AnnualStars of the Industry,” which recognizes and honorsthe “Best of the Best” hotels, STAR employees andhotel programs. The event was hosted in Philadel -phia by the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association.

Alimatou Minkeu, graduate student in BIOMED,received a Susan G. Komen for the Cure AmericanAssociation for Cancer Research Minority ScholarAward for $1,200 for her paper, “Protein ExpressionComparison and Physiological Profiling of MatchedPairs DCIS/Normal and Invasive/Normal PrimaryEpithelial Cells.” Minkeu will present her paper atthe 3lst Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio BreastCancer Symposium in San Antonio,Tex.

Andrea Modica, professor of photography, AWCoMAD,recently photographed actress Anne Hathaway forNewsweek magazine. She also gave a presenta-tion about her work at the Pratt Institute for Pro -fessional Women Photographers (PWP).

Dr. Vanessa Morris, assistant teaching professor,CoIST, is scheduled to speak at the Westchester,N.Y. Library System’s third annual outreach series,“Engaging All Kinds of Readers.” Her presentation,“Reading as a Social Capital: How We Use Text toEngage in the World,” will examine the content andmeaning of traditional literacy.

Dr. Margo Orlin, associate professor of nursing, andgraduate student Oluwabumni Oladeji published

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Daniel C. Esty, professor of EnvironmentalLaw and Policy at Yale’s Law School and

School of Forestry & Environmental Studies,was the keynote speaker at the 2008 FoundersDay Convocation on October 17.

Esty, who received the American Bar Asso -ciation Award for Distinguished Achieve ment inEnvironmental Law and Policy, served in a vari-ety of senior positions in the U.S. Envi ronmentalProtection Agency.

His speech, “Revolutions in EnvironmentalAttitudes,” addressed the theme of the day’sactivities—environmental issues and sustain-

ability. Esty discussed how the University andmembers of its community can respond to theenvironmental challenges that confront us. Heexpressed optimism in the face of these chal-lenges and presented a roadmap of necessarychanges that all universities and the individualswho work for them can make in addressing sus-tainability issues.

Drexel Park DedicationLater in the day, the Division of Student Lifeand Administrative Services and the Office ofGovernment and Community Relations hosteda ceremony with President Papadakis, Council -woman Jannie Blackwell, students, faculty andstaff to dedicate a new park at 32nd Street andPowelton Avenue.

The former industrial site was redevelopedinto open green space to serve as a recreationalpark. Construction on the 2.5-acre, $500,000project began in fall 2007. The park includesnew lighting and walking paths, and the addi-tion of more than 45 trees.

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With the Philadelphia skyline as a backdrop,Councilwoman JannieBlackwell addresses theassembled guests at thededication ceremony forthe park. From left: BrianKeech, vice president forgovernment and communi-ty relations; James Tucker,senior vice president forstudent life and adminis-trative services; PresidentPapadakis; and RobertBuckley, Sr. ’58, Drexeltrustee.

The Triangle and WKDU-FM Ink Unique Agreement

Drexel’s student-run media organizations, The Triangle and WKDU-FM 91.7, are embracing thenational trend for media to develop cross-promotional relationships and deliver content

across multiple platforms. They recently reached an agreement to share content and the contribu-tions of their respective staffs.

In addition, the arts and entertainment editor of The Triangle will take over responsibility forWKDU content appearing in the paper. Additional arts and entertainment reporting will take placeon WKDU under the arts and entertainment editor’s leadership. A tentative agreement was alsoannounced to feature news reporting on the radio station, which is the last free-format, non-commercialFM station in Philadelphia.

Drexel is the first university in Philadelphia to create this type of unique arrangement to sharenewsworthy content among student media organizations. These initiatives have been led by LarryEpstein, WKDU faculty advisor and EAM program director. The EAM program is housed in theAntoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.

Environmental Issues Theme of Founders Day Activities

Daniel Esty, keynote speaker at the2008 Founders Day Convocation, withGerianne DiPiano, Drexel trustee.

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“Comparison of the Two-step and Midgait Methodsof Plantar Pressure Measurement in Children” inthe Journal of the American Podiatric MedicalAssociation.

Sebastian Osswald and Kris Behler, graduate stu-dents, and Dr. Yury Gogotsi, Trustee Chair Professorof Materials Science and Engineering, published“Laser-induced Light Emission from Carbon Nano -particles” in the Journal of Applied Physics. Dr.Gogotsi and Mickael Havel, former postdoctoralresearch associate in materials science and engi-neering, and Kris Behler, graduate student in mech -anical engineering, received first prize in theProblem Solving Category for their poster “Nano -particle Self-assembly Enabling a New Generation ofCoatings” at the Materials Science and Technology2008 Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh.

John Parejko and Danny C. Pan, graduate students inphysics, presented the posters “X-ray EmittingGalaxies in the SDSS” and “Cosmic Void Ellipticityin SDSS” at the international symposium “TheSloan Digital Sky Survey: From Asteroids toCosmology” in Chicago.

Dr. Jung-ran Park, assistant professor, The iSchool,CoIST, was elected chair of the Cataloging andClassification Research Discussion Group of theAmerican Library Association for the term 2008-09.Dr. Park also accepted an invitation to serve on theeditorial board of the Journal of Library Metadata,published by Haworth Press.

Siddhartha Pathak, doctoral student in materials sci-ence and engineering, is among 18 artists fromeight countries selected to participate in theInternational Festival for NanoArt in Stuttgart.

Dr. Constance Perry, associate professor of nursing, hadher review of “Reprogenetics: Law, Policy and EthicalIssues” published in Metapsychology Online.

Bruce Pollock, professor of visual art, AWCoMAD,has a solo exhibition, “Circling West,” at the SantaMonica Museum of Art through December 13.Pollack’s paintings are also featured in “Levity” atthe Delaware Center for the Contemporary Artsthrough November 16.

Dr. David Raizman, professor of art history, AWCoMAD,was among a group of international scholars invitedto participate at the “Design: History and Identity,Second International Conference on HistoricalStudies in Design” in Venice. Dr. Raizman presenteda lecture, “The Design History Survey: Finding aCommon Ground in an Age of the Marginal,” whichdealt with the concept and role of survey texts in thebroader field of the history of design.

Ephraim Russell, assistant professor of visual studies,AWCoMAD, was featured in “Variables,” a summerresidency at vertexList in Brooklyn, New York.

Jessica Schiffman, graduate student, and Dr. CarolineSchauer, assistant professor of materials scienceand engineering, received an honorable mention inthe photography category of the Sixth AnnualInternational Science and Engineering Visuali -zation Challenge for their electron micrograph,

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Students Bring SustainableTechnology to Tanzania

Three Drexel University mechanical engineer-ing students didn’t celebrate their graduation

with summer vacations. Instead they spent threeweeks in East Africa introducing the citizens ofKaratu, Tanzania to the woodturning lathe.

Students David Droz ’08, Alexander Moseson’08 and Josh Raizman ’08, together with Dr. LewLama, an anthropologist and carpenter whoserved as a visiting professor at Drexel, workedwith students from a local orphanage to buildthe first of two human-powered lathes. With thehelp of a translator the two groups overcame thelanguage barrier and managed to accomplish agreat deal in a relatively short amount of time.The Drexel team worked every day visiting localvillages and junkyards to find materials for lathesand instructing the locals on the buildingprocess. The team trained more than 30 crafts-men in four regions and more than 100 studentsat three vocational training centers on how tobuild and use woodturning lathes.

For third-world countries, these lathes cansignificantly improve the quality of life. Thewood-turning lathes provide a manufacturingtechnology that enables citizens to sell goodsfrom renewable energy sources and local mate-rials. For more information about this project,visit www.LathesForAfrica.org.

Dragon Drive Goes Green

Dragon Drive, the University’s annual work-place giving campaign, began on October

15 and continues through November 14.Through Dragon Drive, employees can conve-niently make tax-deductible contributions tosupport the AIDS Fund; Bread & RosesCommunity Fund; Environmental Fund forPennsylvania; United Way of SoutheasternPennsylvania; and Women’s Way. The EleventhStreet Family Health Services Center, operatedby the College of Nursing and Health Pro -

fessions, can be supported by using code 14489under United Way on the pledge form.

To help the environment, make giving easierand reflect Drexel’s technological preeminence,the Dragon Drive has gone green in 2008. Toreduce excess paper, the payroll deduction pledgeform will be available online. To pledge, go towww.drexel.edu/dragondrive and click on the linkfor the pledge form.

Since the Dragon Drive began in 2001, morethan $550,000 has been raised to help meet humanneeds throughout the Delaware Valley. For moreinformation, email joseph.a.campbell@drexel.edu.

Alumnus Leads Efforts toImprove Schuylkill Banks

The Schuylkill River bordering FairmountPark has long been considered one of the

most beautiful spots in the Philadelphia region.The lower banks are a different story. That sec-tion has a reputation for pollution, industrialdevelopment and unattractive, inaccessiblebanks. All that is changing under the leadershipof alumnus Joe Syrnick ’69, ’71.

Syrnick is head of the nonprofit SchuylkillRiver Development Corp. (SRDC), and it is hisjob to remake the riverbanks along the area bor-dering the University and extending south into adestination for biking, fishing, boating and sim-ply enjoying the beauty of the river. PresidentPapadakis sits on the SRDC’s board of directors,along with other high-profile civic leaders.

As a high school student looking at colleges,he saw Drexel, a school he had never heard of,put together a five-week winning streak on theGE College Bowl, a game show popular in the’60s. When he realized Drexel was in Philadel -phia, just a few miles from where he lived, thatsealed the deal. Syrnick graduated with degreesin engineering and went on to a career with thecity before becoming head of the SRDC.

Drexel engineering student Josh Raizman (center) guides thecitizens of Tanzania on how to use a woodturning lathe.

Joe Syrnick ‘69, ‘71 on the banks of the lower Schuylkill with30th Street Station and the Cira Center visible on the other sideof the river.

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“Squid Suckers: The Little Monsters That Feed theBeast.” The competition is sponsored by the Na -tional Science Foundation and the journal Science,published by the American Association for theAdvancement of Science.

Dr Jonathan Spanier, associate professor of materialsscience and engineering, presented an invited lec-ture, “Raman Scattering Involving Individual Singleand Multi-component Semiconductor Nanowires,”at the 2008 fall meeting of the European MaterialsResearch Society (E-MRS), held at the Warsaw Uni -versity of Technology as part of a symposium to honorthe 80th anniversary of the discovery by Nobel laure-ate C. V. Raman of the effect that bears his name.

David Staack, graduate student, Dr. Alexander Frid -man, John A. Nyheim Chair Professor, Dr. Alex -ander Gutsol, former research professor (currentlywith Chevron), Dr. Yury Gogotsi, Trustee ChairProfessor of Materials Science and Engineering,and Dr. Gary Friedman, professor of electrical andcomputer engineering, published a paper, “Nano -scale Corona Discharge in Liquids EnablingNanosecond Optical Emission Spectroscopy,” in theinternational edition of Angewandte Chemie. Thepaper was selected as a VIP (very important paper),a designation given to only five percent of all manu-scripts submitted to this journal.

Dr. Alan Soble, adjunct associate professor of English andphilosophy, had the fifth edition of his book The Philos -ophy of Sex published by Rowman and Littlefield, andthe second edition of his book, The Philosophy of Sexand Love, published by Paragon House.

Dr. Wei Sun, Albert Soffa Chair Professor of Mech -anical Engineering, presented “Bioprinting ofMicro-liver Organ for Drug Metabolism Study” atthe 19th International Solid Freeform FabricationSymposium in Austin. He also chaired a session,“Material Process,” at the symposium.

Dr. Douglas Turco, associate professor of sport man-agement, presented two research papers at the16th European Association for Sport ManagementConference in Heidelberg: “2007 Cricket WorldCup Sport Tourists: The Caribbean Experience”and “Sport Tourist Profiles at the 2007 FISU Uni -ver siade Bangkok.”

Zechariah Thrailkill and Sam Kennerly, graduate stu-dents in physics, accompanied by Dr. RobertoRamos, assistant professor of physics, presented“Modeling Three- and Four- Coupled Phase Qubits,”at the 2008 International Applied SuperconductivityConference (ASC) in Chicago. Thrailkill and Ken -nerly received travel awards from the ASC andDrexel. Dr. Ramos was a technical editor for theconference proceedings.

Blaise Tobia, professor of digital media, AWCoMAD,and his wife were featured on ArtBlog for a pieceon the contemporary art scene in China.

Dr. Douglas Turco, associate professor of sport man-agement, co-chaired the International Sport Busi -ness Research Symposium in Beijing, China.

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Drexel Hosts Talented Youthin Eco-Friendly Workshops

The College of Engineering hosted studentsfrom Johns Hopkins University Center for

Talented Youth in a technology workshop onenergy and the environment in Bossone ResearchEnterprise Center on October 25. Engineeringalumni, students and faculty engaged the gifted7th through 10th grade students and their par-ents in activities that taught the importance ofbeing environmentally friendly.

The breakout sessions in this one-day pro-gram included a hands-on demonstration of bio-diesel processing; a race with Solar EnergyK’Nex® Car Kits to explore the operation of solarcells under various lighting conditions; a hands-on demonstration of a scaled-down power trans-mission system to investigate the effects of loadchanges on network parameters; an introductionto energy consumption through ‘My Home 2.0’home makeover reality program projects; and apresentation from students in the EngineersWithout Borders program about how they helpedintroduce the technology to create a sustainableand clean water supply in Miramar, El Salvador.

The breakout sessions ended with a finalpresentation about the DragonWagon, a human-electric hybrid vehicle created at Drexel, withpedals and a motor that can be run on solar orfuel-cell technology. Students learned how theDrag on Wagon can change the traditional methodof urban and suburban transportation.

DECI Addresses EmergencyPreparedness in Philadelphia

Hurricanes Katrina and Ike and the recentfires in Southern California each demon-

strated in different ways the imperatives ofemergency preparedness in America’s metropol-itan regions. Of particular concern are the vul-nerable—the special needs populations—whooften require creative measures of planning,focused resources, and citizen outreach in orderto meet their needs in the face of disaster andemergency situations.

The Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative, inpartnership with Philadelphia’s Office of Emer -gency Management, hosted the first region-wideconference focused on bringing university-based researchers into conversation with emer-gency preparedness officials and practitionerson October 10 and 11. The unifying theme forthis first annual conference was confronting vul-nerability in the Delaware Valley.

The conference aimed to make new connec-tions between public and private enterprisesdealing with emergency preparedness, and toconnect academic researchers with practitionersin the field. DECI is leading the region’s univer-sity research community in joining with localand regional officials to combine their effortstoward making Philadelphia as prepared as pos-sible in the face of disaster.

One-of-a-Kind Exhibition atPearlstein Gallery

Designer shoes, shoes and more shoes, alongwith designer chairs, form the basis for a

unique exhibition, “Rest Your Feet,” which openson November 3 at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery,located on the first floor of Nesbitt Hall (33rd andMarket Streets). The exhibition will feature shoesfrom designers Roger Vivier, Salvatore Ferragamo,Prada, Azzedine Alaia, Christian Lacroix and Her -bert Levine, in an examination of the history, evo-lution and role of shoes and chairs.

Along with 40 pairs of high-fashion shoes,the exhibition will feature 10 chairs, includingHarry Bertoia’s 1952 asymmetrical chaiselounge from Knoll International and BillStumpf and Don Chadwick’s 1994 Aeron chairfrom Herman Miller.

A series of lectures will be held throughoutthe exhibition exploring the importance of shoesbeyond function, preference and personal expres-sion. The exhibition will be celebrated with anopening reception on November 5 from 5 to 7:30p.m. in the lobby outside the Pearlstein Gallery.

A concurrent exhibition, featuring chairsfrom the 17th to 19th centuries from The DrexelCollectionSM and shoes from the Drexel HistoricCostume Collection, will be on view in Drexel’sRincliffe Gallery on the third floor of the MainBuilding (32nd and Chestnut Streets), Mondaythrough Friday, 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The exhibition, reception and all speakerseries events are free and open to the public. Formore information, call 215-895-1029 or visitwww.drexel.edu/westphal.

A crowd of parents and excited students wait in line to test theDragonWagon, a human-electric hybrid vehicle designed and builtby Drexel engineering students for their senior design project.

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Dr. Michael Vogeley, associate professor of physics,was invited to speak at the third annual KIAS (KoreaInstitute for Advanced Study) workshop on Cos -mology and Structure Formation in Seoul and the2008 International Symposium on Cosmology andParticle Astrophysics in Gyung-Ju, Korea.

Darren Walters, instructor of music publishing,AWCoMAD, was interviewed about his recordlabel, Jade Tree, the record business and his per-sonal life for the recently released book, Punk RockLabels and the Struggle for Autonomy, published byLexington Books. Walters, Biff Kennedy and MarcyRauer Wag man, professors of music industry,AWCoMAD, participated as panelists at the annualMusic and Entertainment Industry Student Asso -ciation (MEISA) Conference at Albright College.They spoke about new entertainment legal agree-ments, artist management and music publishing.

Dr. Ulrike Wegst, assistant professor of materials sci-ence and engineering, and colleagues received theWerner-Koster Award for 2007 for their paper,“Materials for Violin Bows.” This award is present-ed every year by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fürMaterialkunde (DGM) for the best paper publishedin the International Journal of Materials Research.The award was presented at the conference dinnerduring the Materials Science and EngineeringCongress in Nürnberg.

Dr. Yen Wei, Herman B. Wagner Professor of Chem istryand director of the Drexel Center for Advanced Pol -ymers and Materials Chemistry, presented an invitedpaper, co-authored with Dr. Peter Lelkes, professorin BIOMED, “Electrically Conductive Materials forEnhanced Cardiac-Specific Differen tiation of MouseEmbryonic Stem Cells via Electrical Stimulation,” atthe International Union of Materials Research Soci ety(IUMRS) Conference in Sichuan. He also deliveredan invited seminar in the Department of Chem icalEngineering at Stanford University, “Nano por ous andElectroactive Materials Platforms for Bio science andBiotechnology,” as well as two invited lectures,“Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical and StemCell Tissue Engineering,” at the International Sympo -sium on Polymer Chemistry in Hefei, China, and at theInternational Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC) sponsored 42nd World Polymer Congress inTaipei. Dr. Wei was honored with the Honorary ChairProfessor of Materials Science at National I-LanUniversity in Taiwan and was guest professor ofchemistry at Xiamen University and at Beijing Insti -tute of Graphic Communications.

Stephen Weimar, director, and Dr. Troy Regis, teachereducation and research developer, Math Forum@Drexel, were invited to the first-ever West ChesterMath and Technology Conference. Weimer was thekeynote speaker and gave the opening plenary forthe conference. Dr. Regis provided two sessionsrelated to the Math Forum Problems of the Week inthe computer lab. The conference was attended byteachers who came from as far away as Ohio.

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Alumnus Christopher Ferguson to Command Space Shuttle

Captain Christopher Ferguson ’79, a Drexel mechanical engineering graduate and Philadelphianative, will command NASA Space Station “Endeavor,” scheduled to launch on November 14.

Ferguson was commissioned from the Navy ROTC program at the University of Pennsylvania.He received his Navy Wings in Kingsville, Texas in 1996. He was selected for the Naval PostgraduateTest Pilot School program in 1989 and graduated in 1992. Ferguson served as pilot on the SpaceShuttle “Atlantis” and has logged more than 12 days in space.

Alumni astronauts Dr. James Bagian ’73 and Paul Richards ’87 joined Ferguson in a panel dis-cussion about their careers in aerospace during the 2007 Engineers Week at Drexel.

The College of Engineering and theAlumni Association will sponsor a receptionfor alumni, faculty and staff in celebration ofthe space shuttle launch at the ETC SimulationCenter in Orlando, Florida on November 16from 1 to 3 p.m. The event will be hosted byBill Mitchell ’66, CEO of EnvironmentalTectonics Corpo ration. For more information,visit www.drexel.edu/alumni.

Drexel to Continue Program for Exceptional Chinese Students

Air Products, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Drexel have agreed to continue their JointCooperation Agreement for an integrated “3-2 Program,” enabling two exceptional Chinese stu-

dents per year to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and a corporate work assignment. “Finding and educating the best and the brightest is truly an amazing component of this program,”

said Dr. Selcuk Guceri, dean of the College of Engineering. “We’re honored to be a part of such a pio-neering program with SJTU and Air Products. It’s a novel approach to recruiting and building interna-tional talent in an increasingly competitive recruiting environment.”

The first two students to join the program were Dawei Ren and Qinling Shen. They are currentlyworking at Air Products in six-month process technology assignments as part of the overall curricu-lum. Sponsorship costs for the program, including transportation, room, board and tuition, are cov-ered by Air Products and Drexel. Students accepted into the program enroll in an agreed-upon courseof study. The initial focus of the program is in chemical and mechanical engineering disciplines.

The Alumni Association presented NicholasDeBenedictis, Aqua America Inc chairman andchief executive officer, with the A.J. Drexel PaulAward for Service to Alma Mater at the AnthonyJ. Drexel Society Gala, on Saturday, November 1,held at the Westin Hotel in Philadelphia.

The award is the association's highest honorand was bestowed on DeBenedictis for his per-sonal achievement reflecting credit on Drexel,including professional attainment, contributionsto community life, and in recognition of his con-tinued interest and active participation inUniversity activities. DeBenedictis, ’68, ’69, Hon ’87 is a member of the board of trustees andhas received numerous awards for public serviceand civic leadership.

Alumni Association Honors Nicholas DeBenedictis

Alumnus Christopher Ferguson,commander, Space Station“Endeavor,” dons a training ver-sion of his shuttle launch andentry suit in preparation for atraining session at Johnson SpaceCenter. Astronaut Eric A. Boc,pilot, is visible at right.

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Drexel recycles more than 300 tons of waste each year.

Drexel alumnus and former two-timefootball All-American Vince Vidas ’59,’64 and wife Judy ’56 have pledged $1million as the lead gift in the $3 million“Give Me Ten Campaign” in support of theUniversity’s 50-year-old crew program.

Vince and Judy Vidas led the campaignto develop the 18-acre athletic complex at43rd Street and Powelton Avenue, whichnow bears the Vidas name in their honor.The men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse teamswon the competitive CAA regular cham-pionships for the first time ever last seasonwhile using the new facilities.

This gift jump-starts the fundraisingefforts to provide second-year head coach

Paul Savell the resources to build the crew program into a perennial Dad Vail Regatta contender, andcompete nationally in the IRA and NCAA Championships and the Henley Regatta in England. Thetransformation of the crew program that will be made possible by this landmark gift also includesthe team’s relocation to the newly renovated Bachelor’s Barge Club, the oldest continuously operatedboathouse in America.

President Papadakis and Dr. James Meadowcroft, president, Bachelor’s Barge Club, will host acelebration and ceremonial lease signing making Bachelor’s Barge Club the new home of DrexelRowing on November 17 at 12:30 p.m. at the historic clubhouse on Boathouse Row.

Drexel alumnus and two-time football All-American Vince Vidas goes for a row on the Schuylkill with members of the women’s crew team.

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