2017

- December 20, 2017
  2017 was a big year for 91��Ƭ��, which made strides in research and developments that could impact all of our futures.
- December 14, 2017
  Many adult coloring books claim to be art therapy and can reduce negative feelings, but art therapists are significantly more impactful, a Drexel study shows.
- December 13, 2017
  Four 91��Ƭ�� culinary students created two Philly-themed gingerbread houses that are now displayed in the Logan Hotel.
- December 11, 2017
  The Eagles Fly for Leukemia organization offers full-tuition scholarships to 91��Ƭ�� to outstanding students who have survived pediatric cancer. For the recipients, it’s an unrivaled opportunity.
- December 06, 2017
  To spotlight the wellness and inclusion mission of 91��Ƭ�� Recreational Athletics, the Drexel Recreation Center has released a new campaign featuring Dragons working on their physical, mental and emotional health.
- November 30, 2017
  
  Rachel Sadinsky wants to help people live life to the fullest and chose physical therapy as the way she would do that. From yoga research with kids in Philadelphia to working in clinics in Guatemala, her passion is what motivates her to accomplish her goals and inspires others to reach for theirs.
- November 30, 2017
  
  For short or long distance runner, warming up is a very important part of avoiding injury. Many people will tell you what may work for them, but Rob Maschi, PT, DPT recommends something very specific for all runners and tells you how to do it.
- November 30, 2017
  
  The number of Americans affected by chronic pain and the annual cost to treat it is staggering. Add to it the poor outcomes and it is clear that we are facing one of the most challenging health issues to address. A new approach is needed and Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT is working on just that.
- November 30, 2017
  
  After winning an award from Drexel for career development, Margaret Finley, PT, PhD received a grant from the Department of Defense to discover a biopsychosocial prospective surveillance model for development of shoulder pain following spinal cord injury.
- November 30, 2017
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- November 29, 2017
  
  Mindfulness is a hot topic. That's easy enough to see from the more than 55 students from multiple disciplines who came to "Mindfulness: for Clinical Practice and for Life" in early October. A workshop given by faculty in physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences and creative arts therapies, students experienced the science and the creative part of mindfulness.
- November 29, 2017
  
  IPER's Brown Bag Lunch Series is off to a great start. New collaborative working groups are forming, ideas are being exchanged and faculty and students are getting excited about what learning outcomes will result from this series and work. Read the story to see how you can get involved.
- November 28, 2017
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- November 20, 2017
- November 20, 2017
  A dean’s seminar hosted by 91��Ƭ��’s College of Arts and Sciences presented a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives on the root causes and the potential solutions to the opioid epidemic.
- November 15, 2017
  When the James Beard Foundation (JBF), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, sought out culinary instructors and professors to help design and implement a curriculum to inspire a new generation of chefs and culinary professionals to substantially reduce food waste, Drexel’s Center for Food & Hospitality stepped up to the plate.
- October 31, 2017
  Hope Cline followed in her mother’s, father’s, grandparents’ and brothers’ footsteps and those of quite a few relatives. Cline would be going into a healthcare profession, but she had to choose and decided to take the path of her mother.
- October 30, 2017
  Inspired by her father’s service in the medical corps, alumna and clinical instructor Clare Pisoni followed a path leading her to become a physician assistant. Now she is teaching in the program that taught her to be a skilled and compassionate PA.
- October 30, 2017
  Celebrating a big milestone, alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends came together to share stories, to catch up on each other’s careers and watch as Evelyn Eskin and David Major, MD received the Sherry Stolberg Alumni Award.
- October 30, 2017
  Diana Smith, MHS, CNHP’s PA curriculum director and once assistant scientist of oceanography, calls on her global experience assistant to open up international opportunities for students including mission trips and mentoring partnerships abroad.
- October 23, 2017
  This is a monthly column highlighting the accomplishments of the nursing faculty and students. This month, we congratulate the induction of new Fellows in the Academy of Nursing and a research grant awarded to an undergraduate co-op student.
- October 23, 2017
  Our newest monthly column comes from the Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (IPER) Collaborative. This month IPER answers a few big questions regarding the who, what and why of interprofessional education at CNHP.�� Check back monthly to learn about IPER happenings!
- October 04, 2017
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- September 27, 2017
  Developed by Drexel faculty, ProfessionalFormation.org (PFO) is an online resource for professionalism learning, assessment, remediation and research in clinical education.
- September 20, 2017
  From an intensive study abroad research project to student ambassador to EMT, accelerated health sciences students Lauren Certo and Valerie Iovine are taking opportunities no other place than Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions would afford them.
- September 18, 2017
  Vince Russell, `15 had a successful career in nuclear power, but he wanted something that spoke more to his passion. With careful planning with his wife, he quit his job and became a full-time health sciences student courtesy of the GI Bill.
- September 18, 2017
  The question of affordability is always on the mind of students when it comes to pursuing their dreams in college. Four students have been awarded $10,000 each to help each realize their goals.
- September 18, 2017
  Michael Bruneau, Jr., PhD, health sciences professor, runs 100 mph and accomplishes so much in his day, but in college, it had a price. He developed a set of principles he now uses to make the most of his day while enjoying every minute of it.
- September 17, 2017
  Stephen Gambescia, PhD, an avid runner, published author, beloved professor, among other things, is a student of reference and citation. He spells out tips for not getting dinged for avoidable mistakes in academic writing.
- September 17, 2017
  
  Current students and alumni represented Drexel and CNHP at the 29th World University Summer Games in Taipei, Taiwan, but not competing in a sport. They helped fuel the more than 7,700 student athletes from around the world.
- September 17, 2017
  
  Rundiogram is a new monthly feature in Off the Charts. We are looking for regular contributors to our monthly newsletter. Please email College Engagement, Marketing and Communictions for more information.
- September 15, 2017
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- August 25, 2017
  Drexel Dragons from the University’s Department of Sports Nutrition are currently in Taiwan working with American student-athletes at the World University Summer Games.
- August 10, 2017
  The College of Nursing and Health Professions appoints Laura N. Gitlin, PhD as its new Dean. She will help keep CNHP's place at the forefront of innovative health care education and research and be the perfect custodian of CNHP’s interprofessional practice, education and research initiative (IPER).��
- August 10, 2017
  Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, joins Drexel from Johns Hopkins University and will begin her tenure Feb. 1, 2018. She is an applied research sociologist and distinguished professor who brings a patient- and family-centered approach to her work as a researcher and practitioner.
- August 07, 2017
  For clinical professor Angela Colistra, PhD, getting the most up-to-date information about this 21^st century epidemic includes talking to those on the front lines including addicts. Her hope is to improve training and moving clients to recovery.
- August 06, 2017
  Christian Jordal, PhD, director of the Master of Family Therapy program and assistant clinical professor and Anthony Pennant, LMFT, adjunct professor and CNHP alumnus are training students to be culturally competent and socially just clinicians.
- August 04, 2017
  Coco Ellis has an undergraduate marketing degree, but what she was doing didn’t inspire her. While teaching in an inner city school in Charlotte, she saw how food influenced classroom performance and discovered a passion for nutrition.
- August 03, 2017
- August 03, 2017
- July 05, 2017
  Rachel Kelley knew nutrition was the path she wanted to take and we are lucky she found her way to Drexel for graduate work. She benefitted from the interprofessional learning and CNHP’s connections in Philadelphia to fine tune her area of interest.
- July 05, 2017
- July 05, 2017
- July 05, 2017
  Congratulations to all our College of Nursing and Health Professions graduates! The achievements of all of our graduates is a testament to their hard work and dedication to compassionate care as well as the outstanding preparation and guidance our esteemed faculty provided.
- July 05, 2017
  
  Academic excellence and hopes for the future were celebrated and shared at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts at CNHP’s commencement exercises. Graduates received sage advice and life’s lessons from two student commencement speakers and the incoming CEO of BAYADA Home Health Care on June 12.��
- July 05, 2017
  This assistant professor shares how her love of nature and her desire to save the world initiated a journey that’s taken her around the globe to calm fears around anything green while helping reintroduce the sacredness of feeding oneself.
- June 13, 2017
  Coloring, doodling and drawing all showed significant bloodflow in the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded, a new study by a 91��Ƭ�� art therapist found.
- June 03, 2017
  
  No matter how long an individual has been at the College of Nursing and Health Professions, be it faculty or staff, his or her contributions to the success of educating our students and changing the delivery of healthcare will be recognized for years to come.
- June 03, 2017
  
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- June 03, 2017
- June 03, 2017
  
  With a fifth child on the way, staff nurse Randy T. McGonigal, Sr. found time to graduate with a BSN in March, return to the stage as a singer-song writer and gear up to start the MSN program in nursing education at his alma mater.
- June 03, 2017
  
  For 13 years, BAYADA Home Health Care has recognized nurses and health professionals for contributions to patients and students through technology in education and practice. This year, an app and an electronic board win the $10,000 prizes.��
- June 03, 2017
  
  There is no doubt that graduating senior Kate Wilchek, with all the qualities inherent in Drexel nurses, will fulfill her goals of being an emergency department and trauma nurse while treating people like family —with compassion and respect.
- June 03, 2017
  
  The Adenirans traveled 5,320 miles to Philadelphia to make their dreams come true; the physical trip from Nigeria seemed to have been the easy part. Read about how they built a life filled with love, family, education and successful careers.
- June 01, 2017
  At this year’s Graduate Student Day, the Graduate College and the Graduate Student Association joined together to honor the work done by Drexel students in the classroom and in the community.
- May 25, 2017
  At the annual Faculty Recognition Awards Ceremony on May 24, Drexel acknowledged the faculty and staff members whose scholarship, service and teaching contribute so much to the University and its students.
- May 25, 2017
  Students, employers and faculty were celebrated at Drexel’s 2017 Cooperative Education Awards.
- May 09, 2017
  A pair of studies found that most of the home kitchens in Philadelphia that they examined would get critical code violations if they were judged by the same standards that we hold to the restaurants where we eat.
- May 08, 2017
  With 91��Ƭ��’s commencement just around the corner, the University is announcing its complete list of speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 ceremonies.
- May 01, 2017
- May 01, 2017
- May 01, 2017
  
  Now that the topic of health care “reform” has resurfaced onto the national policy agenda, here is a five-point plan that can bring real reform to bring health care to all Americans. To move in this radical, but effective, direction, the loyal ACA supporters need to accept the reality that Obamacare is not sustainable; it is imploding.
- May 01, 2017
  Talking about healthcare these days can cause a person a lot of stress and invariably heated discussions. It’s scary. It’s not an easy thing to unpack or understand. There may be too many players at the table, but one thing is for sure, a career in Health Services Administration will be incredibly diverse and interesting. That’s exactly what drew Damian Dodge to eventually settle on it as a major.
- May 01, 2017
  
  Kevin Mitchell, PhD is the newest faculty member in Health Services Administration and brings extensive and impressive experience from academia and many areas of health administration. Mitchell graduated from Temple University with a degree in public health and went on to receive two advance degrees, an MBA from Eastern University, and a PhD in public health from Walden University. Those degrees helped him build a career combining corporate, academic and public experience, something he hopes will help him achieve his one goal at the College of Nursing and Health Professions — connecting students to the right organizations having the right competencies.
- May 01, 2017
  
  Very few individuals can gather enough experience before going to college to be absolutely sure of their chosen major, especially when following the traditional path of starting the fall after high school graduation. Health Services Administration senior, Toni Ross, is one of the few who can say that her experiences before coming to Drexel undeniably revealed the path she wanted to pursue. But Toni Ross is anything but traditional...
- May 01, 2017
  91��Ƭ��’s first-ever Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference was recently held to give graduate students a chance to share their interdisciplinary work and test out their presentation skills.
- May 01, 2017
  This year marks the fifth time that Drexel authors have been celebrated in a ceremony highlighting their remarkable achievements in publishing.
- March 30, 2017
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- March 28, 2017
  In an effort to decrease health disparities among residents in Mantua and Powelton Village, the College of Nursing and Health Professions is opening a comprehensive wellness program that will focus on education, preventive services and community building.
- March 20, 2017
  Computational design guru John Maeda will address the class of 2017 at 91��Ƭ��’s commencement, which will be held on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Maeda is the global head of Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic, the parent company of Jetpack, WooCommerce, Longreads, WordPress.com and more. The University-wide ceremony will be held at Citizens Bank Park for the second consecutive year.
- March 09, 2017
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- February 24, 2017
  The 2017 Sex and Gender Research Forum will feature interdisciplinary research projects and transgender rights activist Harper Jean Tobin.
- February 17, 2017
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- January 05, 2017
  Anthony J. Drexel founded 91��Ƭ��, of course. But there are other institutions now ingrained in Drexel’s DNA — like the College of Medicine and the Academy of Natural Sciences — that were founded by other innovators in the 19th century.

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