If you build it . . .
Submitted on March 31, 2008 - 10:00AM
A little over sixty years ago, The Triangle presented this article by Edward Miller unveiling, “The New Drexel.” This was the beginning of Drexel's first master plan, often referred to in the records as the Expansion Plan.
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Dorothy R. Young: Dean of Women, Proponent of Co-Education
Submitted on March 28, 2008 - 8:00AM
The Dean of Women in 1949 was Dorothy R. Young.
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New Archives Evening Hours
Submitted on March 27, 2008 - 8:00AM
Want to visit the University Archives but can't get here during the day? Starting on April 1, the Archives will be open every Tuesday evening until 8:00 p.m.
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Women Engineering Students at Drexel
Submitted on March 24, 2008 - 8:00AM
The Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Dormitory was not only a social home for women students at Drexel, but was also the site of academic conferences designed to assist female students in their educational studies.
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Grace Godfrey, Dean of Home Economics
Submitted on March 21, 2008 - 8:00AM
Women during the last quarter of the nineteenth century began to develop new life paths for themselves, including teaching at Drexel University.
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Retail Studies in the Depression
Submitted on March 17, 2008 - 8:00AM
In 1933 Drexel applied to the state of Pennsylvania for permission to give a B.S. degree in retailing. The application was denied and the students received a degree in Commerce instead.
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Women's Health
Submitted on March 14, 2008 - 8:00AM
In the 1920's, physical exams were required for all female students at the Drexel Institute.
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War Courses for Women
Submitted on March 12, 2008 - 8:00AM
During the First World War the Drexel Institute was part of a nationwide patriotic movement to get women into the workforce.
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Milestones for Women at Drexel
Submitted on March 5, 2008 - 12:00AM
In 1900, Pauline Conway became the first woman to complete Drexel's architecture program.
The first student housing for women was built in 1918. Construction began on the Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Dormitory for Women in 1931.
In 1919, Drexel awarded its first degrees to women.
In 1938, Edith M. Rood became first woman editor of The Triangle.
In 1943, women first enrolled in the School of Engineering. The Drexel Society of Women Engineers was founded three years later.
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March is National Women's History Month
Submitted on March 3, 2008 - 12:00AM
Drexel University Archives will mark Women's History Month with a series of essays about women's education in the early years of the Drexel Institute.
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Check out the Drexel photos on Flickr.com
Submitted on December 14, 2007 - 2:02PM
One of the interesting things about working in an archives is that you never know what you'll find when you open a box. We have two large boxes of photographs in the archives that have little or no information - no photographer, no names, no date. In order to find out more about the people, places and things featured in these images, we've scanned them and uploaded them to Flickr.com, one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the web.
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Welcome to the Drexel University Archives blog.
Submitted on December 10, 2007 - 9:33AM
Welcome to the Drexel University Archives blog. This blog will feature historical photographs and other interesting documents from the Archives' collections, as well as information about the Archives. We hope it will appeal to anyone with an interest in Drexel's history.
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Discover Open Access Resources in Engineering
Submitted on October 21, 2019 - 2:49PM
In celebration of Open Access Week, Librarian Jay Bhatt shares his list of go-to Engineering Open Textbooks.
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Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Resources
Submitted on October 3, 2017 - 1:28PM
Resources for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design
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InfoSci-Engineering Science and Technology through IGI Global Engineering and Science collection
Submitted on May 3, 2016 - 4:50PM
A collection of e-books in emerging technology areas of engineering, such as simulations, geotechnical, robotics, and mechatronics.
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Materials Genome Initiative
Submitted on November 11, 2015 - 7:00PM
The Materials Genome Initiative is a multi-agency initiative designed to create a new era of policy, resources, and infrastructure that support U.S. institutions in the effort to discover, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost.
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Four Drexel Students Test Their Peers' Research Knowledge in the Knovel Academic Challenge
Submitted on October 8, 2015 - 8:49AM
The Fall Knovel Academic Challenge launched on Monday, September 28th at midnight, kicking off five weeks of questions to challenge STEM students in engineering concepts and questions. Each week, students are challenged to answer new problem sets, learn more about engineering resources and in doing so are entered to win prizes.
There are four Drexel students who aren't invited to participate in this year's challenge - because they designed the questions. The questions utilize Libraries resources and test students' research knowledge.
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NISO Launches New Primer Series with the Publication of Primer on Research Data Management
Submitted on September 3, 2015 - 3:57PM
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has launched a new Primer Series on information management technology issues with the publication of the first primer on the topic of Research Data Management.
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InterNano - Resources for Nanomanufacturing
Submitted on July 22, 2015 - 5:47PM
InterNano, a service of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, informs and connects the nanomanufacturing community of researchers and practitioners.
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Full text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a few other resources from ASEE
Submitted on June 8, 2015 - 3:49PM
View full-text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and more.
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Registry of Research Data Repositories: re3data.org
Submitted on May 29, 2015 - 4:32PM
Learn about re3data.org, a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.
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Nanomaterial Registry
Submitted on May 29, 2015 - 4:11PM
Learn more about The Nanomaterial Registry, an authoritative, fully curated resource that archives research data on nanomaterials and their biological and environmental implications.
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Nanotechnology 101 and Nano.gov Publications Database
Submitted on April 27, 2015 - 12:02AM
Learn more about Nanotechnology 101 and Nano.gov Publications Database
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Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing Students
Submitted on March 13, 2015 - 12:30PM
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) provides access to important resources to help us explore promising practices and strategies for retaining students in Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing (including Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Technology, and related disciplines) programs.
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ITER will be the biggest fusion device ever built
Submitted on February 19, 2015 - 7:54PM
Learn more about the ITER Project.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), standards and other full text documents
Submitted on January 27, 2015 - 2:40PM
Check out these resources to learn more about The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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Adventures in Energy Online Interactive Module - American Petroleum Institute
Submitted on January 16, 2015 - 12:39PM
Want to learn more about the Adventures in Energy Online Module?
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DoE Data Explorer
Submitted on November 26, 2014 - 1:26PM
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