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After a three-year tenure with the Office of the provost, Jacques Catudal returned to the department of Philosophy as associate professor. Catudal's agreement as vice provost with the University expired April 30, as set up by former Provost Harvill Eaton in March 2002.
The Mantua Community Improvement Committee is in the process of filing a $10 million lawsuit against University City District and its principal financiers, Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania of charging them with racial discrimination within the next 30 days.
Congressman Michael Oxley (R-Ohio), co-author of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, spoke to over 150 upper-level managers on the importance of corporate accountability April 26 in the Behrakis Grand Hall. The visit was part of the LeBow College of Business's new "Inside the Boardroom" lecture series, which is designed to promote contemporary issues concerning corporate boards and managers. The move comes almost a year after Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) visited the University May 14, 2004 to address "Ethical Principles of Corporate Behavior."
The Office of Research and Graduate Policy hosted Drexel's seventh annual Research Day April 26. The event, which was held in the gym of the Daskalakis Athletic Center, consisted of 450 posters and displays covering both graduate and undergraduate research in the fields of medicine, science, business, art and design, and the humanities.
Matt Blank, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Showtime Networks, visited the University to discuss the content and future of television April 25 in the Ruth Auditorium. The event was formatted as a conversation between both Blank and Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute Director Allen Sabinson, as well as the audience and covered a myriad of topics ranging from his personal story to Showtime's evolution and upcoming projects.
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"Dragon Day," a new school event organized by the University's chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America, will be held May 16 in an effort to rouse school spirit. The day's activities include a competition that would pit all of the student organizations against each other as they vie for the most unique take on what the Drexel dragon should look like.
The College of Media Arts and Design's annual AnnX Art Exhibition had it's opening reception April 25. For the twelfth year, CoMAD students, alumni and faculty displayed their artwork in the categories of: fine arts 2-D, fine arts 3-D, photography, fashion, graphic design, new media and film and video. The exhibit will run through May 6.
The College of Arts and Sciences saw the launch of its online journal, ASK - Arts, Science and Knowledge. The site is designed to help the undergraduate and graduate students of the College find information pertaining to any of its nine departments and four programs.
The Faculty Senate held its monthly meeting April 28 in the Living Arts Lounge to discuss, among other things, the proposed College of Law and new degree courses. The meeting began with the approval of the previous meeting's minutes and followed by a discussion of three new degree offerings at the University, which were not disclosed at the time of the meeting. General Counsel Carl Oxholm reviewed the status of the proposed University Law School.
The Department of English and Philosphy invited poet Toby Olson to lecture, read selections of his work and sign his books for fans in the Faculty Club Lounge April 27. Olson has published eight books of fiction and 22 books of poetry and his works have appeared in over 200 ewspapers, magazines and anthologies.
This weekly feature delves into the extensive Triangle archives to reminisce of days gone by at Drexel University. This is not current news, but rather news articles that students last year, five years and 10 years ago this week read on the front page of The Triangle.
