News and Events

Healthcare was the focus of the Libraries’ fifth ScholarSip event held on Monday, March 18th, at the Academic Bistro. Dr. Robert Field, Professor of Law at Earle Mack School of Law and Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health, provided the evening’s "food for thought." A lively discussion followed among the nearly 60 people attending from various disciplines across campus.

Dr. Field is a nationally recognized expert on health policy and public health law and his presentation focused on health care regulation and the role of government policy in shaping the health care system.

Hosted quarterly, ScholarSip seeks to bring together faculty and professional staff from across disciplines while deepening Drexel’s connection to scholarship and recognizing intellectual life on campus. Over 18 university departments and colleges were represented at the event, which featured cocktails and refreshments.

The next ScholarSip event will take place on Monday, June 10th from 4:30 – 6:30 PM. ScholarSip is hosted by Drexel University Libraries with support from a planning committee of faculty. For more information about the event or to suggest a future speaker, please contact Jenny James Lee at 215-571-4095 or jaj92@drexel.edu.

Increased seating and improved utilization of space are the focus of a proposed renovation to W. W. Hagerty Library. After months of planning, library staff, along with campus planners and administrators and the architectural firm Kling Stubbins, have proposed ways to address these objectives.

“Although these are not finalized plans, I am excited by the possibility to add about 300 additional seats to the library – while increasing the flexibility of the space and improving traffic flow and decreasing noise,” said Danuta A. Nitecki, dean of libraries.

Input from discussions with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, administrators and library staff was used to rethink how the library functions. “It was important to include our stakeholders in the process and we continue to accept feedback on the design plans,” Nitecki said.

Additional design work is needed for the University to be able to estimate the cost of the project and begin discussions about the impact on operations. Questions and feedback about the renovation can be directed to the Libraries at library@drexel.edu. Stay tuned for more updates.

Drexel faculty and professional staff are invited to celebrate the end of fall term at ScholarSip on Monday, March 18th from 4:30 – 6:30 PM at Drexel's Academic Bistro. ScholarSip is an informal event that brings together individuals from across campus to join in cross-disciplinary conversations.

The shrill debates over Obamacare led to dire warnings about a government take-over of health care.  The problem with those warnings is that the government took over health care more than half a century ago. Every sector of America's "free-market" health care system relies on a foundation of government funding and regulation.   Dr. Robert Field will explore the true underlying nature of our health care system and the ways in which health reform represents an historically consistent progression during his brief presentation at 5:00 PM.

Dr. Field is a Professor of Law at Earle Mack School of Law and a Professor of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health. He is a nationally recognized expert on health policy and public health law and his research focuses on the ethical issues in managed care, public policy and the legal facets of health care reform and genetic screening.

ScholarSip is hosted by Drexel University Libraries with guidance from a planning committee. Click here to RSVP to ScholarSip or contact Jenny James Lee at jaj92@drexel.edu or 215-571-4095.

Nearly 50 members of the Drexel faculty were celebrated for their contributions to scholarship at an event on Thursday, February 28th, which recognized books published in 2012. The cross-section of expertise at Drexel was showcased through the vast array of disciplines and topics covered by these authors and editors. President John A. Fry provided the opening remarks as members of the campus community gathered in the A.J. Drexel Picture Gallery, in the University’s Main Building. Provost Mark Greenberg and Dean of Libraries, Danuta A. Nitecki, individually recognized the editors and authors, who represented each of Drexel’s 13 schools and colleges as well as the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel University Sacramento.

The annual event was hosted by the Office of the Provost and University Libraries. Authors with books published in 2013 should contact the Libraries to be included in the 2014 event. For more information, contact Jenny James Lee at 215-571-4095 or jaj92@drexel.edu.

Click here to view a list of 2012 Drexel book authors and editors. A video and photographs from the event can also be found available online.