Today, Drexel University’s mascot is a dragon named Mario — but he wasn’t always called Mario, and he wasn’t always a dragon. Mario has only been “Mario,” or “Mario the Magnificent,” since 1997, when ...

but the mascot was used the next year, and has been ever since. It wasn’t until 1997, however, that the Drexel Dragon got a name. You probably know it: Mario the Magnificent. The story behind that ...

Drexel has invested $250,000 in MAD Dragon, whose first name is derived from the acronym for the College of Media Arts & Design; "Dragon" is the university's mascot. "Drexel has the resources to ...