“EXEL magazine is an annual research magazine for Drexel University. The design visually highlights the subjects of academic research while downplaying the researchers themselves. Drexel’s researchers are included in the editorial mix, but the typically uninteresting academic headshots are kept small, and the more visually dynamic imagery associated with their research endeavors is given center stage. The school of fish swimming across the cover of this edition features snapshots taken by researchers investigating the effects of a new dam on a variety of exotic fish that live in Brazil’s Xingu River.”