CitizenCast

Flash Focus on Privacy and The Internet

An event at the Rosenbach with The Citizen’s Larry Platt posed a question of our time: How can we live in the age of Facebook?

By J.P. Romney and Jordan Kauwling

Havana on the Schuylkill

Philadelphia continues to export brain power. Can the Amazon bid prompt a new way of thinking to keep it here?

By Ajay Raju
Guest Commentary

An Electric Car Trailblazer

As a Citizen story pointed out this week, Philly lags in getting electric cars. Local legend Judy Wicks wants to know why City Council wants to make it harder to have one

By Katherine Rapin

Our Electric Vehicle Gap

Philly lags behind other cities in putting city-owned electric cars on the street. Might SEPTA, of all places, be the model for how to turn that around?

By Mark Dent
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Civic Engagement Launchpad 2018

Code for Philly launches a month of civic hacking to fix democracy in Philadelphia

By Jamie Bogert
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Melina Uncapher

In the latest in Drexel’s ExCITe Center’s Education Innovation series, a neuroscientist explores how brain science can improve student learning

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Fail And Try Again

Maker Jawn at the Free Library gets Philadelphians of all stripes involved in the maker movement

By Jill Harkins

Mapping To The Rescue

An app that tracks overdoses is helping police predict the spread of dangerous opioids. Could it help turn the tide on the epidemic?

By Quinn O'Callaghan

A Smarter Smart City

Could the fix for what ails Philly lay in the Kenney administration’s approach to urban technology?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Urban Innovation in the Age of Trump

The inaugural Drexel Dialogues will introduce three problem-solving visionaries working to make their communities better

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy