Topic: Drexel University
A Better Way To Help Artists … Make Art
A developer bets that artists make better work when they live with the marketplace. A university bets on the rent. A former UArts professor weighs in on which makes for a more vibrant arts scene
By Neil Kleinman
Our Unseen Freedom
Amid the fanfare around the nation’s 250th, Philadelphia institutions come together to explore and to celebrate the freedom of conscience
By Vince Stango and Rosalind Remer PhD
A Holiday Thank You to Philadelphia Eds and Meds
A longtime university president applauds the courage, integrity and resilience of Philly's storied institutions
By Elaine Maimon
Can this New Food Hall Solve College Hunger?
University City’s Gather stands alone for its commitment to community, small local restaurants and fighting hunger — though you can just go for the tasty food
By Malcolm Burnley
We Are The Champions …
… of squash, thanks to our year-old professional team, the Philadelphia Lightning. That’s just one part of being the undisputed squash capital of the United States
By Malcolm Burnley
Drexel’s Food Truck Saviors
A City Council bill recently ended yet another threat to beloved food trucks in University City. Recent Drexel graduate Claire Toomey, students and University City organizers were the driving force behind it.
By Kristine Villanueva
The Happiest Places in Philly
Philly psychology students map the most joyful local city locations. Eric Zillmer happily explains
By Eric Zillmer
Philly, The First Startup, Makes a Comeback
Yes, we're still a city of cheesesteaks and Iggles. But we're also curing cancer and rebuilding a stagnant economy through the life sciences. How'd this happen?
By Charles F. McElwee
Philadelphia Revealed
Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public to connect — and contribute — to Philadelphia’s history through a vast collection of historical objects and artifacts
By Christina Griffith
John Fry and the City
The appointment of Philadelphia’s preeminent change maker to lead Temple University has the potential to disrupt Philadelphia’s status quo — an outcome rooted in the eloquent example of his unlikely hero
By Larry Platt