Drexel University

Schuylkill River Audio Exhibit

Audio exhibit to explore Schuylkill River watershed at Academy of Natural Sciences

New SEPTA program paves way for businesses to provide free Key cards to employees

SEPTA Pilot Program

Hospitals, insurers and colleges join forces to reduce Philly's health inequities

Accelerate Health Equity Philly

Philly's largest life sciences lab planned for Drexel University campus

Drexel Life Sciences Philly

New Jersey Pine Barrens' ecology and culture to be explored at Academy of Natural Sciences event

Pine Barrens Project

Six Philadelphia-area colleges make U.S. News' best global universities list

Penn Best Global Universities

Penn, Swarthmore rank highly again on U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges lists

U.S. News & World Report best colleges list

Penn falls, Princeton rises in Forbes' annual ranking of best U.S. colleges

Forbes College Rankings

Penn, Drexel to require students receive COVID-19 vaccine for fall semester

Penn Drexel COVID-19 vaccines

Drexel University joins national coalition to combat climate change

Drexel Climate Change

Penn's graduate education program named best in the nation by U.S. News

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools

Brandywine to break ground on $287 million Schuylkill Yards tower in March

Schuylkill River

Drexel University to launch Center on Racism and Health

Drexel Racism Health

Aramark to lay off thousands at Philly stadiums, Convention Center

Aramark Layoffs Philly

Drexel University switches to only online classes for fall quarter

Drexel University fall semester

Drexel's 'Civil Dialog' installation will hold social media conversation on side of West Philly building

Civil Dialog Drexel

Lifetime discrimination may increase hypertension risk among Black people, study finds

Discrimination increases hypertension risk

'SimCity'-style, Philly urban planning game in the works at Drexel

SIM-PHL main

Drexel student sues for tuition refund following university's abrupt shutdown due to coronavirus

Drexel class action suit

Coronavirus and colleges: Penn, Temple, West Chester U. switch to online classes for rest of spring semester

Philly Coronavirus Universities

Philly's soda tax having little effect on consumption habits, Drexel study finds

Philly Soda Tax Consumption Study Drexel

Exercise could be key to curbing appetite during diet, Drexel study finds

Drexel Diet Exercise

Chinese dance team cancels Philly appearance due to travel restrictions stemming from coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus Travel Restrictions Beijing Dance Company

Whole wheat pizzas offer a slightly more nutritious pie

Is Whole Wheat Pizza Healthy?

Philly D.A. charges former Drexel professor who allegedly blew grants at strip clubs

Drexel professor Nwankpa theft

Architectural Digest ranks Drexel, Thomas Jefferson interior design programs among best in U.S.

Drexel Thomas Jefferson Interior Design

Potted plants are irrelevant to indoor air quality, Drexel researchers say

Drexel potted plants air

Former Drexel professor spent federal grants at Philadelphia strip clubs, prosecutor says

Drexel University professor strip clubs

Drexel University, Tower Health to buy St. Christopher's Hospital, report says

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Children's Health

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children receives multiple bids, including Drexel University and Tower Health

St. Christopher's Children Hospital auction

First-ever ranking of the health of Philadelphia's 46 neighborhoods

Carroll - City Hall, Broad Street and the Philadelphia Skyline

Drexel University president says 40% of clinical staff will lose jobs due to Hahnemann Hospital closure

Hahnemann Drexel

Hahnemann University Hospital

Hahnemann announces timeline for hospital closure

Hahnemann hospital timeline closure

Hahnemann closing maternity ward on Friday — even as Philly judge orders the facility remain open

Hahnemann University Hospital emergency department

Largest LGBTQ+ art exhibit in Philadelphia remembers Stonewall riots

Brian David Dennis' artwork for Stonewall at 50 titled Cluster

EAT Cafe, the pay-what-you-wish restaurant that closed in April, reopens for summer lunch program

0620_Eat Cafe summer program

Missing Drexel University student found dead in Los Angeles

Andrew Yun Drexel

Authorities searching for missing Drexel University freshman

Andrew Yun Drexel

Drexel grad just launched a low-cost online therapy tool

rethink online therapy

Drexel Square officially opens at Schuylkill Yards in West Philly

Carroll - Drexel Square and 30th Street Station

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

Philadelphia ranks in top 10 best city for basketball fans

SCI Chester Prison to test Swedish-style inmate units

Chester County prison Sweden

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