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Beating the Heat — Safely and Sustainably — During the Pandemic

When public pools and many cooling centers closed this summer due to COVID-19, Drexel University researchers teamed up with the William Penn foundation and members of the Hunting Park community to ...
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Drexel and Partners Receive $5 Million Lenfest Foundation Grant to Accelerate Career Training for Local Residents

The Lenfest Foundation has awarded a three-year $5 million grant to University City District (UCD), the University City Science Center and Drexel University to accelerate career opportunities for ...
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B Smart Program Commits $25,000 to Support Small Businesses Owned by Women of Color

This story was written by Soneyet Muhammad, director of workforce and economic inclusion in the Office of University and Community Partnerships at Drexel University. On Jan. 14, the B Smart small ...
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Drexel University Won’t Hold Classes on Election Day

To ensure Dragons make their voices heard in local and national elections, Drexel University students will not have classes on Election Day in 2024. In 2022 and 2023, students have had a shortened day ...
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SPARKing Community Outreach on Campus

You know about random acts of kindness, but have you heard of Students Promoting Art Through Random Acts of Kindness? The Drexel student organization, also known as “SPARK,” creates and sells quirky ...
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Drexel Program Offers Support for Children Starting Kindergarten in Promise Neighborhood

In Philadelphia, the path to kindergarten is made of many roads in different directions with various endpoints — even without a pandemic looming over that decision-making process. Neither ...
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Drexel Names New Center on Racism and Health, Center Director

Drexel University will officially establish and name a new center on racism and health as The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements and Population Health Equity. The Center was made possible ...
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Engineering Peace: Drexel Joins PeaceTech Lab in Global Mission to Use Technology for Resolving Conflicts

Drexel University engineering researchers and students are joining an international effort led by PeaceTech Lab, a non-profit entity launched by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), to prepare ...
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Philly Community Groups Face Significant Barriers to Creating Public Amenities Like Parklets and Pedestrian Plazas

Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation today released Catalyzing Community Capacity: How Philadelphia Can Create Equitable Right-of-Way Stewardship, a report on how to improve the ...
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PECO and the Exelon Foundation Renew Commitment to Successful West Philadelphia Education Partnership

PECO and the Exelon Foundation awarded a $300,000 grant to the Drexel Exelon Foundation/PECO Community Education Collaborative – a program that supports and enhances the work of the School District of ...
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Drexel Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant for Arts-Centered Model for Intergenerational Co-Housing

Grant will support Drexel's Second Story Collective, an arts-centered model for intergenerational co-housing, focused on affordable homeownership in West Philadelphia The Second Story Collective (2SC) ...
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Drexel Launches Digital Database, Making Atwater Kent Collection Available to the Public

Drexel University has launched a new online database of the Atwater Kent Collection, making it available to the public for the first time. The digital collection is available at ...