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Drexel University students decided 2025 was the year for Earth Day to evolve into Earth Week. From face painting to gardening, the week of April…

While teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, Laura Wolf-Powers, PhD, published a book titled, “University City: History, Race, and Community in the Era of the…

This weekend on Oct. 5, Drexel University students will join residents of the Mantua neighborhood for “Clean, Green and Serene,” a community street cleanup. This…

Drexel University’s CNHP Community Wellness Heal Unite Bridge, located in the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, created in 2017, is a center dedicated to addressing…

The slow advancement of gentrification in West Philadelphia appears to have reached 52nd street, and many West Philly locals are unhappy. Talk of proposed improvements…

Drexel University’s and University of Pennsylvania’s campuses combine to create “University City,” which takes the form of an urban college town. They have the feel…

EAT (Everyone At the Table) Cafe, located at 3820 Lancaster Avenue, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to honor its opening as a non-profit organization…

A short way from the intersection of 35th and Spring Garden streets sits a large white mansion surrounded by a brick schoolhouse, a meeting hall…

The School Reform Commission of Philadelphia confirmed the purchase of six vacant school properties for a total of $37 million March 20. Of the purchases,…

Drexel’s longstanding commitment to improving conditions in the West Philadelphia neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua is no longer just a local effort. The community…