Drexel UniversityWish EV prices were lower? This Drexel engineering lab’s work could helpTwo professors are studying processes to make batteries for electric vehicles without solvents, which require expensive drying equipment. One analyst calls the research "so important." Scott Sturgis Joseph J. Jordan, celebrated architect and retired Drexel professor, has died at 102Gary Miles Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart The man who made musical instruments out of everything: glass bowls, trees, buildings, and even an islandShaun Brady, For The Inquirer Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerEllie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso AdvertisementWoman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington Drexel’s medical school will offer an accelerated three-year degree for future doctorsDrexel announced plans to launch an accelerated MD program, joining a growing movement of schools launching three-year pathways.Kayla Yup Meet the QVC fans who have kept the shopping network aliveThese longtime QVC customers are staying loyal despite the West Chester-based company's financial struggles: “As long as they’re around, I will shop.”Erin McCarthy More Philly-area students are majoring in neuroscience, with some wanting to find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’sIn 2008, 110 colleges nationally offered neuroscience majors; now, it’s about 330, said Raddy Ramos, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at New York Institute of Technology.Susan Snyder Wawa has expanded far beyond Philly. But hometown fans still fuel the chain’s successAfter 60 years, locals still see Wawa as "part of their neighborhood," said CEO Chris Gheysens. The chain founded in Delaware County now has nearly 1,200 locations in 13 states and Washington, D.C.Erin McCarthy WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington The cold’s toll: Woodcocks wiped out in Cape May, opossums frostbitten in Philly, robins struck on roadsRobins, opossums, and other animals are struggling as extreme cold temperatures and snowpack linger across the region.Frank Kummer Is Drexel a sneaky NCAA Tournament contender? A big final month will tell the tale. The Dragons will try to ride the CAA's best defense to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 2021. Conor Smith Housing ban on former Hahnemann campus is on hold in City Council as concerns mount For now, Councilmember Jeffery Young will not advance his ban of residential housing at the former hospital site. Jake Blumgart Philly-area medical schools are enrolling more women and attracting more students, according to the latest trendsApplications to Philly-area medical schools are back up after a three-year decline, recently released data from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows.Kayla Yup and Lizzie Mulvey CHOP launches Philly-area autism therapy network in partnership with Soar Autism CentersChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia formed its partnership with Denver-based Soar Autism Centers after clinicians complained of long wait times for patients seeking autism therapy.Harold Brubaker Joseph R. Syrnick, retired chief engineer for the Streets Department and CEO of the Schuylkill River Development Corp., has died at 79He joined the Streets Department in 1971 after college and spent 34 years, until his retirement in 2005, supervising hundreds of development projects in the city. Gary Miles A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder Federal substance abuse and mental health grants were cut and then restored with little explanation SAMHSA abruptly rescinded funding for thousands of grants dealing with mental health and addiction treatment late Tuesday with little explanation. Aubrey Whelan St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children announced its third leadership change in less than two yearsClaire Alminde, St. Chris' chief nursing officer, was named acting president, replacing interim president and CEO Jodi Coombs.Harold Brubaker See more storiesAdvertisement
Wish EV prices were lower? This Drexel engineering lab’s work could helpTwo professors are studying processes to make batteries for electric vehicles without solvents, which require expensive drying equipment. One analyst calls the research "so important." Scott Sturgis
Wish EV prices were lower? This Drexel engineering lab’s work could helpTwo professors are studying processes to make batteries for electric vehicles without solvents, which require expensive drying equipment. One analyst calls the research "so important." Scott Sturgis
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier moves to restrict zoning for four West Philly schools slated to close Sean Collins Walsh, Kristen A. Graham, and Jake Blumgart
The man who made musical instruments out of everything: glass bowls, trees, buildings, and even an islandShaun Brady, For The Inquirer
The man who made musical instruments out of everything: glass bowls, trees, buildings, and even an islandShaun Brady, For The Inquirer
Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerEllie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso
Amid record-low violence, Mayor Parker’s policing budget invests in more technology, funds sexual assault centerEllie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and Anna Orso
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington
Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MDIn the spring of 1851, eight women were the first graduates of the school’s three-year program. Students paid $10 — roughly $417 in today’s money — per class. Elizabeth Wellington
Drexel’s medical school will offer an accelerated three-year degree for future doctorsDrexel announced plans to launch an accelerated MD program, joining a growing movement of schools launching three-year pathways.Kayla Yup
Drexel’s medical school will offer an accelerated three-year degree for future doctorsDrexel announced plans to launch an accelerated MD program, joining a growing movement of schools launching three-year pathways.Kayla Yup
Meet the QVC fans who have kept the shopping network aliveThese longtime QVC customers are staying loyal despite the West Chester-based company's financial struggles: “As long as they’re around, I will shop.”Erin McCarthy
Meet the QVC fans who have kept the shopping network aliveThese longtime QVC customers are staying loyal despite the West Chester-based company's financial struggles: “As long as they’re around, I will shop.”Erin McCarthy
More Philly-area students are majoring in neuroscience, with some wanting to find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’sIn 2008, 110 colleges nationally offered neuroscience majors; now, it’s about 330, said Raddy Ramos, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at New York Institute of Technology.Susan Snyder
More Philly-area students are majoring in neuroscience, with some wanting to find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’sIn 2008, 110 colleges nationally offered neuroscience majors; now, it’s about 330, said Raddy Ramos, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at New York Institute of Technology.Susan Snyder
Wawa has expanded far beyond Philly. But hometown fans still fuel the chain’s successAfter 60 years, locals still see Wawa as "part of their neighborhood," said CEO Chris Gheysens. The chain founded in Delaware County now has nearly 1,200 locations in 13 states and Washington, D.C.Erin McCarthy
Wawa has expanded far beyond Philly. But hometown fans still fuel the chain’s successAfter 60 years, locals still see Wawa as "part of their neighborhood," said CEO Chris Gheysens. The chain founded in Delaware County now has nearly 1,200 locations in 13 states and Washington, D.C.Erin McCarthy
WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington
WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington
The cold’s toll: Woodcocks wiped out in Cape May, opossums frostbitten in Philly, robins struck on roadsRobins, opossums, and other animals are struggling as extreme cold temperatures and snowpack linger across the region.Frank Kummer
The cold’s toll: Woodcocks wiped out in Cape May, opossums frostbitten in Philly, robins struck on roadsRobins, opossums, and other animals are struggling as extreme cold temperatures and snowpack linger across the region.Frank Kummer
Is Drexel a sneaky NCAA Tournament contender? A big final month will tell the tale. The Dragons will try to ride the CAA's best defense to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 2021. Conor Smith
Is Drexel a sneaky NCAA Tournament contender? A big final month will tell the tale. The Dragons will try to ride the CAA's best defense to the program's first NCAA Tournament berth since 2021. Conor Smith
Housing ban on former Hahnemann campus is on hold in City Council as concerns mount For now, Councilmember Jeffery Young will not advance his ban of residential housing at the former hospital site. Jake Blumgart
Housing ban on former Hahnemann campus is on hold in City Council as concerns mount For now, Councilmember Jeffery Young will not advance his ban of residential housing at the former hospital site. Jake Blumgart
Philly-area medical schools are enrolling more women and attracting more students, according to the latest trendsApplications to Philly-area medical schools are back up after a three-year decline, recently released data from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows.Kayla Yup and Lizzie Mulvey
Philly-area medical schools are enrolling more women and attracting more students, according to the latest trendsApplications to Philly-area medical schools are back up after a three-year decline, recently released data from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows.Kayla Yup and Lizzie Mulvey
CHOP launches Philly-area autism therapy network in partnership with Soar Autism CentersChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia formed its partnership with Denver-based Soar Autism Centers after clinicians complained of long wait times for patients seeking autism therapy.Harold Brubaker
CHOP launches Philly-area autism therapy network in partnership with Soar Autism CentersChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia formed its partnership with Denver-based Soar Autism Centers after clinicians complained of long wait times for patients seeking autism therapy.Harold Brubaker
Joseph R. Syrnick, retired chief engineer for the Streets Department and CEO of the Schuylkill River Development Corp., has died at 79He joined the Streets Department in 1971 after college and spent 34 years, until his retirement in 2005, supervising hundreds of development projects in the city. Gary Miles
Joseph R. Syrnick, retired chief engineer for the Streets Department and CEO of the Schuylkill River Development Corp., has died at 79He joined the Streets Department in 1971 after college and spent 34 years, until his retirement in 2005, supervising hundreds of development projects in the city. Gary Miles
A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder
A former nun and her husband give $5 million to Neumann University for its nursing programNeumann University has named its nursing college The Jacquelyn Wilson Fegley ’71 College of Nursing in recognition of the donation from Jackie and Bill Fegley. Susan Snyder
Federal substance abuse and mental health grants were cut and then restored with little explanation SAMHSA abruptly rescinded funding for thousands of grants dealing with mental health and addiction treatment late Tuesday with little explanation. Aubrey Whelan
Federal substance abuse and mental health grants were cut and then restored with little explanation SAMHSA abruptly rescinded funding for thousands of grants dealing with mental health and addiction treatment late Tuesday with little explanation. Aubrey Whelan
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children announced its third leadership change in less than two yearsClaire Alminde, St. Chris' chief nursing officer, was named acting president, replacing interim president and CEO Jodi Coombs.Harold Brubaker
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children announced its third leadership change in less than two yearsClaire Alminde, St. Chris' chief nursing officer, was named acting president, replacing interim president and CEO Jodi Coombs.Harold Brubaker
