Rutgers UniversityJohn Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles Ida Schmertz, pioneering women’s activist, political innovator, and former American Express senior vice president, has died at 91Gary Miles Poverty in New Jersey is three times higher than the federal measure, experts sayAlfred Lubrano Stephen Starr settles with the National Labor Relations Board over union busting allegations at D.C. steakhouseBeatrice Forman Mutant mice resistant to pest control found in Philly, its suburbs, and NYC. Are rats next?Frank Kummer AdvertisementRobin Cogan, renowned Camden school nurse and national health and safety advocate, has died at 65 “She influenced policy, championed health equity, elevated the role of school nurses, and reminded us that one person truly can create ripples that become waves," a friend said on Facebook.Gary Miles Memorable moments from the 2026 Philly-area commencement speechesMore Philly-area colleges are tapping high-profile entertainers for commencement.Earl Hopkins University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedColleges that accepted UArts students are vying for portions of the endowment. So is the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, which donated more than half the funds. A judge will ultimately decide.Susan Snyder Philadelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins Penn, Rutgers, Penn State, and other universities nationwide lost access to Canvas platform in data breachThe attack on Canvas, which is used by students and faculty, reportedly may have affected nearly 9,000 educational institutions worldwide.Susan Snyder, Robert Moran, Maddie Hanna, and Melanie Burney Temple University hires former Drexel enrollment VP as it works to improve retentionEvelyn Thimba exceeded enrollment and fiscal targets at Drexel University every year, Temple President John Fry said. In July, she will take over enrollment operations at Temple. Susan Snyder ‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study findsA new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.Seth Borenstein and Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press Gossiping about the boss? It might be a good thing, per new studyRebecca Greenbaum, a professor at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, co-authored a study on workplace gossip published in the Journal of Business Ethics.Ariana Perez-Castells Intermittent fasting not more effective than conventional dieting, Rutgers researcher saysThe data came from 22 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 2,000 participants. The research review was limited to people in the overweight or obese categories as measured by BMI.Kayla Yup Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells After a Philadelphia cancer patient ran out of options, a novel T-cell therapy at Rutgers kept her aliveThe promising early results of the trial were reported in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer last November.Kayla Yup A Philly-area university prof is competing in the Jeopardy! tournament of championsJoshua Weikert, a politics and public policy professor, will compete with a Philly lawyer, among other contestants, on the show, which airs Friday.Susan Snyder Penn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells Temple announces voluntary retirement program for faculty amid budget crunchTemple also announced the appointment of an interim enrollment leader, following the departure of Jose Aviles last month. Aviles left for a job at Rutgers University.Susan Snyder See more storiesAdvertisement
John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles
John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”Gary Miles
Ida Schmertz, pioneering women’s activist, political innovator, and former American Express senior vice president, has died at 91Gary Miles
Ida Schmertz, pioneering women’s activist, political innovator, and former American Express senior vice president, has died at 91Gary Miles
Stephen Starr settles with the National Labor Relations Board over union busting allegations at D.C. steakhouseBeatrice Forman
Stephen Starr settles with the National Labor Relations Board over union busting allegations at D.C. steakhouseBeatrice Forman
Mutant mice resistant to pest control found in Philly, its suburbs, and NYC. Are rats next?Frank Kummer
Mutant mice resistant to pest control found in Philly, its suburbs, and NYC. Are rats next?Frank Kummer
Robin Cogan, renowned Camden school nurse and national health and safety advocate, has died at 65 “She influenced policy, championed health equity, elevated the role of school nurses, and reminded us that one person truly can create ripples that become waves," a friend said on Facebook.Gary Miles
Robin Cogan, renowned Camden school nurse and national health and safety advocate, has died at 65 “She influenced policy, championed health equity, elevated the role of school nurses, and reminded us that one person truly can create ripples that become waves," a friend said on Facebook.Gary Miles
Memorable moments from the 2026 Philly-area commencement speechesMore Philly-area colleges are tapping high-profile entertainers for commencement.Earl Hopkins
Memorable moments from the 2026 Philly-area commencement speechesMore Philly-area colleges are tapping high-profile entertainers for commencement.Earl Hopkins
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedColleges that accepted UArts students are vying for portions of the endowment. So is the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, which donated more than half the funds. A judge will ultimately decide.Susan Snyder
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedColleges that accepted UArts students are vying for portions of the endowment. So is the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, which donated more than half the funds. A judge will ultimately decide.Susan Snyder
Philadelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins
Philadelphia has long been home to the matriarchs of Black ballet. Now a mural will honor that history A Grays Ferry mural will pay tribute to the likes of Essie Marie Dorsey, Sydney King, Marion Cuyjet, and Philadelphia Dance Company founder Joan Myers Brown, all trailblazers who inspired generations Earl Hopkins
Penn, Rutgers, Penn State, and other universities nationwide lost access to Canvas platform in data breachThe attack on Canvas, which is used by students and faculty, reportedly may have affected nearly 9,000 educational institutions worldwide.Susan Snyder, Robert Moran, Maddie Hanna, and Melanie Burney
Penn, Rutgers, Penn State, and other universities nationwide lost access to Canvas platform in data breachThe attack on Canvas, which is used by students and faculty, reportedly may have affected nearly 9,000 educational institutions worldwide.Susan Snyder, Robert Moran, Maddie Hanna, and Melanie Burney
Temple University hires former Drexel enrollment VP as it works to improve retentionEvelyn Thimba exceeded enrollment and fiscal targets at Drexel University every year, Temple President John Fry said. In July, she will take over enrollment operations at Temple. Susan Snyder
Temple University hires former Drexel enrollment VP as it works to improve retentionEvelyn Thimba exceeded enrollment and fiscal targets at Drexel University every year, Temple President John Fry said. In July, she will take over enrollment operations at Temple. Susan Snyder
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experienceKevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.Kayla Yup
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study findsA new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.Seth Borenstein and Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study findsA new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot.Seth Borenstein and Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Gossiping about the boss? It might be a good thing, per new studyRebecca Greenbaum, a professor at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, co-authored a study on workplace gossip published in the Journal of Business Ethics.Ariana Perez-Castells
Gossiping about the boss? It might be a good thing, per new studyRebecca Greenbaum, a professor at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, co-authored a study on workplace gossip published in the Journal of Business Ethics.Ariana Perez-Castells
Intermittent fasting not more effective than conventional dieting, Rutgers researcher saysThe data came from 22 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 2,000 participants. The research review was limited to people in the overweight or obese categories as measured by BMI.Kayla Yup
Intermittent fasting not more effective than conventional dieting, Rutgers researcher saysThe data came from 22 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 2,000 participants. The research review was limited to people in the overweight or obese categories as measured by BMI.Kayla Yup
Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells
Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells
After a Philadelphia cancer patient ran out of options, a novel T-cell therapy at Rutgers kept her aliveThe promising early results of the trial were reported in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer last November.Kayla Yup
After a Philadelphia cancer patient ran out of options, a novel T-cell therapy at Rutgers kept her aliveThe promising early results of the trial were reported in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer last November.Kayla Yup
A Philly-area university prof is competing in the Jeopardy! tournament of championsJoshua Weikert, a politics and public policy professor, will compete with a Philly lawyer, among other contestants, on the show, which airs Friday.Susan Snyder
A Philly-area university prof is competing in the Jeopardy! tournament of championsJoshua Weikert, a politics and public policy professor, will compete with a Philly lawyer, among other contestants, on the show, which airs Friday.Susan Snyder
Penn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells
Penn graduate student workers could strike next monthThousands of unionized teaching and research assistants plan to walk off the job if a contract deal is not reached by the deadline.Ariana Perez-Castells
Temple announces voluntary retirement program for faculty amid budget crunchTemple also announced the appointment of an interim enrollment leader, following the departure of Jose Aviles last month. Aviles left for a job at Rutgers University.Susan Snyder
Temple announces voluntary retirement program for faculty amid budget crunchTemple also announced the appointment of an interim enrollment leader, following the departure of Jose Aviles last month. Aviles left for a job at Rutgers University.Susan Snyder
