University of the ArtsUArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionSusan Snyder Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesDan DeLuca Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipPeter Dobrin OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer AdvertisementNoel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer Dwight City Group plans almost 300 units for former Hahnemann University Hospital campus The development group got the former hospital buildings for close to their initial bid of $16.25 million. Jake Blumgart Picasso and Warhol items previously owned by UArts go under the hammerFreeman's | Hindman has sold books and materials from the shuttered school for more than $160,000. There are more items the auction house is readying for a future sale.Earl Hopkins Many of Philadelphia’s office buildings are plummeting in value — and it’s costing the city millionsThe falling assessments of city office buildings have implications for finances of local government, the school district, and business improvement organizations like the Center City District.Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs The University of the Arts’ archive will now live on at the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaThe collection, which might hold almost a million items, could've ended in a dumpster. But now, it will be HSP's largest and will cost an estimated $500,000 to catalog, conserve, and digitize.Peter Dobrin At its 10th anniversary, the Bok building boasts its economic impactAs developer Scout expands its model to South Broad Street, the company is celebrating what has worked at Bok.Jake Blumgart See more storiesAdvertisement
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesDan DeLuca
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesDan DeLuca
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipPeter Dobrin
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipPeter Dobrin
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder
A state board has plans to improve college affordability and increase the number of people who complete degreesHelping financially struggling colleges, increasing college degree attainment, and addressing costs are among the areas addressed in the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education's 10-year plan. Susan Snyder
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin
Temple plans to fill the gap left by UArts with their new Center City campusTemple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.Susan Snyder and Peter Dobrin
Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles
Robert de Pasquale, former associate principal second violin for the Philadelphia Orchestra, has died at 96He traveled to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, and South America with the orchestra, and mentored young musicians and conductors everywhere he went. “Everybody fell in love with Bobby,” his wife said.Gary Miles
OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
OpinionForman Arts Initiative promises to turn North American Street into a grittier version of the ParkwayAt a time when legacy institutions are struggling, newer, more nimble arts groups are expanding.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
Dwight City Group plans almost 300 units for former Hahnemann University Hospital campus The development group got the former hospital buildings for close to their initial bid of $16.25 million. Jake Blumgart
Dwight City Group plans almost 300 units for former Hahnemann University Hospital campus The development group got the former hospital buildings for close to their initial bid of $16.25 million. Jake Blumgart
Picasso and Warhol items previously owned by UArts go under the hammerFreeman's | Hindman has sold books and materials from the shuttered school for more than $160,000. There are more items the auction house is readying for a future sale.Earl Hopkins
Picasso and Warhol items previously owned by UArts go under the hammerFreeman's | Hindman has sold books and materials from the shuttered school for more than $160,000. There are more items the auction house is readying for a future sale.Earl Hopkins
Many of Philadelphia’s office buildings are plummeting in value — and it’s costing the city millionsThe falling assessments of city office buildings have implications for finances of local government, the school district, and business improvement organizations like the Center City District.Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs
Many of Philadelphia’s office buildings are plummeting in value — and it’s costing the city millionsThe falling assessments of city office buildings have implications for finances of local government, the school district, and business improvement organizations like the Center City District.Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs
The University of the Arts’ archive will now live on at the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaThe collection, which might hold almost a million items, could've ended in a dumpster. But now, it will be HSP's largest and will cost an estimated $500,000 to catalog, conserve, and digitize.Peter Dobrin
The University of the Arts’ archive will now live on at the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaThe collection, which might hold almost a million items, could've ended in a dumpster. But now, it will be HSP's largest and will cost an estimated $500,000 to catalog, conserve, and digitize.Peter Dobrin
At its 10th anniversary, the Bok building boasts its economic impactAs developer Scout expands its model to South Broad Street, the company is celebrating what has worked at Bok.Jake Blumgart
At its 10th anniversary, the Bok building boasts its economic impactAs developer Scout expands its model to South Broad Street, the company is celebrating what has worked at Bok.Jake Blumgart
