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2016

  • December

  • October

  • July

  • June

    • 30th Street Station District Plan Unveiled, Will Transform Area Around Iconic Station

      June 16, 2016

      Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT and SEPTA unveiled the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan and announced the initiation of several follow-on projects to improve the immediate station area and catalyze future development throughout the District.

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    • Drexel Breaks Ground on Korman Center Expansion and Redesign of Surrounding Public Space

      June 14, 2016

      Drexel University broke ground on an expansion of the Korman Center, a 1958 building at the heart of Drexel’s campus that has served as a University landmark for decades. An $8 million gift from the Hyman Korman Family Foundation, paired with another $8 million from the University, will make the Korman makeover possible. The project will also create a classic campus green in the open space in front of and around the Korman Center, a popular student hangout known as the “Quad.”

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  • May

    • Radnor Property Group and Drexel Break Ground on Newest Mixed-Use Development: Vue32

      May 11, 2016

      Radnor Property Group LLC and Drexel broke ground on a new mixed-use development project, Vue32, in University City. The new complex, designed by Erdy McHenry Architecture, will include a 176,000+ square-foot 16-story residential tower, for-sale townhomes, a Nobel Learning Communities preschool and a community plaza with spectacular views to Center City.

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  • April

    • Public Realm Plan Open House

      April 29, 2016

      All are invited to an open house on May 6 to discuss preliminary plans and ideas to improve and beautify Drexel’s University City Campus.

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    • Heard Around Campus — April 2016

      April 22, 2016

      April is a month of recognition. Lucy Kerman, PhD, was promoted to senior vice provost for university and community partnerships and all Drexel authors will have their day in the spotlight at the fourth annual Celebrating Drexel Authors event.

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  • March

    • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Schuylkill Yards

      March 30, 2016

      The announcement of a landmark partnership between Drexel and Brandywine Realty Trust to develop a 14-acre district called Schuylkill Yards on long-underutilized land adjacent to 30th Street Station inspired headlines, conversation, pride — and also questions. DrexelNow spoke with Keith Orris, Drexel’s senior vice president for corporate relations and economic development, about what this long-term project means for the Drexel community right now.

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    • WKDU Greets Local Nonprofits With 'Good Morning, Neighbors'

      March 23, 2016

      Student-run radio station WKDU, center for the support of nonprofit communications Drexel Edits and the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement come together to welcome local nonprofit organizations with “Good Morning, Neighbors,” a series of biweekly radio interviews.

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    • Drexel and Brandywine Realty Trust Partner on “Schuylkill Yards” Innovation Development

      March 02, 2016

      Drexel and Brandywine Realty Trust made history as they announced their partnership and unveiled plans for Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Yards innovation development, a 14-acre master planned community. Initial phases of the projected 20-year development plan will consist of 5 million gross square feet of mixed-use real estate on a 10-acre site next to Drexel’s main campus and adjacent to Amtrak’s 30th Street Station and Brandywine’s Cira Centre.

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    • Open House on 30th Street Station District Plan March 16

      March 02, 2016

      Amtrak, Drexel, and its partners will hold an open house to review the 30th Street Station District Plan. The development of this Draft District Plan brings the 30th Street Station community one step closer to the final District Plan, which will present a vision for the 30th Street Station District for the next 25 years and beyond.

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  • February

    • Former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger Joins Drexel as Distinguished Professor and Fellow

      February 10, 2016

      A visionary leader in Philadelphia&rsquo;s urban evolution, former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor <strong>Alan Greenberger</strong> will join Drexel University as a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Architecture &amp; Interiors of the </span><a href="http://www.drexel.edu/westphal">Westphal College of Media Arts &amp; Design</a><span> and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the </span><a href="http://drexel.edu/lindyinstitute/">Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation</a><span>, a cross-university strategic initiative that aligns Drexel&rsquo;s academic work with the real-world need for urban revitalization.

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  • January

    • Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey Joins Drexel as Distinguished Visiting Fellow

      January 14, 2016

      Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey will join Drexel University as the inaugural Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, a new cross-university strategic initiative that aligns Drexel’s academic work with the real-world need for urban revitalization. He also will be affiliated with the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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