2016

December
- Drexel's History Is Alive in the Present, President John A. Fry Says at Lecture
  
  December 05, 2016
  The University's leader looked forward while keeping an eye on the past at a lecture on the first 125 years of Drexel history and its next 25.
  
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October
- Drexel Surpasses Fundraising Goal, Raises $120.7 Million for Fiscal Year 2016
  
  October 05, 2016
  Drexel closed fiscal year 2016 by raising $120.7 million in outright gifts and pledges, surpassing the University’s goal by $700,000 and beating FY2015 by $5.3 million. This marks the third year in a row of achieving a record-breaking fundraising total.
  
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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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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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- 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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