2019

December
- FAQ: An Update on the St. Christopher’s Hospital Acquisition
  
  December 16, 2019
  
  Drexel and Tower Health recently purchased St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children from bankruptcy in a $50 million deal.
  
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- Drexel and Tower Health Finalize Acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
  
  December 15, 2019
  
  Tower Health and Drexel University have completed the acquisition of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children from St. Christopher's Healthcare, LLC, a subsidiary of American Academic Health System. The acquisition was finalized on Dec. 13 with an effective date of Dec. 15.
  
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- College of Medicine Joining Nursing and Health Professions in New Academic Building at uCity Square
  
  December 06, 2019
  
  The College of Medicine will eventually vacate all leased space at the Center City Campus and Queen Lane Campus to move to the University City Campus.
  
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September
- Drexel Opens New Center to Study Fabrics of the Future
  
  September 30, 2019
  The new Center for Functional Fabrics and the Pennsylvania Fabric Discovery Center is set to become a cornerstone of the Schuylkill Yards innovation hub.
  
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- Philly Community Groups Face Significant Barriers to Creating Public Amenities Like Parklets and Pedestrian Plazas
  
  September 18, 2019
  Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation today released Catalyzing Community Capacity: How Philadelphia Can Create Equitable Right-of-Way Stewardship, a report on how to improve the city’s current processes for communities to create parklets, pedestrian plazas and bike corrals.
  
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June
- Drexel and Brandywine Realty Trust Open Drexel Square, First Project in Sckuylkill Yards
  
  June 10, 2019
  
  Today, Brandywine Realty Trust, in partnership with Drexel University, celebrated the opening of Drexel Square—a new 1.3-acre community park—which marks the first completed project within the $3.5 billion master-planned Schuylkill Yards development in University City.
  
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May
- Grade Schools and New Academic Building for College of Nursing and Health Professions to Rise on Drexel Campus
  
  May 20, 2019
  A transformational development is in the works to provide a new home for two West Philadelphia public schools and bring in the College of Nursing and Health Professions from Center City.
  
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April
- Q&A: Donald E. Moore, Vice President of Real Estate and Facilities
  
  April 11, 2019
  Vice President of Real Estate and Facilities Donald E. Moore discussed his first few months on campus and why he’s already looking ahead to the next three to five years.
  
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January
- Q&A: Drexel’s Future Reading Hospital – Tower Health Medical Branch Campus
  
  January 17, 2019
  How will the College of Medicine’s Reading Hospital – Tower Health medical branch campus benefit Drexel? The College of Medicine’s Senior Vice Dean for Educational and Academic Affairs Valerie Weber explains.
  
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