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Beating the Heat — Safely and Sustainably — During the Pandemic

When public pools and many cooling centers closed this summer due to COVID-19, Drexel University researchers teamed up with the William Penn foundation and members of the Hunting Park community to ...
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Drexel and Partners Receive $5 Million Lenfest Foundation Grant to Accelerate Career Training for Local Residents

The Lenfest Foundation has awarded a three-year $5 million grant to University City District (UCD), the University City Science Center and Drexel University to accelerate career opportunities for ...
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B Smart Program Commits $25,000 to Support Small Businesses Owned by Women of Color

This story was written by Soneyet Muhammad, director of workforce and economic inclusion in the Office of University and Community Partnerships at Drexel University. On Jan. 14, the B Smart small ...
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Young Dragons Take Flight With an Eagle at 'STEAM' Camp

One by one, the kids dropped to the turf inside the Philadelphia Eagles’ domed training facility, falling in line with head strength coach Josh Hingst as he put them through the same stretches the ...
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Drexel University, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Fab Youth Philly Partner for Teen Lifeguard Training

To fill Philadelphia's need for lifeguards at City pools this summer, a public-private partnership was created to train 13 local teens for the positions while providing employment and professional ...
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Philly Community Groups Face Significant Barriers to Creating Public Amenities Like Parklets and Pedestrian Plazas

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 ...
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Building Connections at Philly Materials Science & Engineering Day

Last February, Drexel University freshman Engy Khoshit was a North Penn High School senior attending the annual Philly Materials Science & Engineering Day. Better known as Philly Materials Day, the ...
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Drexel Program Offers Support for Children Starting Kindergarten in Promise Neighborhood

In Philadelphia, the path to kindergarten is made of many roads in different directions with various endpoints — even without a pandemic looming over that decision-making process. Neither ...
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Drexel Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant for Arts-Centered Model for Intergenerational Co-Housing

Grant will support Drexel's Second Story Collective, an arts-centered model for intergenerational co-housing, focused on affordable homeownership in West Philadelphia The Second Story Collective (2SC) ...
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Q&A: The Drexel Employee Using His Front Porch to Support the Community

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Promise Neighborhood team in Drexel University’s Office of University and Community Partnerships has distributed the following items to community ...
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'West Africa to West Philly' Course Connects Language With Community

"Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, racial injustice was ripe and ready to be discussed. I started thinking about a course that would strengthen the curriculum and support the ...