Drexel University News

Farmingdale High School's 2013 valedictorian Nakul Gupta, 17, encourages his fellow graduates to take risks during his commencement address.

Michael Gealt said great things are happening at Central Michigan University, and he will be the person to spread the word.

LEWISBORO, N.Y. Cross River's Adrian Eckstein was among the graduating class at Wooster School's 84th Commencement Exercises, held Friday under a tent on the Coburn Lawn of the school's campus in Danbury.

The new issue of Philadelphia Wedding , about to hit newsstands this week, features a gorgeous four-page spread documenting the November 2012 nuptials of Maria Papadakis and Brendan Kent, who tied the knot in one of the most glamorous ceremonies Philadelphia has seen in a long time.

Syphax, a local business community leader who serves on Drexel's advisory board, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Indie-rock-drummer turned physician Lieutenant Kevin Bernstein has been on the cusp of stardom in the areas of research, development, social media commentary and medical practice within Pensacola Naval Hospital's renowned Medical Home Port health care delivery system.

Dostoevsky, Hemingway, and Faulkner were sitting quietly on their shelves, but down the hall at the Greenwich Library in Gibbstown, an alto sax, electric guitar, drums, and bass were starting to swing.

Seniors at Portsmouth High School stand with their with a teacher that they were most inspired by as they prepare for graduation exercises on Friday.

A coalition of public prosecutors, police, consumer advocates, and politicians from more than a dozen states announced the creation of SOS - Secure Our Smartphones - which is aimed at stamping out what officials called an "epidemic" of smartphone robberies.

It only took 15 years, but litigation related to one of the most important, but obscure cases of bad health care leadership and governance from the 1990s was finally settled.

How many foreign students have you known? Were they in classes with you as you grew up, or are they in local schools now with your children and your neighbors' kids? Can you think of American movies and TV shows in which international students play prominent roles? America has a long tradition of hosting students from all over the world, a ... (more)

Casey Schmiegel, of Mullica Hill, was named to Dean's List for Spring semester 2013 at Towson University.

Could people live, work and study in structures built over the SEPTA and AMTRAK rail yards near 30th Street Station? Drexel University is launching a feasibility study to find out.

Sean Benschop turned himself in to Philadelphia Police on Saturday, June 8. The 42-year-old crane operator was wanted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges tied to the deadly Philadelphia building collapse on June 5. Firefighters search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Philadelphia after an apparent demolition accident on ... (more)

Fourteen Drexel students will graduate this month with bachelor's degrees in nursing - plus a little something extra.

The North Penn High School graduates went on to Drexel University together to study design and merchandising, and then on to New York to work in the garment industry.

Sean Benschop turned himself in to Philadelphia Police on Saturday, June 8. The 42-year-old crane operator was wanted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges tied to the deadly Philadelphia building collapse on June 5. Firefighters search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Philadelphia after an apparent demolition accident on ... (more)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a MacArthur Fellow and onetime Drexel University student who, as every available blurb says, "splits her time between Nigeria and the United States."

Everything seemed to be going as planned when Matthew Royer texted his mother from Rhode Island on May 16 to say he was on his way home to Skippack Township.

On the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and adjacent to Drexel University, this hotel is within walking distance of 30th Street Amtrak Station.