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Critics Say Richard Florida’s Ideas Helped Ruin American Cities. Can He Redeem Himself in Philly?
The subject was grim — poverty and the struggling middle class — but when Richard Florida took the stage at Drexel one evening this past […]
Avocado Toast and Goldie Shakes Star in This Pregnant Yoga Instructor’s Diet
Who I am: Lindsay O’Brien (@lindsay.ob), 33 Where I live: Fairmount What I do: I work in Drexel University’s Office of Equality and Diversity as an equal opportunity […]
Drexel to Close EAT Café, Philly’s First Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant
EAT Café, the not-for-profit restaurant on the Drexel campus, will close after two and a half years of serving pay-what-you-can meals to the community. The restaurant […]
5 Takeaways From the 2019 Philly Chef Conference
This weekend, the Philly Chef Conference brought hospitality professionals from the city and around the world together for a few days of discussion, education, networking, and, of […]
It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Innovation
What he remembers most, he says, is the afterglow. Last winter, Drexel professor Brent Luvaas introduced a new course at the university called “Digital Detox.” […]
Some Big National Names Are Coming to the 2019 Philly Chef Conference
The Philly Chef Conference has announced the presenter lineup for its 2019 conference, taking place on Sunday, March 10th and Monday, March 11th at Drexel University’s […]
Eat Here Now: EAT Café in University City
Running a restaurant isn’t easy even in the best of circumstances. Running a restaurant where guests have the option to eat for free? That’s even harder. […]
Philly-Born Space Explorer Set to Become First “Corporate Astronaut”
Philly could be repped all the way in outer space next year. Set to command what is scheduled to be NASA’s first launch of astronauts from […]
A Study in Originality on Drexel’s Campus
College: good friends, mediocre to horrible food, reckless behavior. College touring: A newer circle in Dante’s Inferno. What started out with a father on a […]
Drexel Is Making Culinary School Mean Something Again
The initial Philly Chef Conference, back in 2014, was a pretty big deal. It was the first of its kind: a two-day event put together […]
Check Out the 2018 Philly Chef Conference Schedule
Last month, we reported that the 2018 Philly Chef Conference would be tackling some big topics, like sexism and harassment in the restaurant industry and […]
Upcoming Philly Chef Conference Takes on Sexism in the Industry
The Philly Chef Conference — the convening of national, regional, and local industry folk hosted by Drexel University — is returning to Philly in March […]
Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro: “Protecting Students Is a Must”
On Monday night, Drexel University’s Creese Student Center was the site of the second roundtable discussion in Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s ongoing series on […]
Philly University Presidents Don’t Talk to Each Other—and That’s a Big Problem
When the Brookings Institution published a review of Philadelphia’s innovation district earlier this year, the report’s biggest recommendation was collaboration, hence its title, “Connect to […]
Work Officially Begins on Schuylkill Yards
Amid applause, and bracketed by a smooth jazz soundtrack before and after, the brains behind Schuylkill Yards officially got the mega-development off the ground today […]