Drexel University is a private space-grant research university with its main campus in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel,a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art,Science and Industry,it was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936,before assuming its current name in 1970. As of 2020,more than 24,000 students were enrolled in over 70 undergraduate programs and more than 100 master's,doctoral,and professional programs at the university.
The University of Southern California is a private research university in Los Angeles,California,United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney,it is the oldest private research university in California,and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students.
Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation at the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia,then called Baptist Temple. Today,Temple is the second-largest university in Pennsylvania by enrollment and awarded 9,128 degrees in the 2023-24 academic year. It has a worldwide alumni base of 378,012,with 352,175 alumni residing in the United States.
Saint Joseph's University is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia,Lower Merion Township,Pennsylvania,and Lancaster,Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh oldest Jesuit university in the United States and the sixth largest university in Philadelphia. It is named after Saint Joseph. It merged in 2022 with the University of the Sciences. In 2023,Saint Joseph's University announced it would acquire Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. This will expand Saint Joseph's University by adding a campus in Lancaster,Pennsylvania and expanding the size of the student body especially with students studying nursing and health.
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a private historically black Catholic university in New Orleans,Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU. Upon the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000 it became the first Catholic university founded by a saint.
John Edward Sexton is an American legal scholar. He is the Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law at New York University where he teaches at the law school and NYU's undergraduate colleges. Sexton served as the fifteenth president of NYU,from 2002 to 2015. During his time as president,NYU's stature rose dramatically into the ranks of the world's top universities,and it became the world's first global network university. Sexton has been called a "transformational" figure in higher education and was named by Time Magazine as one of the United States' 10 best college presidents.
Cabrini University was a private Catholic university in Radnor Township,Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1957,and was named after the first American naturalized citizen saint,Mother Frances Cabrini. It was one of the first universities in the United States to make community service a graduation requirement for all undergraduates;having a core curriculum centered on social justice. Due to ongoing financial challenges,the university closed at the end of the 2023–2024 academic year,with ownership of the university's campus passing to Villanova University.
Franklin &Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster,Pennsylvania,United States. Founded in 1787 as Franklin College and later merged with Marshall College in 1853,it is one of the oldest colleges in the United States. F&M is named after Benjamin Franklin,who gave the college its first endowment,and John Marshall.
Michael Andrew Smerconish is an American radio host,television presenter,political commentator,author,and lawyer. He hosts The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel and a weekly program on CNN and CNN International. A former Sunday columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer,he has authored seven books and serves as of counsel at the Philadelphia law firm Kline &Specter.
The Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law is the law school of Drexel University,a private research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States. Established in 2006,it offers Juris Doctor,LLM and Master of Legal Studies degrees and provides for its students to take part in a cooperative education program.
The Campus of Drexel University is divided into four sites in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania—the University City Campus,the Center City Campus,the Queen Lane Campus,and the Academy of Natural Sciences. An additional location for the College of Medicine is under construction by Tower Health near Reading Hospital in West Reading,Pennsylvania. A branch campus in California—the Drexel University Sacramento Campus–closed in 2015.
Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University,a private research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. The medical school represents the consolidation of two medical schools:Hahnemann Medical College,originally founded as the nation's first college of homeopathy,and the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania,the first U.S. medical school for women,which became the Medical College of Pennsylvania when it admitted men in 1970;these institutions merged in 1993,became affiliated with Drexel University College of Medicine in 1998,and were fully absorbed into the university in 2002. With one of the nation's largest enrollments for a private medical school,Drexel University College of Medicine is the second most applied-to medical school in the United States. It is ranked no. 83 in research by U.S. News &World Report.
The history of Drexel University,a private university in Philadelphia,began with the founding of Drexel Institute of Art,Science and Industry in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel,with the main building dedicated on December 17 of that year.
Susan C. Aldridge is an American academic administrator,currently serving as president of Thomas Jefferson University. She was previously president of Drexel University Online. She was the president of University of Maryland University College,vice chancellor of the global campus at Troy University,and a professor of management,organizational behavior,and policy analysis at the National University of Singapore.
The Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health is a part of the Drexel University Health Sciences network of schools. The Dornsife School of Public Health was located in downtown Philadelphia from its inception until December 2013. It has since re-located to the University City Campus.
Brian Blake is an American computer scientist and software engineer who has been serving as the 8th president of Georgia State University since August 2021.
The Arlen Specter US Squash Center,is a squash venue and historic former National Guard armory located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Located on the campus of Drexel University,the venue was originally built in 1916 and operated as an armory and multi-purpose venue for nearly a century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Osama Khaled Khalifa is a professional squash player who competed for Columbia University. Khalifa was the #1-ranked US college squash player and the 2017 Collegiate National Champion,the first-ever Columbia player to win the national title.
David H. Dornsife is an American businessman and philanthropist from California. He serves as the Chairman of the Herrick Corporation,a steel corporation. With his wife,Dana Dornsife,he donated US$200 million to his alma mater,the University of Southern California in Los Angeles,California,where the Dornsife College of Letters,Arts and Sciences was named in their honor. The Dornsifes also support charitable causes in Africa.
Dana Dornsife is an American entrepreneur,patient-advocate and philanthropist in the areas of health care,education,the environment and social justice. She is the Founder and Chief Mission and Strategy Officer of Lazarex Cancer Foundation,a nationwide non-profit organization that helps advanced-stage cancer patients find and access treatment through Food and Drug Administration clinical trials. Dornsife and her husband,American businessman David H. Dornsife,are philanthropists who have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to charitable causes and were named among the nation’s Top 50 most generous donors in 2016 by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The couple made the list of America's Top 50 Donors of 2020 as well according to Philanthropy 50,an annual ranking compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. They ranked #27 for giving $59 million.
