Features – Drexel Magazine

40 under 40 2022

This procession of successful individuals in business and science, in public service, in academic pursuits, in charitable ventures and in artistic endeavors has proven, however, that one thing is constant: The influence of an experiential education remains as powerful as ever.

Lifers Speak Out on Right to Redemption

Kempis Songster with Rachel López. Photo Credit: Jeff Fusco. Kempis Songster was a teenage runaway in the mid-1980s when his freedom came to an e... Read More

In New Book, Black Alumni Pay It Forward

Angela Dowd-Burton. Photo credit: Jeff Fusco Like so many, Philadelphia businesswoman Angela Dowd-Burton ’74, MBA ’79 felt the weight of the summ... Read More

Surrounded by Champions

Maisha Kelly, Drexel's director of athletics. Photo credit: Jeff Fusco It’s always game time at the Kelly household. On this Friday afternoon in earl... Read More

While Everyone Was Away

During the COVID shutdowns, it was hard to miss images of time seemingly standing still: calendars hung in absented workspaces still flipped to March 2020 …... Read More

Remembering ‘The Black Experience’

WDKU communicators from the '70s. Courtesy Russell Jones. The present form of Drexel's student radio station — a voice for local and underground artists ... Read More

students holding a' samuel powel elementary school' banner

An Elementary Milestone

Among those celebrating the new school in late August were state Sen. Vincent Hughes... Read More

A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

A lot has happened in the decade since the university with the dragons teamed up with the museum with the dinosaurs. After Drexel and the Academy of Natural... Read More

Is Anybody Out There?

A mere two weeks before COVID-19 lockdowns arrived last spring, a seventh grader from Virginia wrote the winning essay in a contest to name NASA’s new M... Read More