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The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, formerly the Nesbitt College of Design Arts, is one of the colleges of Drexel University. In 2005, the college was renamed after alumna Antoinette Passo Westphal at the request of her husband after one of the largest private donations to the university in its history. [1]
The donation was used for the construction of Gerri C. LeBow Hall, a new, 12-story facility that replaced the aging Matheson Hall and became the central hub of Drexel University's business programs upon its dedication on October 3, 2013. [4] In May 2022, a $10 million pledge was gifted to the university from alumnus Ronald W. and Kathleen Disney.
Statue of Anthony J. Drexel by Moses J. Ezekiel, which was completed in 1904 and moved to the Drexel campus in 1966 The Main Building, dedicated in 1891 Academy of Natural Sciences (in structure built in 1876) as it appeared in 1891 in its present location but a prior edifice [13]) The interior of Drexel University's Main Building as seen in 2023 Monumental conical pendulum clock by Eugène ...
The Drexel University Queen Lane Campus is located at 2900 Queen Lane, giving it its name, in the East Falls neighborhood of northwestern Philadelphia. [10] The Queen Lane Campus houses first and second-year medical students as well as biomedical graduate students of the Drexel University College of Medicine. [11]
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas. It was founded in 1812, by many of the leading naturalists of the young American republic with an expressed mission of "the encouragement and cultivation ...
The programs supported by The Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation include: The Rudmans currently donate $25,000 each year now for a decade, (for a cumulative contribution of $350,000) through the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation to fund college scholarships to graduates of the "Health Tech" career development program that puts Olney High School students "on the payroll" of St.Christopher's ...
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifies Drexel University as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest research activity," [10] the highest category which includes just 37 private institutions. General research areas at the College of Engineering include advanced manufacturing, cyber and physical infrastructure ...
Pennoni Honors College, also called the C.R. and Annette Pennoni Honors College, is a college of Drexel University tasked with recognizing and promoting excellence among Drexel students. Unlike the other colleges, Pennoni Honors College encompasses students who are also in one of the other colleges, but have applied to and been selected to be a ...