Tag: President John A. Fry
Oct. 2, 2020
Drexel announces decision to close early on Election Day to encourage higher voter turnout
This year, Election Day falls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and we are all waiting in anticipation for the polls to open. Mail-in ballots are now…
Aug. 21, 2020
Drexel cancels fall hybrid reopening plan, closes student housing, implements tuition freeze
After several months of uncertainty, Drexel University has officially canceled its hybrid reopening plan Wednesday, Aug. 19, in favor of a fully-remote fall term, President…
Apr. 24, 2020
Remote learning to continue at least through summer term, President Fry says
In an email statement sent out on Monday, April 20, President John A. Fry announced that Drexel classes will be conducted remotely through the summer…
Apr. 17, 2020
Class-action lawsuit filed against Drexel, students demanding tuition refunds
Over the past few weeks, universities nationwide have transitioned to remote, virtual instruction in response to the COVID-19 global crisis. This decision has stirred controversy…
Apr. 12, 2019
Drexel student campaigns for NJ State Assembly, professor is running mate
When President John A. Fry envisioned Drexel University’s future as the most civically engaged university in America, Edward Julian Jordan III, a senior majoring in…
Sep. 29, 2017
A welcome address
The fabulous Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling once told students: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that…
Feb. 3, 2017
From President to President
On Jan 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim majority countries. Travel into the United States for people from…
Mar. 13, 2015
Campus master plan brings The Study
On the northwest corner of 33rd and Chestnut streets, site work will soon begin for the construction of The Study at University City, a 212-room…
Feb. 6, 2015
President John A. Fry announces major changes at ‘town hall meeting’
President John A. Fry fielded questions from students Feb. 2 at a “town hall” meeting in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building organized by the Undergraduate…
Oct. 17, 2014
Invest in the university, not the president’s wallet
The topic of administrator salaries is not an uncommon one when discussing the price of a college education. Only five years ago Drexel University was…
