University City : Featured Stories

Check out our picks for the week's top events. 

Check out our picks for the week's top events. 

The earliest civilizations knew how to weave fiber into textiles. But those products bear little resemblance to the high-tech "functional fabrics" being engineered in Philadelphia -- these miraculous materials can see, hear, sense and communicate.

Whether it's Drexel's Schuylkill Yards strategy, the Science Center's uCity Square expansion or visions for capping and developing the rail yards north of 30th Street Station, the neighborhood we see today is not long for this world.

Thanks to an exciting University City Science Center program, businesses seeking a foothold in the U.S. are choosing Philadelphia. These firms are pioneering groundbreaking technologies, transforming sectors such as oncology and wind power.

Lonely Planet recently named our fair city the top U.S. destination for 2016. As a new wave of tourists and transplants discover all Philly has to offer, here are some tips to getting off the beaten path.

This University City institution continues to thrive and evolve, adding new buildings and innovative programs to support the next great Philadelphia companies. 

The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative continues to find new ways to train and employ people in and around University City. Their latest program uses landscaping as a means to pull people out of poverty while also greening the neighborhood.

At EAT Cafe, local families will be able to pay-what-they-can and enjoy a delicious sit-down meal. This community restaurant, backed by Drexel and the Vetri Foundation, could serve as a model for how food can transform a community.

Check out our picks for the week's top events. 

The head of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare talks about his thought-provoking article, the strong reaction and what he and his colleagues really meant to say.

Check out our picks for the week's top events.

The Community Connectors program employs a diverse stable of advocates -- from high school students to crossing guards to stay-at-home moms -- to unify and energize neighborhoods across Philadelphia. 

Check out our picks for the week's top events.

Whether you're a 16-year-old who's never touched a power tool, a union carpenter, a design student, or a 20-something skateboarder, Public Workshop's Building Heroes program offers an opportunity to design, build and even sell your next big idea.