Building Drexel : the university and its city, 1891-2016 /
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| Imprint: | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017. ©2017 |
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| Description: | xxvii, 423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11037600 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline of Drexel History, 1889-Present
- Introduction: Drexel at 125 and 150: Celebrating History with an Eye to the Future
- 1. Drexel, Philadelphia, and the Urban Ecology of Higher Education
- 2. Anthony Joseph Drexel: The Evolution of a Philanthropist
- 3. Continuous Reinvention: A History of Engineering Education at Drexel University
- 4. The Sciences at Drexel: Instruction, Service, and Research
- 5. Drexel's Architecture: Encountering the Urban Campus
- 6. The History of Athletics and Student Life at Drexel University
- 7. Greek Life at Drexel
- 8. The Creative Impulse: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Artistic Collections of Drexel University
- 9. The Past and Future of the Library at Drexel University
- 10. One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Computing and Information Education and Research
- 11. From the Business Department, to the Secretarial School, to the LeBow College of Business
- 12. Pilot '71: From Home Economics to Design, Media, and Beyond in the Westphal College
- 13. Drexel, Urban Renewal, and Civil Rights
- 14. The End of Urban Renewal: Area V and Drexel's Expansion into Powelton Village
- 15. Drexel's Vietnam War
- 16. The University and the Urban Metabolism: Environmental Engineering at Drexel
- 17. The Humanities at Drexel
- 18. The Pennoni Honors College: Pragmatism in the Pursuit of Academic Excellence
- 19. Drexel Gains a Medical School
- 20. Nursing and Health Professions: Two Schools Become One at Drexel
- 21. Drextl's Newest Schools: Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems; Education; Public Health; Law; Entrepreneurship; and Hospitality and Sports Management
- 22. A Decade of Legal Education at Drexel
- 23. Drexel's Global Reach
- 24. From the Physical to the Virtual with Drexel University Online
- 25. The Promise of a New Century: Drexel and the City Since the 1970s
- Contributors
- Index
