Category: Press Coverage

The Philadelphia Citizen By Bruce Katz and Megan Humes Last week, the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, Accelerator

The New Localism By Bruce Katz I am thrilled to co-author this newsletter with Megan Humes, a Senior Associate with

The Philadelphia Inquirer By Joseph N. DiStefano With all the smartphone apps, megamergers and branch closings that have disrupted the

Generocity By Sabrina Vourvoulias 1. JP Morgan Chase awards $1.5 million for expansion of UCD’s skills initiative. JPMorgan Chase &

Philadelphia Business Journal By Jeff Blumenthal JPMorgan Chase & Co. will invest $1.5 million over two years to help more

University City Review By Staff Citizens Bank has announced a $125,000 investment in University City District’s nationally recognized job training

The Philadelphia Citizen By Jill Harkins In 2015, Xia Frazier was 27, bouncing from a job at a fast food

Technical.ly By Roberto Torres In West Philadelphia, where some 81,000 residents live under the poverty line, access to skills and

The Notebook By Staff Part pep rally, part meet the players, Thursday’s breakfast launch of Philadelphia’s new workforce strategy brought together 300

The Philadelphia Inquirer Matt Bergheiser and Keith Leaphart Philadelphia’s University City is a neighborhood of aspirational endeavors that make the

Generocity By UCD Program Managers At the end of 2017, over 40,000 Philadelphians were unemployed, meaning that thousands of people were out

The Philadelphia Inquirer By Harris Steinberg The 21st century is destined to be the century of the city. During the last