University of the Arts (Philadelphia)

University of the Arts (Philadelphia)

Summary: {{Template}} The '''University of the Arts''' ('''UArts''') was a [[Private university|private]] [[Art school|arts university]] in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Its campus made up part of the [[Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)|Avenue of the Arts]] cultural district in [[Center City, Philadelphia]]. On May 31, 2024, university administrators suddenly announced that the university would close on June 7, 2024, although its precarious f…

Keep The Philadelphia Big 5 Alive

On Saturday, Dec. 6, fans slowly trickled into the half-empty bottom bowl of Xfinity Mobile Arena to watch Villanova men’s basketball take on the University of Pennsylvania in the Big 5 Classic championship game. Villanova students stretched from behind the basket all the way to the main concourse on its side. It was certainly the biggest crowd of the six teams — Villanova, Temple, St. Joe’s, Penn, La Salle and Drexel — that make up the tourname…