Community College of Philadelphia cancels classes on Election Day to promote student voting

Students learn animation, 3D printing and making music at Drexel lab dedicated to integrating sciences and the arts.

Those laid off make up roughly 1.4% of Drexel’s workforce. In a statement, Drexel said the “difficult decision” was not “made lightly.”

The university said it’s working to resolve a roughly 10% “structural imbalance” in its operating budget of $1.5 billion.