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Drexel University
Arlington, VA
News
DC's Rat Infestation Growth Leads Nation Due To Climate Change: New Study Shows Why
Climate change is fueling a surge in rat populations across major US cities, with Washington, DC, seeing the worst increase over the past two decades, a new study said. The study published by Science Advances on Friday, Jan. 31 analyzed public records from 16 cities worldwide to determine why some urban environments are more infested with rats than others. The researchers found that 11 cities—including Washington, Boston, and New York City—had seen major rat population growth over an average of 12 years. Washington's increase was the most extreme, tripling compared to Bo…
Trenton, NJ
Police & Fire
Trenton Pharmacy Owner, Accounting Professor Who Evaded $1.25M In Taxes Convicted: Feds
A Trenton pharmacy owner was convicted of evading federal income taxes and filing false tax returns, authorities said. Gordian Ndubizu, 69, of Princeton Junction, was found guilty on Thursday, Aug. 15 of four counts of tax evasion and four counts of filing false tax returns, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. The jury deliberated for about two hours following the four-day trial in federal court. According to court documents and evidence, Nudbizu was an accounting professor at Drexel University and a co-owner of Health Care Pharmacy between the…
West Chester, PA
Sports
PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics
Justin Best is on a hot streak. The 26-year-old American rower from Pennsylvania dropped down to one knee after winning the gold at Paris 2024, and proposed to his girlfriend of nine years, Lainey Duncan. Best was joined by his teammates, who helped score the team's first gold medal in 60 years, along with family members holding thousands of yellow roses, to pop the question Monday, Aug. 5. Click here for footage of the proposal from TODAY. According to PEOPLE, each of the 2,738 roses represented a day that the couple used Snapchat to communicate over the course of their nine-year relatio…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Obituaries
Children's Heart Surgeon From South Jersey Dies, 40: 'Cared Deeply For His Patients'
A Linwood native who was a renowned children's heart surgeon has died, according to a memorial fundraiser. Dr. Louis Capecci died at 40 years old on Monday, Mar. 11, 2024, his obituary said. The cause of his death was not mentioned. Dr. Capecci was the first pediatric heart surgeon in the history of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children. The hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, hired him in February 2022. A GoFundMe page for Dr. Capecci said he was inspired to begin a career in medicine because he was born with a congenital heart defect and needed several open-heart surgerie…
Bristol, PA
News
Drexel Basketball Player Terrence Butler Found Dead
A member of the Drexel University Men's Basketball Team was found dead Wednesday, Aug. 2, various news outlets report citing the school. Terrence Butler, a rising junior from Upper Marlboro, MD, was found dead in his on-campus apartment, NBC10 and 6abc report. The 6-foot-7 forward was named MVP of Bishop McNamara, and was studying engineering at Drexel. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Terrence Butler (@_unfxzed) Incredibly sad news out of the DMV. According to multiple sources former McNamara star Terrence Butler has passed.…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
These Pennsylvania Colleges Ranked Among Best In America
Pennsylvania boasts the fifth-largest city in the US and is third for the most four-year, degree-granting schools— with over 150 schools, an astounding 99 of which have ranked among the top 1,500 on the US News & World Report's 2022-2023 Best Colleges. The University of Pennsylvania was the highest ranking placing seventh overall, tieing with John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Here are the top nine best colleges in Pennsylvania among the top 250 in the country: University of Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University Lehigh University Villanova University University o…
Bristol, PA
News
Former Drexel Neurology Chair Who Sexually Abused Patients Dies By Suicide In Jail: AP
Drexel University's former chairman of the neurology department convicted of sexually assaulting patients died by suicide in a New York City jail, sources tell the Associated Press. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was found unresponsive in a shower area of the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island Monday, Aug. 18, the AP reports. The 68-year-old doctor's attorney confirmed that he died but not the manner of death. Cruciani, who was facing life in prison, allegedly got dozens of female patients hooked on painkillers he prescribed before sexually abusing them over the course of 15 years at area h…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
7 Pennsylvania Universities Ranked Among Top 500 In The World By US News
U.S. News & World Report has released its most recent rankings of the world's best colleges. Seven Pennsylvania universities were ranked among the top 500 in the world. The calculations were based on a university's global research reputation, publications, citations, international collaboration, and more, the website says. The following Pennsylvania universities are among the top 500 on the list: 13. University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA 42. University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA 80. Penn State University: State College, PA 102. Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA …
Allentown, PA
News
Bomb Squad Called To Death In Allentown Apartment, Police Say
A bomb squad was called to an Allentown home after a roommate reported a man’s death, local police said. Benjamin Boehm, 39, was found dead in a home located at 1600 block of East Cedar Street on Sunday around 8:30 p.m., Lehigh County officials said. The Allentown Fire Department was called to the scene after police finding containers and packages with hazardous labels on them, according to Fire Capt. John Christopher. A bomb squad and hazmat team were then called to investigate. It was determined the substances were used for exotic plants and the scene was safe, Christopher said. Boehm w…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Obituaries
Drexel University Grad, DelCo Native Bradford Greene Dies At 32
Delaware County native Bradford Greene died on Aug. 3 at the age of 32. Born in Newtown Square, and most recently a resident of Denver, CO, Greene had a passion for traveling, family, mathematics, and poker, his obituary says. In May of 2018, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University, and in May of 2020, he received his Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Denver, according to his obituary. Brad is survived by his girlfriend, Hannah Agosta, his mother Barbara Greene, his sister Tina Manes, his brother Matt Manes and Sister-in-law Becky Manes.…
Torrington, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: College Students Suing Schools After Virus Forces Closures
College students forced to leave campus due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak are filing lawsuits demanding tuition refunds after classes were forced to be taken online. With colleges socially distancing and transitioning to e-learning, students have been filing class-action lawsuits alleging that they are still paying high tuition prices for what has become an online education. The lawsuits claim that students have paid for services they’re no longer receiving, such as face-to-face interaction with professors, access to campus facilities, and hands-on learning, as well as mandat…
Cortlandt, NY
Schools
College-Bound Student From Area Awarded
Fasny
Scholarship
A Mahopac student who has graduated from high school and will soon be heading off to college has been awarded with a scholarship from the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY). Emma Goodrow accepted the 2019 FASNY Gerard J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarship at Mahopac High School’s Senior Awards Night. Donald J. Farrell, the FASNY Sergeant-at-Arms, presented Goodrow with a certificate and $1,500 scholarship for her volunteer service in the community. “My father is a FASNY member and my family has a long history in the fire service. I am proud to follow in their footsteps an…
