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With almost no one noticing, New England's $20 billion higher education industry is losing its market share thanks to shrinking populations and growing competition. Now some campuses are fighting back with sophisticated marketing straight from the co

When Sandra King moved on from Northeastern University to a new job at Bentley College two years ago, she left behind the rather foggy title […]

Penn's Glenn McGee, one of the best-known bioethicists in the world, tries to make sense of the most controversial issues of our day. But when he discovered the truth about his own genes, he faced the hardest question of all

Who are you? Really. What makes you who you are? Really. Is it God? Nature? Chance or science? Do you know where you come from? […]

The redemption of Big Dig whistleblower Christy Mihos is already underway. Now he plans to use his burnished reputation to run for John Kerry's Senate seat.

It's standard operating procedure for a savvy salesman — especially one who wants his next job to be U.S. senator from Massachusetts — to end […]

Thanks to Howard Stern, Sal Calabro is the best-known cosmetic surgeon in America. Exactly where in the Hippocratic oath does it talk about a doctor's duty to give away breast implants during drive-time?

On any other night for Dr. Sal Calabro, hanging in the living room of his sprawling Newtown Square home overlooking the Darby Creek as it […]

The Degas show at the Art Museum and a brand-new ballet based on his voyeuristic works-is it tutu much?

Everyone knows that the Degas and the Dance exhibition opening this month at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be a really big show. Thus, […]

The crusty Junior League of Philadelphia is out to win new converts to its traditions of service and cut-rate designer duds.

Back in 1996, a young woman named Tracie Jerd moved to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with her husband and landed a job as a project […]

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


Thirty-one years ago, this magazine pioneered the city magazine “Best Of” staple. The brainchild of editors Alan Halpern and Maury Levy, the May 1974 issue […]

Liz and Jay Scott: We were inspired by their daughter. Now we're inspired by them

Liz and Jay Scott needed to raise $5 million. They didn't have to do it. And no one would have blamed them if they decided […]

Life is sweet in an oceanfront villa near Ocho Rios

As my butlers, Gary and Amos, serve up a breakfast of fresh-cooked aki and saltfish on the patio overlooking my private beach, I’m trying to […]

Students suing schools. Parents battling administrators. Teachers despising parents. How did we get here? And is there any way we can start all over again?

(Continued from Part I)The communication breakdown can seem universal. “I've had my son in public school and in three different private schools,” says a Salem […]

In his quest to be reelected, John Street has picked an interesting role model

On one of the many summer days on which the press shuffled into John Street's campaign headquarters to try to get the Mayor to fess […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.

For a guy who got fired from The New Republic for fabricating more than half his stories, one would think finding media work would be harder than R. Kelly landing a babysitting gig. Not for 30-year-old Penn grad Stephen Glass, who went on to write a novel

Philadelphia Magazine: Just to make sure this is the real Stephen Glass, can you confirm your e-mail address? Stephen Glass: [gives correct address] Do you […]

Students suing schools. Parents battling administrators. Teachers despising parents. How did we get here? And is there any way we can start all over again?

Once upon a time in America, hardly anybody learned the abcs. Oh, there were governesses and tutors and private academies of learning, but they were […]

Students suing schools. Parents battling administrators. Teachers despising parents. How did we get here? And is there any way we can start all over again?

Once upon a time in America, hardly anybody learned the abcs. Oh, there were governesses and tutors and private academies of learning, but they were […]

A reporter calls a colleague a “bitch” and threatens to fight her. A legendary anchor gets canned after 35 years. A hunky weatherman leaves town amid an on-air lovefest. How Philly TV news cracked up and became the biggest story in town.

nd the nominees for last year's “Most Bizarre Moment in Philly TV News” are: Channel 10 anchor Sharon Reed's Internet smackdown of colleague Alicia Taylor, […]

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