Susan Snyder

Roy Hamilton has stepped into a new position leading Penn’s faculty senate, the representative body for the school’s approximate 3,000-member standing faculty.

Roy Hamilton's varied racial, social, and religious identities helped him in his former role as a chief diversity leader at the University of

The closure does not affect the rest of the institution, which builds and maintains the collections and conducts research through departments such as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research.

Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is closing its museum after nearly two centuries in existence, Drexel and Academy leaders said in an announcement sent to staff and others Tuesday morning.

Drexel said visitors should come to the museum through Sept. 27 “and celebrate the museum during its final weeks."

The two entities, David L. Cohen said, are close to agreeing to terms on governance and finances for the continued operation and growth of the academy in Philadelphia, without jeopardizing Drexel.

David L. Cohen, the former U.S. ambassador to Canada and Comcast executive, said the governor asked him to be his “agent” in helping to broker a deal between Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences.

Patricia “Trish” Wellenbach, deputy mayor and former president of the Please Touch Museum, will be senior adviser to the Academy of Natural Sciences. She's on loan from the Philadelphia mayor's office

After the threat of a possible split, the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University reached a tentative agreement that will continue their

Listen to article • The line at the 19th Street entrance of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University zigzagged outside of the institution's sliding doors on Friday morning.