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Winners of the Close School of Entrepreneurship's 2025 Startup Fest

The Close School's annual Startup Fest convened students, founders and industry leaders for a day of high-stakes pitching, specialized learning and networking.

LeBow students, faculty and staff on a rooftop in New York City

An expanded Advisory Board committed to increasing course-based and experiential opportunities is driving an increase in student enrollments and concentrations.

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Grace O’Neill, BSBA finance ’26, closes out her collegiate basketball career by raising funds to support Special Olympics Pennsylvania.

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The School of Economics gathered economists and policy experts, including Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, to share insights on economic conditions.

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Mehdi Rhazali, a Triple Dragon and Drexel’s head tennis coach, has capitalized on the pickleball craze by launching VIVA Padel & Pickleball in Philadelphia.

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Akhmad Dyussembayev, BS economics and data science ’28, is honing his skills through a scholarship from the NABE Foundation.

Gerri C. LeBow Hall, viewed from the north side of Market Street, with a yellow sign reading Drexel University visible

Close’s students, faculty and staff have joined the LeBow community as part of Drexel’s ongoing Academic Transformation.

LeBow undergraduate finance students on a trip to New York City in 2024

The Academy prepares LeBow students to pursue careers in private equity and investment banking, finance’s most-demanding and often best-compensated sectors.

Dilnoza Kurbonova, BSBA marketing and business analytics '25

Two co-op positions at a New York City branding agency brought Dilnoza Kurbonova, BSBA '25, valuable skills, a full-time role and a Cooperative Education Award.

Members of the Drexel LeBow Alumni Association Board

Two alumni leaders will serve as president and vice president of the Drexel LeBow Alumni Association Board, which also welcomes seven new members.

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LeBow students were drawn to Freedom Mortgage founder and CEO Stanley Middleman, the inaugural speaker in the Henderson Real Estate Institute’s Speaker Series.

A young woman wearing a navy commencement gap and gown walks across the stage and waves with her left hand

Over 700 graduates took the LeBow Business Leaders’ Oath as they received their degrees and celebrated with their classmates and closest supporters.

Lilly Arruabarrena, BS international business and finance '25

The Martin J. Lutz Endowed Scholarship Fund has been a lifeline for LeBow undergraduates completing their studies amid difficult circumstances.

An academic presentation in a classroom

Faculty from the School of Economics helped to organize the International Industrial Organization Conference and presented several academic papers.