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Arcadia again named to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges.

Sep 13, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Arcadia Again Among Top Schools in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

In the highly anticipated 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings, released today, Arcadia University is once again ranked among the top Regional Universities in the North category. Arcadia is ranked 44th, among the top 34 percent of schools in this category and third among colleges and...

Arcadia University MFA in Creative Writing students sitting on the grass writing

Sep 7, 2021 • Erin Kardon

MFA in Creative Writing ONLINE Information Session

Meet virtually with Program Director Joshua Isard to learn about our M.F.A. in Creative Writing program.  We will waive your $50 application fee for attending. REGISTER NOW In photo: M.F.A. candidates writing poetry during their residency in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Arcadia University MFA in Creative Writing students sitting on the grass writing

Sep 7, 2021 • Erin Kardon

MFA in Creative Writing ONLINE Information Session

Meet virtually with Program Director Joshua Isard to learn about our M.F.A. in Creative Writing program.  We will waive your $50 application fee for attending. REGISTER NOW In photo: M.F.A. candidates writing poetry during their residency in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Princeton Review 2021 Best Regional Colleges

Sep 7, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

For Seventh Straight Year, Arcadia Ranks Best Regionally with Princeton Review

For the seventh straight year, Arcadia University was ranked among the Princeton Review’s “Best Northeastern” schools in its “2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” The prestigious list ranks Arcadia among the 655 colleges and universities in the country that are “academically outstanding and well...

Dr. Jill Pederson

Aug 30, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Dr. Pederson Publishes Book on Leonardo da Vinci, Speaks on Australia Radio on Mona Lisa

Dr. Jill Pederson, associate professor of Art History, this summer published "Leonardo, Bramante, and the Academia: Art and Friendship in Fifteenth-Century Milan" (2021, Harvey Miller/ Brepols), the first study to provide a comprehensive historical and theoretical account of the long-debated,...

Arcadia welcomes its newest Knights

Aug 17, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Arcadia Ready to Welcome Newest Knights for Fall 2021 Semester

Courses begin for Arcadia's Fall 2021 semester on Monday, Aug. 30. The University is looking forward to welcome first-year students on Aug. 25 and 26 and returning students on Aug. 28 and 29. More information on Arcadia's fall 2021 semester, including important dates, details, and FAQs, is...

Students Rock the Knight

Aug 16, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Sept. 9: Arcadia Students “Rock the Knight” at Downtown Glenside Food Truck Festival

On Thursday, Sept. 9, the Arcadia University community will celebrate community spirit as hundreds of students will gather on Haber Green to Rock the Knight with music, food, and giveaways before processing along Easton Road to Glenside to enjoy the Downtown Glenside Food Truck Festival. Students:...

Sun & Sea, an opera-performance by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelytė

Aug 13, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Arcadia Exhibitions Brings U.S. Tour of Sun & Sea to Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Arcadia Exhibitions at Arcadia University is pleased to announce its presentation of Sun & Sea as part of the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the second venue of the US Tour of this celebrated opera-performance. Blurring the lines between music, theater, poetry, and visual art, the work...

Dr. Richard Kaplan, adjunct professor of biology

Aug 12, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Dr. Kaplan on How COVID Impacted Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Consumption

By Katherine Haines '21, '22   The shift to remote work and school in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic led to significant changes in most people’s everyday routines. There were shortages at grocery stores, cancellations of trips and events, and an influx of information from the scientific...

Fionya Tran ’21M

Aug 11, 2021 • Daniel DiPrinzio

Graduate Civic Scholars Program Launches

After an accident in a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia research lab left Master of Public Health (MPH) student Fionya Tran ’21M (in photo) “benched” from live animal research, she needed to find a new career path that connected her love of research with doing good in the community. Through her...

Dr. Slesaransky-Poe at head of classroom with eight Arcadia University students around table

Aug 5, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Dr. Slesaransky-Poe One of Five Worldwide Elected to Board of Queer Global Center

Professor of Education Dr. Graciela Slesaransky-Poe is one of five gender and sexual diverse advocates worldwide to be selected for the Queer Global Center’s inaugural Board; the two-year term took effect on May 31, 2021. Dr. Slesaransky-Poe is recognized for her work as an ally in inclusive and...

Arcadia University students film All's Well That Ends Well in front of Murphy Hall

Jul 26, 2021 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Theater Awarded Best of Glenside

By Katherine Haines '21, '22 Arcadia University Theater has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Best of Glenside Award in the Performing Arts Theatre category. Arcadia University Theatre has adapted to the COVID pandemic by producing virtual performances and other mediums of innovative...