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St. Joe’s Partnership With Barnes Creates New Path Into Museum Education
A growing partnership between Bala Cynwyd’s Saint Joseph’s University and the Barnes Foundation is opening a new path for students interested in museum careers, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. The collaboration centers on a new fully online graduate program in museum education, designed to prepare future educators to teach through art and objects…
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St. Joe’s Celebrates A-10 Honors After Breakout Season
St. Joseph’s University is celebrating a major Atlantic 10 milestone, writes Ryan Mack for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Head coach Steve Donahue was named the conference’s Coach of the Year in his first season leading the Bala Cywnyd team. Donahue stepped into the head coaching role shortly before the season after Billy Lange departed to join…
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From St. Joe’s to Phillies Prospect: Luke Gabrysh Making Impression in Minor Leagues
A St. Joseph’s University alumnus and Phillies fan from childhood, Luke Gabrysh has been gaining attention for his performance in the organization’s minor league ranks, writes Alex Coffey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Gabrysh, a Wilmington native, enrolled at the Bala Cynwyd school in 2022 to play baseball and took advantage of its closeness to Citizens…
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St. Joseph’s Women Advance in A-10 Tournament With Dominant Win
Saint Joe’s women’s basketball team is moving on in the Atlantic 10 tournament, writes Colin Schofield for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Bala Cynwyd team delivered a commanding 66-45 victory over Duquesne women’s basketball on Thursday, using a combination of hot shooting and stifling defense to secure a spot in the A-10 quarterfinals. St. Joe’s jumped…
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WSJ: How a Bala Cynwyd Financial Services Firm Hopes to Turn Sports Betting into Big Business
A Bala Cynwyd–based financial powerhouse is blending finance, sports, and data-driven betting in the prediction markets, writes Kevin T. Dugan for Wall Street Journal. Susquehanna International Group is actively hiring traders to work in prediction markets, including sports-focused roles that involve betting on outcomes across leagues like the NFL and NBA. Founded by billionaire investor…
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St. Joe’s Basketball Powered by Standout Gabby Casey
Lansdale Catholic Alum, Gabby Casey, has stepped into a starring role this season for St. Joseph’s University in Lower Merion, writes Colin Schofield for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Casey is leading the Hawks toward a potential top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament. After playing limited minutes as a freshman and serving as a secondary scorer…
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Montco Trading Giant Steps Into New Betting Frontier
Bala Cynwyd-based Susquehanna International Group is stepping into one of Wall Street’s fastest-growing arenas: prediction markets, writes Samuel O’Brient for Business Insider. Prediction markets have surged in popularity since 2024. The platforms where participants trade contracts tied to the outcome of real-world events began largely as a retail-driven phenomenon. Now, it’s attracting institutional attention, and…
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End of an Era at St. Joe’s as AD Takes National Post
Jill Bodensteiner, athletic director at St. Joseph’s University is stepping down to become the next commissioner of the Horizon League, writes Jeff Neiberg for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Her final day on Hawk Hill will be April 15. An Indiana native, Bodensteiner has led St. Joe’s athletics since June 2018. University President Cheryl A. McConnell called…
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Luxury Landmark on City Ave Set to Close This Spring
After decades as a luxury retail anchor along City Avenue, Saks Fifth Avenue will close its Bala Cynwyd location this April, writes Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer Parent company Saks Global announced the shutdown as part of a broader restructuring effort following a recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The Bala store is one of…
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Susquehanna International Group, Led by Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass, Now Central to U.S. Leadership of TikTok
Susquehanna International Group, controlled by Bala Cynwyd billionaire Jeff Yass, is playing a key role in TikTok’s newly appointed U.S. leadership team, writes Katie Malone for Technical.ly. The company, an early ByteDance investor, will have a position on the new spinoff venture’s board. Dubbed TikTok USDS, the joint venture announced a deal last week that…
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Local Couple Ties Knot to Instrumental Versions of Themes from Broadway Musicals They Have Seen Together
Seven years after they first met, Rachel McLaughlin and Eric Most tied the knot to the instrumental versions of themes from Broadway musicals they have seen together, writes Kellie Patrick Gates for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The pair met while they were both studying at Drexel University at a party hosted by Most’s roommate. “We hit…
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Bala Cynwyd Billionaire Jeff Yass Donates $100 Million to University Dedicated to Free Speech
Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, is once again making headlines, this time in higher education, writes Jessica Priest for The Texas Tribune. The Bala Cynwyd billionaire donated $100 million to the University of Austin. The fledgling private institution was founded by critics of mainstream academia who argue that universities have stifled free speech…
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Apartment Sales Surge in Montco with $48M Bala Cynwyd Deal
A prominent apartment community in Bala Cynwyd has changed hands, underscoring the continued strength of southern Montco’s multifamily market, writes Paul Schwedelson for The Philadelphia Business Journal. A 173-unit Bala Cynwyd apartment building has sold for $48.3 million, or roughly $279,000 per unit, to a joint venture of out-of-state investors. The five-year-old property at 9…
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Amateur Grateful Dead Historian Solves Jerry Garcia Mystery with Now-demolished Bala Cynwyd Hotel
A receipt from the now-demolished Marriott Hotel (the former Marriott Motor Inn) that once stood at City Line & Monument Avenue in Bala Cynwyd helped an amateur historian and fan of Jerry Garcia’s work outside the Grateful Dead solve a mystery he has been trying to decipher for years, writes Justin Scheck for The Wall…
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Philly Favorite Bart’s Bagels Expands to the Main Line
A popular Philly bagel shop is making a hometown return with a new location in Bala Cynwyd, writes Denali Sagner for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bart’s Bagels is opening a Main Line outpost this summer, bringing its kettle-boiled New York–style bagels, smoked meats, egg sandwiches, and creative schmears to Montco. The move marks a meaningful homecoming…
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Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass Channels Global Wealth into Passion Project
From a modest-looking office complex in Bala Cynwyd, billionaire Jeff Yass directs both a global trading empire and one of the country’s most expansive education-focused philanthropic efforts, writes the staff for The Washington Post. The co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, Yass has built a fortune estimated at more than $65 billion. Over the past decade,…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Dan Eisenstadt, CEO, Terramed Real Estate Solutions
Dan Eisenstadt, Founder and CEO of Terramed Real Estate Solutions, spoke with MONTCO Today about his earliest experiments in entrepreneurship as a kid in Westchester County, scalping concert tickets, and selling software in the days of eight-inch floppy disks. After graduating from UVA Law School and Harvard Business School, having already co-founded the Auschwitz Jewish…
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Make-A-Wish Philadelphia Chapter Establishes New Home In Bala Cynwyd
The Philadelphia region’s Make-A-Wish chapter will soon open a new state-of-the-art home in Bala Cynwyd, called the Wishing Place, writes Erin Flynn Jay for the Main Line Today. Created to bring wishes to life, the new space will welcome children and their families into a vibrant, uplifting environment, where colorful and thoughtfully designed elements will…
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