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UArts is unlikely to merge with Temple after negotiations soured with a major donor

It’s unclear what will happen next with the 150-year-old arts institution that abruptly closed on June 7, but bankruptcy is likely.

Signs denounce closure of University of the Arts in front of the school's Dorrance Hamilton Hall on South Broad St. in Philadelphia in June.
Signs denounce closure of University of the Arts in front of the school's Dorrance Hamilton Hall on South Broad St. in Philadelphia in June.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer