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  • Dance Ensemble Spring Concerts

    May 9, 2013

    The Drexel Dance Ensemble spring concert, “Shift,” will feature seven student-choreographed works and three professionally choreographed pieces.

  • Grapes of Wrath Tickets on Sale

    May 9, 2013

    The Performing Arts Department invites you to come celebrate the spring season early this June with a week of free live musical performances.

  • Guttenberg! The Musical!

    May 9, 2013

    Entertainment & Arts Management (EAM) Seniors Dan Toll and Justin Romeo are bringing the first fully student-produced musical to our Black Box Theater as their capstone senior project.

  • Iraq Invasion Exhibit Opens May 15

    May 9, 2013

    On the heels of the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, the Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies will present a powerful collection of raw and unfiltered war diaries, texts and photographs in the URBN Center Lobby.

  • MAD Dragon Reunion Show

    May 9, 2013

    MAD Dragon Records is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special concert.

  • Gaming Guru Noah Wardrip-Fruin

    May 9, 2013

    The Digital Media program and Professor Jichen Zhu will host Dr. Wardrip-Fruin for a public lecture. Discussion topics will include his experiences with game-based research.

  • Spring Music Concerts

    May 9, 2013

    The Performing Arts Department invites you to come celebrate the spring season early this June with a week of free live musical performances.

  • Fourth Year Student Wins National Competition

    May 8, 2013

    Patrick Barendt wins the "Unique Sensitivity to Site Opportunities Jury Award"

  • Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition

    May 3, 2013

    Join us for the opening reception of our 2013 Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition.

  • Graphic Design Senior Show 2013

    May 1, 2013

    The Graphic Design Senior Show is an exhibition of outstanding work that represents the diversity of the Graphic Design curriculum.

  • The Backyard Philly Project Puts Poverty in Perspective

    April 29, 2013

    Recent PEW research shows that more than a quarter of Philadelphia’s citizens live in poverty, representing the second highest rate among the United States’ 25 largest cities. The cycle of poverty, addiction and violence is one that plagues many neighborhoods like Penn Town – the focus of Westphal alumna Amada Danziger’s gripping new documentary, The Backyard Philly Project.

  • Diaries, Photography Form Iraq War Exhibit

    April 29, 2013

    Presented by the Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, we welcome “Invasion: Diaries and Memories of War in Iraq” to the URBN Center lobby May 15-23.

  • Grapes of Wrath, May 10-25

    April 29, 2013

    The Theater Program brings an expansive Dust Bowl epic journey to a new intimate stage with its production of the Steinbeck classic The Grapes of Wrath, the inaugural performance in the new URBN Annex Black Box Theater.

  • Ken Downing Wins Westphal Award

    April 29, 2013

    For his profound understanding of the luxury retail customer and the industry community, we are honoring Ken Downing as this year’s Westphal Award recipient.

  • Fashion Alum Ou Lin Honored

    April 29, 2013

    The 2013 Rankin Epstein Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Anthropologie Senior Designer and 2000 Fashion Design graduate alumna Ou Lin.

  • Westphal @ Research Day

    April 29, 2013

    Drexel University’s annual Research Day celebrates the innovation, scholarship and creativity through presentations and a competition featuring student research projects. For Westphal students, presentations included video games, mobile apps, and new product designs.

  • Todd Solondz, Soul of Suburban Satire

    April 29, 2013

    The Film & Video Program proudly welcomes visiting Rankin Scholar Todd Solondz for a two-day visit.

  • Adam Levine: The History of Philadelphia’s Watersheds and Sewers

    April 18, 2013

    Historian Adam Levine has been digging into the history of the city’s sewers and drainage systems as a consultant to the Philadelphia Water Department since 1998; his lecture on the city’s watersheds and sewers is guaranteed to reveal a side of Philadelphia you have never seen, and change the way you think about cities in general.

  • Grapes of Wrath

    April 16, 2013

    The Theater Program’s production of the Steinbeck classic “The Grapes of Wrath” will be the inaugural production at the new URBN Annex Black Box Theater.

  • Green Initiatives

    April 16, 2013

    This week, the Westphal College, along with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Drexel Smart House will welcome Dr. Orr to the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building for a discussion focusing on a range of topics, including: the Drexel Smart House interdisciplinary initiatives; Drexel’s urban environment; community engagement; and sustainability.

  • The Backyard Philly Project

    April 16, 2013

    Ferasha Films Founder Amanda Danziger, a Westphal alumna, is building her film production company on projects that serve the community and better the world. She reimagines the Hollywood premiere for her pro-social films as thoughtful, engaging events and was recently tagged one of Drexel’s Forty Under Forty.

  • Vote Now

    April 15, 2013

    MAD Dragon Records needs your vote! Five artists from the Music Industry program's MAD Dragon record label have been nominated in this year’s 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs).

  • College News

    April 15, 2013

  • Highlights of the Drexel Collection

    April 15, 2013

    For the first time in Drexel University’s history, the most treasured works of art and archival artifacts from around the University will be exhibited together during “A Legacy of Art, Science & Industry: Highlights from the Collections of Drexel University.”

  • Westphal Moving Pictures

    April 15, 2013

    We’re pleased as punch to share two new videos that help tell our College’s story.

  • When American Fashion Conquered Paris

    April 15, 2013

    We’re pleased to host Draper, director of “Versailles '73” for a free screening, where she’ll be joined by fashion model Pat Cleveland, who walked the Versailles runway in 1973.

  • D&M Hosts Brooks Brothers’ President Diane Ellis

    April 10, 2013

    The Design & Merchandising program is pleased to announce Diane Ellis as this year’s d&m Distinguished Speaker. Ellis will share experiences from her diverse background in marketing, merchandising, merchandise planning, operations, finance and strategic planning with the Drexel community.

  • Celebrated Journalist Bob Dotson

    April 9, 2013

    The eight-time Emmy Award winner and creator of The Today Show series “The American Story with Bob Dotson,” will come to the Community College of Philadelphia’s Bonnell Building to discuss effective television storytelling.

  • Robin Klehr Avia’s New Currency of Space

    April 9, 2013

    The Department of Architecture and Interiors’ Arfaa Lecture Series will host Robin Klehr Avia and her presentation, “THE NEW CURRENCY OF SPACE: What’s Influencing the Design of Environments Today,” at the Mandell Theater at 33rd and Chestnut streets.

  • Performance Charette

    April 7, 2013

    Students from the College’s dance, digital media, music, photography, fashion, as well as students from the College of Engineering have cleared their calendars for this upcoming weekend – not as an opportunity to catch up on studies (or sleep), but to prepare for a rather unique artistic presentation known as the “Performance Charette.”