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  • DNEWS Wins Third Consecutive Telly Award

    June 19, 2013

    DUTV’s Emmy Award-winning monthly TV news magazine show DNEWS has won a bronze 2013 Telly Award in the “News or News Feature” category for the show’s March 2013 episode.

  • Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition

    June 11, 2013

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

  • 2013 Interior Design Senior Show

    June 11, 2013

    This senior class showcase is expertly edited to encompass the wide breadth of design expertise developed in interior design coursework over four years of intensive study.

  • Graphic Design Senior Show 2013

    June 11, 2013

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

  • D&M Class Helps Non-Profits Find Visual Identity

    June 4, 2013

    Design & Merchandising sophomores in Professor Nick Cassway’s Computer Design class are using small non-profit organizations as the basis for semester-wide projects.

  • Edinburgh, Philadelphia Exchange Artists With Dual Exhibits

    June 4, 2013

    Dr. Xela Batchelder is working to bring Edinburgh Fringe Festival artists to Philadelphia this fall through the Emerging International Xchange (EIXchange), which she co-founded for emerging artists and curators with aspirations to exhibit internationally.

  • Motion City Soundtrack to Play Warped Tour

    June 4, 2013

    Indie/alt-rock group and MAD Dragon Records collaborators Motion City Soundtrack will play 16 shows this summer on Vans’ Warped Tour – one of the largest touring music and extreme sports festivals in the world.

  • Music Industry Takes Class to LA

    June 4, 2013

    Assistant Teaching Professor Michelle Manghise will take Music Industry students on the road this summer with her class, “Music Supervision: The Intersection of Music and Media.”

  • Product Design Students in Paris

    June 4, 2013

    Product Design student Alexa Forney and Greg Yeutter, minoring in Product Design, were selected as one of the top 25 teams in Schneider Electric’s Go Green in the City design challenge.

  • Senior Send Off and Graduation 2013

    June 4, 2013

    We ask graduating 2013 seniors and Master’s students to join us for the 2013 Senior Send Off Dinner to celebrate their graduation and accomplishments.

  • Summer High School Study Programs

    June 4, 2013

    High school students from all over the United States will experience what it’s like to be a Westphal student this summer as part of our intensive, one- and two-week programs designed for talented and motivated students.

  • Digital Media Senior Show

    May 30, 2013

    Giant walking robots, dream fairies, museum adventures, laser light battles and interactive video platforms – this year’s exhilarating Digital Media senior show has something for everyone!

  • Film & Video 2013 Senior Show Preview

    May 30, 2013

    Featuring six hours of over 20 premieres of documentaries, comedy, drama, and even stop-motion animation!

  • Gutenberg! The Musical! Opens May 30

    May 30, 2013

    The “riotously funny” two-man show offers a glimpse at producing a big show on broadway.

  • Making Music Work - Music Technology from Concept to Consumer

    May 30, 2013

    The Drexel University Music Program invites musicians of all ages and expertise to a gathering of internationally known experts who will explain how to promote their original musical ideas and products to the market.

  • 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"

  • 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.