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  • Spring Dance Concerts

    May 21, 2012

    The Drexel Dance Ensemble, and the all-freshman dance ensemble, FreshDance, concludes its 2011-2012 season with two concerts featuring 15 works performed by more than 90 student dancers, with choreography by students, faculty, and guest artists.

  • 2012 Drexel Fashion Show

    May 21, 2012

    The Fashion and Design & Merchandising programs will host their annual fashion show on Saturday, June 2nd, which features thirty-three senior and graduate collections from the Fashion Design program.

  • Gospel Choir Performance

    May 21, 2012

    The Drexel University Gospel Choir, led by Reverend Gregory Ross, will host their annual Nite of Ministries on June 2nd. The concert will feature not only the full choir, but also individual performances by soloists and smaller groups within the choir.

  • An Evening with Kal Rudman

    May 18, 2012

    On Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30 PM in the Bossone Research Center, Mitchell Auditorium (3140 Market St.), Kal will sit down with Karen Curry, the Executive Director of the Rudman Institute and Paul Gluck, General Manager of TUTV/The Kal & Lucille Rudman Media Production Center at Temple University.

  • Graphic Design Senior Show 2012

    May 17, 2012

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

  • Graphic Design Shines

    May 17, 2012

    The Graphic Design program continues to impress with a string of recent wins in national and international design competitions.

  • Chip Kidd

    May 16, 2012

    Chip Kidd, one of the world’s most renowned book cover designers, will be a guest of Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and DART (Drexel Art Organization) on Thursday, May 31.

  • Students Win at Baiada

    May 14, 2012

    Two teams from Drexel University's Westphal College of Media Arts and Design were awarded 1st and 3rd place in the 2012 Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition.

  • Westphal Students Score in Baiada Competition

    May 14, 2012

    The Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship announced that four of the six students/student teams selected as finalists in the 2012 Business Plan Competition are Westphal students/student teams.

  • Design for Social Impact

    May 14, 2012

    Award-winning designer Craig Holden Feinberg is coming to Drexel as a Rankin Scholar-in-Residence with the Graphic Design program to conduct a two-day workshop for students to create posters that address social issues.

  • Best of DNews

    May 14, 2012

    On Friday, April 27th at 8 PM, DUTV will air The Best of DNews, the best of the best stories that have been covered this past year.

  • Essential Visions

    May 14, 2012

    Essential Visions is an exciting new multiple-day event series in which students will explore ideas with the assistance of Paul Laseau, co-author of Visual Notes.

  • Fashioning Philadelphia

    May 14, 2012

    The Museum of Elfreth's Alley is hosting an exhibition celebrating the rich history of the fashion industry in Philadelphia. Design & Merchandising students helped the museum with the initial exhibit set-up and design and will continue to help update exhibit installations.

  • Local Music Day

    May 14, 2012

    Philadelphia Local Music Day is the first event held by Music Industry senior Monika Julien's organization Loves Local Music. The event has area business dedicating Saturday, May 12th to playing local artists' music in their stores.

  • MAD Dragon Concert

    May 14, 2012

    The 6th Annual MAD Dragon Concert will feature the indie-rock band Motion City Soundtrack along with four other breakout bands on May 16 at 7PM.

  • 2012 Performance Charrette

    May 14, 2012

    The Westphal College will hold the final performance of the 2012 performance charrette, DWELLING, Sunday, April 29th at 6 PM.

  • Proud Showing at Research Day

    May 14, 2012

    The Westphal College had impressive representation with over 25 students showcasing their projects at Research Day 2012.

  • Sony Collaboration

    May 14, 2012

    The Westphal College of Media Arts and Design has been named a founding member of Sony Electronics new higher education initiative, Sony Digital Media Academy.

  • New Spinning Leaves Release

    May 14, 2012

    Philadelphia-based folk duo, The Spinning Leaves have channeled their energy into a new 7” EP, head aglow, that will be released April 27th by Westphal’s student-run label, MAD Dragon Records.

  • 2012 Exhibition of Works

    May 8, 2012

    Westphal College's 2012 Graduating Class - Exhibition of Work

  • Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Director: Niels Arden Oplev

    April 28, 2012

    The Pennsylvania Film Industry Association (PaFIA) and the Westphal College will host a special event with featured guest speaker, Niels Arden Oplev, Director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), based on the book from Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.

  • Urinetown, The Musical

    April 25, 2012

    This May, the Theatre Program and the Drexel Players will present the Tony-Award winning comedic satire, Urinetown, The Musical, directed by Maucking Bird Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Peter Reynolds.

  • The New Political Battleground

    April 19, 2012

    The Kal & Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies presents a program on social media and its effect on the 2012 presidential campaign and broader political landscape, in partnership with the Kal & Lucille Rudman Media Production Center at Temple University and the National Constitution Center. The New Political Battleground is Thursday, April 19th, 6:30 PM, at the F.M. Kirby Auditorium at the National Constitution Center (525 Arch St.).

  • A Glorious Enterprise

    April 18, 2012

    Robert M. Peck and Patricia Tyson Stroud have chronicled 200 years of Academy history in their new book, A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science. As a part of Drexel University's Academy of Natural Sciences 200th Anniversary celebration, Peck and Sroud will hold a talk and book signing at The Academy of Natural Sciences.

  • Student Column: Miss Philadelphia

    April 18, 2012

    Lauren Bilski, a Dance student, tells her story of becoming the first ever Drexel student to win the Miss Philadelphia Pageant.

  • Neighborhood Roundtable

    April 18, 2012

    Drexel's Center for Mobilities Research and Policy will sponsor a community conversation about the role artists might play in neighborhood enrichment efforts.

  • Nile Rodgers, Peace Summit

    April 18, 2012

    Film and Video students, led by Assistant Professor Lise Raven, spent the week of March 24 - March 30th documenting the week long We Are Family Foundation, Three Dot Dash, Nile Rodgers Just Peace Summit in New York.

  • Player Hating: A Love Story

    April 18, 2012

    A screening of filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West's award winning film, Player Hating: A Love Story, will be shown on at Drexel on Thursday, April 12th.

  • Ross Commons: Spring Exhibition

    April 18, 2012

    This Spring, The Gallery at Ross Commons will feature drawing work from Professor Anda Dubinskis’ Introductory Drawing and Figure Drawing II classes.

  • Burberry CEO visits Drexel May 2nd

    April 16, 2012

    The Chief Executive Officer of Burberry will visit Drexel as the 2012 Design & Merchandising program Distinguished speaker.