2019

August
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- Design Research Symposium: Design For Living
  
  August 14, 2019
  The 2019 Design Research Symposium: Design For Living will take place on October 11, 2019 in the URBN Annex and URBN Center. This year’s symposium will examine health, urban living, and design through presentations, panel discussions, and a design sprint hosted by the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation.
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May
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- 2018-19 Faculty & Student Accomplishments
  
  May 28, 2019
  As an end to our Spring term, we want to take a look back at this academic year 2018-2019 and mention all the accomplishments from our amazing faculty and students at Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. It has been a busy year with students studying abroad, faculty research, visiting artists and collaborations without outside companies. We are excited for the year to come to an end and appreciate the hard work of our community at Westphal.
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March
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- 2019 Charrette: Re-Imagining Streets as Pedestrian Spaces
  
  March 11, 2019
  Over the past several years, the Department of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism and the Department of Design have hosted a series of weekend charrettes aimed at engaging students with the ways in which design can address both public space and community dynamics at a both local and global scales. This year, the Interdisciplinary Design Charrette, set to take place on April 12-15, 2019, will be led by Lim Hyeung-Nam and Roh Eun-Joo, partners in the award-winning design firm studio GAON.
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February
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- 2nd Annual Fashion, Style & Global Culture Conference, May 16-19, 2019
  
  February 08, 2019
  
  Fashion is signified and utilized across the globe. The second annual Fashion, Style & Global Culture Conference will focus on how fashion is portrayed in all types of popular and global culture. This conference aims to push the envelope of scholarship to gain new understandings about the visual expression of fashion, lifestyles, global culture and textiles through all forms.
  
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January
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- Design Research Graduate Student Presents Thesis at Sustainability Conference
  
  January 29, 2019
  Nicholas St. Angelo, a graduate student in the Drexel University Design Research program, presented his thesis at the Fifteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability in Vancouver, Canada this past January.
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