April

Drexel Student Performance of “The Grapes of Wrath” Ties Steinbeck’s Classic Novel to Modern-Day Social Issues

April 30, 2013
John Steinbeck’s epic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” will be brought to life on an intimate new stage by students in the Department of Performing Arts inDrexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. The production, which marks the inauguration of the new Black Box Theater in the URBN Center Annex (3401 Filbert St.), opens on Friday, May 10 and will run through Saturday, May 25.
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Diaries, Photography Form Iraq War Exhibit

April 29, 2013

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Grapes of Wrath, May 10-25

April 29, 2013

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Ken Downing Wins Westphal Award

April 29, 2013

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The Backyard Philly Project Puts Poverty in Perspective

April 29, 2013

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Fashion Alum Ou Lin Honored

April 29, 2013

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Westphal @ Research Day

April 29, 2013

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Todd Solondz, Soul of Suburban Satire

April 29, 2013

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Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing to Receive Westphal Award at Drexel

April 26, 2013
Fashion visionary Ken Downing, the senior vice president and fashion director of American luxury department store Neiman Marcus, will be presented with the second annual Westphal Award from Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. The award ceremony will take place Wednesday, May 1 at 6 p.m. at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in the URBN Center Annex (3401 Filbert St.). This event is free and open to the public.
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The History of Philadelphia’s Watersheds and Sewers

April 18, 2013

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The Backyard Philly Project

April 16, 2013

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Grapes of Wrath

April 16, 2013

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Green Initiatives

April 16, 2013

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Hightlights Exhibit Feature

April 15, 2013
For the first time in Drexel’s history, works of art and archival artifacts from across the University are being exhibited together during A Legacy of Art, Science & Industry: Highlights from the Collections of Drexel University.
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Vote Now

April 15, 2013

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When American Fashion Conquered Paris

April 15, 2013

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College News

April 15, 2013

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Highlights of the Drexel Collection

April 15, 2013

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Westphal Moving Pictures

April 15, 2013

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Dead End: The Influence of the PC on Player Emotional State & Actions

April 13, 2013

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Developing Visual Narrative

April 13, 2013

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Art Directed Visual Complexity Through Smart Textures

April 13, 2013

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D&M Hosts Brooks Brothers President Diane Ellis

April 10, 2013

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Drexel Celebrates Grand Opening of New URBN Center for Arts and Design on April 12

April 09, 2013
Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design celebrates its new home, The URBN Center, with a grand opening on April 12. Called “one of Philadelphia's most thrilling new designs” by The Philadelphia Inquirer’s architecture critic Inga Saffron, the iconic 3501 Market Street building created by Robert Venturi was transformed into a state-of-the-art center for design and the arts by the noted design firm of Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, LTD.
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Monkey Film Premieres to Promote African Biodiversity

April 09, 2013
Turtle biologists with digital SLR cameras may be on the verge of something extraordinary: Empowering a nation to save endangered monkeys and the idyllic island ecosystem they call home. The very unusual nature documentary the biologists produced will have its U.S. premiere at Drexel University on April 15.
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Celebrated Journalist Bob Dotson

April 09, 2013

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Robin Klehr Avia’s New Currency of Space

April 09, 2013

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Performance Charette

April 07, 2013

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Festival of Classic Indian Raga Music

April 06, 2013

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First-Ever Exhibition of Art and Archival Artifact Highlights from Drexel’s Collections to go on Display April 12

April 04, 2013
For the first time in Drexel’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, opening April 12.
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Critically Acclaimed Fashion Documentary “Versailles ’73” to Screen at Drexel April 18

April 04, 2013
A screening of the critically acclaimed documentary film“Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution,” which explores a moment that changed the course of fashion history, will take place at Drexel University on Thursday, April 18 at 6 p.m.
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Drexel Professor to Transform Cira Centre into Classic Arcade Game

April 03, 2013
The video game that started them all will come to life on Philadelphia’s largest array of LEDs in a visual spectacle on April 19, when the Cira Centre’s 83,360-square-foot, north-facing wall will be transformed into the classic arcade game Pong to open festivities of the third annual Philly Tech Week.
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