May

Heard Around Campus — May

May 29, 2019
This month's installment of the “Heard Around Campus” feature contains information about University awards and recently completed construction projects.
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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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2019 Exhibition of Work

May 28, 2019
The end of spring term is rapidly approaching, and for many students, this is the busiest time of year. It’s impossible not to feel enormous pride in the creative and accomplished work that is the culmination of years of hard work and study. This year's Senior Show Exhibitions of Work include Entertainment & Arts Management, Fashion Design, Digital Media, Music Industry, Film & Television, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, Design & Merchandising, Screenwriting & Playwriting, Animation & Visual Effects, and Product Design.
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Drexel Students and Faculty Present at EDRA Conference

May 25, 2019

Graduate students from the Interior Architecture program presented their work on a symposium panel at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) titled “Bright Futures, Dark Futures: Envisioning the Consequences of Climate Change.”

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Drexel’s Annual Fashion Show Debuts Creative 3-D Zero-Waste Knitting Tech, Sustainable and Handmade Techniques

May 24, 2019
Expect the experimental; 3-D design, handcrafted macramé, silk embellishments and some sustainably sourced collections will set the stage at Drexel’s University’s annual fashion show on Saturday, June 1 presented by the Fashion Design and Design & Merchandising programs in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
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Video Games Created by Middle School Students to Be Played on LED Array of Cira Centre Skyscraper to Open New Park, Drexel Square

May 23, 2019
The creativity of local students will be on full display this summer as the 29-story LED array of Brandywine Realty Trust’s Cira Centre office building is once again converted into the world’s largest video game display. Students and teachers from K-12 schools across the Greater Philadelphia region have been working with experts in Drexel University’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio to design and code new games for the building — those games will debut on the evening of June 10 as part of a celebration for the opening of the city’s newest green space, Drexel Square. The opening of Drexel Square park marks the first completed project of the Schuylkill Yards development, a 14-acre master-planned neighborhood in University City being developed by Brandywine Realty Trust on land owned by and in coordination with Drexel.
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Interior Design Junior Awarded Second Place in National Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship Competition

May 22, 2019

Interior Design junior Justin Lee was awarded second place in the national Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship competition, which awards interior design students with scholarships and summer internships.

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Product Design Sophomore Wins NYCxDesign Student Design Award

May 21, 2019

Chloe Tolderlund, a sophomore in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design's Product Design program won the NYCxDesign Student Design Award at the 2019 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).

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Drexel Celebrates Collaborative Album Release, Rediscovered Group and the History of Philadelphia Soul

May 13, 2019
Upon the release of Nat Turner Rebellion’s debut album 50 years after its recording, Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and its MAD Dragon Music Group brought together the album’s many collaborators and the group’s sole-surviving member for an evening of celebration and remembrance.
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Westphal Dean Plays the Songs of His Life on the WKDU Airwaves

May 08, 2019
Dean Allen Sabinson of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design appeared on WKDU on May 2 to play some of the songs that have influenced his life.
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Drexel University Announces 2019 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients

May 08, 2019
The full lineup of speakers for this year’s commencement ceremonies contains a multitude of men and women from different industries with great accomplishments in their fields.
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