Drexel University announced today that it has been awarded a $360,500 grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center), that will be used to help the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel elevate diverse voices from across Philadelphia through immersive community storytelling and a podcast series that will reintroduce the diverse histories and experiences of Philadelphians.
With its inaugural exhibition of the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University this summer, Seeing Philadelphia, Drexel will offer the public its first in-person glimpse of materials from the Collection since becoming its steward.
Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
Made to Measure: The URBN x Drexel Apprenticeship Program consists of a customized curriculum combining fashion design coursework at Drexel with mentorship and on-the-job training at URBN. URBN and Drexel are covering the cost of tuition and room and board with the goal of making careers in fashion design more accessible.
The Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture and humanities. The $500,000 grant will provide funding for UnMapping: A Project of Radical Textual Geographies. The project aims to bring the literary and broader humanities imagination to bear on urgent issues of social justice in the West Philadelphia community and beyond.
Present Tense: Drexel Art Now will focus on the personal studio work of 18 members of Westphal College’s faculty and staff. Forty artworks in total will be on display.
The Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University has received a $1 million gift from Stephen A. Sheller, Esq, and Sandra Sheller to establish an endowment that will permanently fund and expand an initiative that was created in 2019 to prepare undergraduate students and working professionals, from backgrounds typically underrepresented in the legal field, to study and practice law.
Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law has created a new undergraduate major in law to equip graduates with the knowledge to deal effectively with the legal rules that shape our lives, whether they encounter those in business or the arts, health care or public life.
The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection of Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is presenting an exhibition highlighting the influence of Chinese design throughout fashion history, including Western interpretations and imitations, known as “chinoiserie.” The exhibition Chasing the Dragon: China in the Western Imagination, running from October through December 2023, will open a conversation around cultural appropriation in historic fashion. The exhibit not only highlights the impact of stereotypes in fashion and arts, but also centers diverse voices from the Drexel community to highlight Asian American perspectives on reclamation.
Second Story Collective, a collaborative venture of Drexel’s Writers Room, announced today that its Placekeeping project has received a $1 million Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Stage 2 Award from the National Science Foundation—in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Drexel University announced today that it has been awarded a $360,500 grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center), that will be used to help the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel elevate diverse voices from across Philadelphia through immersive community storytelling and a podcast series that will reintroduce the diverse histories and experiences of Philadelphians.
Original posters, photographs and concert apparel help set the stage for Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory, an exhibit at Drexel University highlighting iconic images and objects from events at Philadelphia’s well-known music venue, Electric Factory, and the shows that Electric Factory Concerts mounted, which helped shape generations of music tastes and today’s concert experience.
With its inaugural exhibition of the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University this summer, Seeing Philadelphia, Drexel will offer the public its first in-person glimpse of materials from the Collection since becoming its steward.
Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high temperatures.
The Honorable Fabiana Pierre-Louis, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, will address 2023 graduates of the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law at commencement on Wednesday, May 17, at the Kimmel Cultural Campus (300 S. Broad Street).
Drexel University’s Environmental Collaboratory received a Climate Hubs Learning Partner grant from the Waverly Street Foundation to support its work in community-based climate solutions. The $2 million grant will fund resources to bring together faculty, professional staff, students, industry partners and the public sector to pursue transdisciplinary, community-driven solutions to environmental problems.
