2014

December
- Philly-Style 'War of the Worlds' in Line for Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Funding
  
  December 22, 2014
  The next act for the professor who put Pong and Tetris on Brandywine Realty Trust’s 29-story Cira Centre office building could be an alien invasion of Philadelphia. Drexel University’s Frank Lee, PhD, an associate professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, and Adrienne Mackey, an adjunct professor in the College and director of Swim Pony Performing Arts, have a vision of turning Philadelphia’s iconic spaces into a citywide videogame inspired by H.G. Wells’s science fiction classic, “War of the Worlds.”
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- Westphal College Receives Drexel’s Largest-Ever NEH Grant, Will Host First Summer Institute on the History of Design
  
  December 15, 2014
  A new summer institute at Drexel University will offer an intensive learning experience in the history of design in order to prepare educators to explore and teach the subject. The four-week institute, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) — the largest in Drexel’s history from the NEH — will be held at Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design from July 6-31.
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- Experts Discuss the Meaning of Ownership and Stewardship of Cultural Property at Drexel's Museum Summit
  
  December 04, 2014
  This December, Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, in association with its new graduate program in museum leadership, will host a two-day conference to discuss these questions and others that loom large in the museum world.
  
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- Chakaia Booker Exhibition
  
  December 04, 2014
  
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- Cultural Properties
  
  December 04, 2014
  
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- On the Next DNEWS
  
  December 04, 2014
  
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- Entrepreneurial Game Studio
  
  December 03, 2014
  
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- Faculty Spotlight: Jichen Zhu
  
  December 03, 2014
  
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- ScholarSip Event with Dr. Frank Lee
  
  December 03, 2014
  
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- Support Local and Student Artists with One-of-a-Kind Gifts from Drexel’s Holiday Pop-Up Shop
  
  December 01, 2014
  Shop for unique, personalized gifts for family and friends at the d&mShop, a retail laboratory run by the Design & Merchandising students within the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University. From jewelry to scarves to stationary, the shop features one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted items created, developed and/or selected by students, faculty, staff and alumni of Drexel University, as well as local artists and boutiques.
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November
- Drexel's Entrepreneurial Game Studio Gets Boost From State Economic Development Grant
  
  November 20, 2014
  Drexel University’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio (EGS) is on its way to becoming a proving ground for enterprising young game developers. As part of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the studio, which was founded about two years ago by Frank Lee, PhD, an associate professor in Westphal College, will take the next step toward becoming an educational business incubator for undergraduate students pursuing careers in game design.
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- Only Three Weeks Remain to See an Exhibition of Works by Beloved Late Philadelphia Artist Bill Walton at Drexel
  
  November 18, 2014
  Only three weeks remain to see Drexel University’s “Bill Walton, artist to artist,” exhibition, which was called “a particularly haunting and lovely tribute to Walton through some friends who knew him best” in a review by the Philadelphia Inquirer. The exhibition is currently on display in the URBN Center Annex’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St.), part of Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, through Friday, Dec. 5. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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- Fall Music Concert Series
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Faculty Spotlight: Andrea Modica
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Q&A with d&mShop Artist
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Honors for Graduate Interiors
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- University Orchestra Performs with David Kim
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- MadKo Fall Fest @ Kung Fu Necktie
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Luxe Redux: Back to the 80’s
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Save the Date: Charles Spencer
  
  November 17, 2014
  
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- Only Two Weeks Left to See “Blood Wedding” with Philadelphia Artists’ Collective at Drexel
  
  November 11, 2014
  Only two weeks remain to see a rare staging of Federico García Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” as the Philadelphia Artists' Collective (PAC) teams up with students from Drexel University’s Co-Op Theatre Company in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design to present the classic tragedy of revenge and deception. The show will run through Nov. 23 at Drexel’s Mandell Theater (3201 Chestnut St.).
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- Philadelphia Orchestra’s David Kim Joins Drexel University Orchestra for Concert
  
  November 11, 2014
  World-famous violinist and concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra David Kim will join the Drexel University Orchestra from Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design for a concert on Sunday, Nov. 23 in the Main Auditorium in Drexel’s Main Building (3141 Chestnut St.), beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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- Museum Leadership Conference
  
  November 06, 2014
  
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- DNEWS
  
  November 06, 2014
  
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- Poetry @ Pearlstein
  
  November 06, 2014
  
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- The Business of Recorded Music
  
  November 06, 2014
  
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- Refresh Philly Presents Kevin Hoffman
  
  November 06, 2014
  
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- White Towers Revisited
  
  November 05, 2014
  
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- Pioneering Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Coming to Drexel
  
  November 04, 2014
  
  Frederick Wiseman, the man who has held a mirror to American society and institutions through a prolific career in documentary film making, will hold a series of lectures and discussions about his art during a two-day residency at the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in November.
  
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- Frederick Wiseman in Residence
  
  November 04, 2014
  
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October
- The Barefoot Artist
  
  October 23, 2014
  
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- Digital Media Symposium
  
  October 22, 2014
  
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- Film Fest: Ballet 442
  
  October 22, 2014
  
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- CAFA at Drexel
  
  October 22, 2014
  
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- Ciao, Philadelphia
  
  October 22, 2014
  
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- UX Designer Jared Spool
  
  October 22, 2014
  
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- Philadelphia Orchestra’s David Kim Joins Drexel University Orchestra for Master Class and Concert
  
  October 21, 2014
  
  World-famous violinist and concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra David Kim will join the Drexel University Orchestra from Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design this fall for a master class and concert.
  
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- BLOOD WEDDING
  
  October 21, 2014
  
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- Violin Virtuoso David Kim
  
  October 21, 2014
  
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- Frederick Wiseman: Chronicler of America
  
  October 21, 2014
  
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- Arrested Development
  
  October 21, 2014
  
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- Drexel’s UN Ambassador
  
  October 21, 2014
  
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- Perils & Promises of Design
  
  October 17, 2014
  
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- Eiko Otake Dance Lecture
  
  October 16, 2014
  
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- Images of Lost Philadelphia
  
  October 14, 2014
  
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- New Minors
  
  October 14, 2014
  
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- Drexel and Philadelphia Artists’ Collective Team Up to Present Classic Spanish Tragedy “Blood Wedding”
  
  October 09, 2014
  A lover awaits. A bride runs away. A celebration becomes a nightmare. Federico García Lorca’s “Blood Wedding” will have a rare staging in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Artists' Collective (The PAC) teams up with students from Drexel University’s Co-Op Theatre Company in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design to present the classic tragedy of revenge and deception. The show will run from Nov. 6 – 23 at Drexel’s Mandell Theater (3201 Chestnut St.).
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- ARFAA LECTURE SERIES 2014-2015
  
  October 09, 2014
  
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- "A Peek Behind the Curtain"
  
  October 08, 2014
  
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- Cultural Exchange with Tamagawa University
  
  October 08, 2014
  
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- Global Architecture Brigades
  
  October 08, 2014
  
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- ‘War of the Worlds’ Opens at Drexel on Halloween Night, Free Admission for those in Costume
  
  October 06, 2014
  This Halloween night, the Drexel Co-op Theatre Company in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will open its version of “War of the Worlds” at the URBN Center Annex’s Black Box Theater (3401 Filbert St.). The show will run from Oct. 30 – Nov. 2. On opening night – Halloween, Oct. 31 – attendees who come dressed in costume will receive free admission.
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- Meet the Man Behind the Bluths
  
  October 03, 2014
  
  Mitchell Hurwitz, creator of the award-winning sitcom “Arrested Development” will be at Drexel University on Tuesday, Oct. 21 for a far-ranging conversation about the iconic show, his career as a successful writer/producer and a look ahead to the future of television.
  
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September
- Designing Science
  
  September 29, 2014
  
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- Italy Comes to Philly with “Men of the Cloth” Film Screening and Italian Footwear Event at Drexel
  
  September 26, 2014
  Italian fashion and culture descend on Philadelphia this October, with two events hosted by Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design – a screening of a new documentary on Italian master tailors on Oct. 2 and a seminar on the rich history of Italian footwear on Oct. 15. The events are part of Ciao Philadelphia, a month-long celebration of Italian arts, culture and industry, organized by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia.
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- Welcome from the Dean
  
  September 25, 2014
  
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- Drexel Helps Launch New Tool that Creates Free Audio Tours for Museums
  
  September 23, 2014
  CultureSpots, a new mobile tool, eliminates barriers for small to mid-size museums and galleries that want to provide their visitors with a mobile audio tour experience. The free audio tour platform was created by Cliff Stevens, a local technology entrepreneur, whose goal was to make art and culture more engaging and accessible. The CultureSpots.com website will be live on Oct. 1, with an official launch event and demonstration on Oct. 22 held at Drexel University.
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- Harris Steinberg Joins Drexel
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Closing reception for Jeremy Holmes show in Pearlstein Gallery
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Bill Walton Exhibition
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Noted Landscape Architect Laurie Olin
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- A Fragile Ecosystem
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Welcome from the Dean
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Fox Costume Collection: In All Its Glory
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Faculty Promotions
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- DesignPhiladelphia & Men of the Cloth
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Guinness World Record
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- War Of The Worlds
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Organizational Changes
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Off Campus Hat Trick
  
  September 22, 2014
  
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- Drexel Exhibits Works by Beloved Late Philadelphia Artist Bill Walton, Shared by Fellow Artists
  
  September 15, 2014
  
  “Bill Walton, artist to artist” will be on display in the URBN Center Annex’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St.) of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design from Tuesday, Oct. 7 to Friday, Dec. 5. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  
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- Research on the Runway: Drexel Fashion Designers Team Up with Scientists for Descience Competition
  
  September 09, 2014
  
  Eight students and alumni from Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design are among 61 fashion designers who were chosen to participate in the first-ever Descience Fashion Competition. The national competition matches designers with scientists to create garments that reflect scientific advances. The competition will culminate with a fashion show featuring the collaborative creations at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, Sept. 29.
  
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August
- Why Aren’t Artists Transforming Mantua and Powelton the Way They Did Fishtown or Northern Liberties?
  
  August 21, 2014
  A surprisingly high concentration of established artists live in the Mantua, Powelton Village and West Powelton neighborhoods of West Philadelphia, according to a new study by a team of faculty and students from Drexel University. So why aren’t artists transforming those neighborhoods the way they did Fishtown or Northern Liberties? A number of reasons, according to the report, which outlines the challenges faced by artists and organizations in the area, including low public investment, the lack of a support network, a need for stronger connections between artists and the community and a lack of centralized communications efforts. The report also outlines proposed action steps to address these challenges.
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- How Drexel’s Pilates Director Was At Work 10 Days After Giving Birth
  
  August 20, 2014
  Just 10 days after giving birth to a baby girl, dancer and Pilates instructor Jennifer Morley took on a full-time position as director of the Drexel Pilates Program and assistant teaching professor of dance. How did she do it? Her own Pilates exercises were the key, she said.
  
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- Genevieve Dion Named 'Scientist of the Year' at 2014 Philadelphia Geek Awards
  
  August 18, 2014
  Drexel University’s Genevieve Dion, an associate professor in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was named “Scientist of the Year” at the 2014 Philadelphia Geek Awards in recognition of her groundbreaking work in developing wearable technology.
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- Convergence Review
  
  August 08, 2014
  
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July
- Installation Artist Jeremy Holmes Makes Philadelphia Debut with his Largest Abstract Wood Sculpture Yet
  
  July 21, 2014
  A massive ribbon-like wood sculpture by installation artist Jeremy Holmes will be on display from Wednesday, Aug. 6 – Sunday, Sept. 28 as part of an exhibition designed by the artist specifically for Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery. While Holmes’ site-specific bent wood installations generally vary in length from 12 feet to a quarter-mile long, this will be his largest installation yet. The exhibition, entitled ‘Convergence,’ marks Holmes’ Philadelphia debut.
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- Drexel Faculty, Students Among Nominees For 2014 Philadelphia Geek Awards
  
  July 07, 2014
  
  The annual Philadelphia Geek Awards have once again recognized the work of Drexel University’s faculty and students as some of the best examples of the city’s vibrant geek community over the past year.
  
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- Bulletin-Board Poster Leads to International Opportunity of a Lifetime for Grad Student
  
  July 02, 2014
  Countless posters and fliers cover bulletin boards across Drexel’s campus. Kaila Taylor admits she rarely glances at the board in her department. But one day she did, and it led to a life-changing experience.
  
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June
- Cira Tetris Game Sets Guinness World Record
  
  June 24, 2014
  Drexel University’s Frank Lee, PhD, has officially outdone himself. The man behind this spring’s giant game of Tetris® --played on the north and south sides of Brandywine Realty Trust’s Cira Centre skyscraper-- replaced his own name in the Guinness World Records ledger as the creator of the world’s “largest architectural videogame display.”
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- Graduating Seniors Win Awards in Architecture
  
  June 17, 2014
  
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- New Date to Celebrate Fox Historic Costume Collection
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- New d&m Magazine
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- Senior Shows
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- Westphal in Los Angeles
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- On the Next DNEWS…
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- Architectural Ark
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- D&M and Fashion Garner Top National Rankings
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- BattleFest Strikes Back
  
  June 05, 2014
  
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- Students Produce Lauren Weedman’s Show
  
  June 04, 2014
  
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- Smart Belly Band
  
  June 04, 2014
  
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- Eight Drexel Faculty Earn Promotions to Full Professor
  
  June 02, 2014
  
  Eight Drexel faculty members will be promoted to full professor effective Sept. 1. And with expertise ranging from architecture to photography, research covering everything from overeating to solar energy and international connections stretching to India, Japan, Ireland and beyond, they’re a diverse group.
  
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May
- Bon Voyage, Seniors
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Commencement
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- BattleFest Strikes Back
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Graphic Design
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Interior Design
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Digital Media
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Film & Video
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Spring Music Series
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Graphic Design Senior Show
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Photography
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Product Design
  
  May 27, 2014
  
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- Drexel Students Offered Fulbright Grants
  
  May 22, 2014
  For the second consecutive year a record-breaking seven Drexel students and alumni have been offered study and research grants by the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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- Drexel Announces 2014 Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 22, 2014
  
  More than 5,000 students will graduate from Drexel University at its 127th Commencement on June 13 and 14 in five separate ceremonies. Drexel will award 20 honorary degrees to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields including NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, legendary architect Robert A.M. Stern and MIT professor Robert Langer—the most cited engineer in history.
  
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- 2014 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture + Fundraiser - Steven Holl, Faia
  
  May 20, 2014
  
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- Drexel Researchers Develop Smart Fabric Belly Band
  
  May 19, 2014
  
  Tummy snugging maternity wear could soon be giving expecting parents peace of mind in addition to stylishly securing waistlines. Researchers at Drexel University are combining fashion design with wireless technology to produce a belly band that will be able to monitor uterine contractions and fetal heart rate in real time.
  
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- Drexel Dance in Philadelphia Schools
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Anita Hill Documentary
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Award-winning Business Plans
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Rankin Artist Residency: Lucretia Knapp
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Tenure and Promotion
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Council of Fashion Design’s Top Student Honors
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- 2014 Fashion Show
  
  May 16, 2014
  
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- Connecting: Makers
  
  May 15, 2014
  
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- Dan Etheridge Rankin Scholar in Residence
  
  May 14, 2014
  This May students in The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will have the opportunity to study under one of the more innovative producers in television and film today. Dan Etheridge, Los Angeles-based producer most recently esteemed for turning out the Veronica Mars series and movie, will serve as one of Drexel University’s 2014 Rankin Scholars in Residence.
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- Senior Designs Hit the Runway at Drexel’s Annual Fashion Show, June 7
  
  May 13, 2014
  With influences ranging from a rainy night in Paris to art nouveau and marine life, the collections of 32 graduating fashion design students will hit the runway at the Drexel University’s Annual Senior Fashion Show on Saturday, June 7, presented by the Fashion Design and Design & Merchandising programs in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
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- Last Chance to See 2014 World Press Photo Exhibition at Drexel
  
  May 09, 2014
  
  "Powerful images of conflict, hope and daily life” (Associated Press) are currently on display as part of an exhibition of nearly 150 prize-winning photos from the 57th Annual World Press Photo competition, the world’s largest and most prestigious annual international press photography contest, which made its United States debut at Drexel University.
  
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- Interior Design alumni nominated for Rising Star Award
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Jocelyn Tarquini-Motter; published
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Genevieve Dion named one of 100 Most Creative People in Business 2014
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Hunter Snyder receives Fulbright Scholarship and named NatGeo Young Explorer
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Julia Cybularz delivered TEDx talk
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Kyle Jackson’s play accepted into Fresh Fruit Festival
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Jon Wolf received Webby Award
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- The 8^th issue of the Journal of Retail Culture and Image
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Dr. Andrew Zitcer included in an Al Jazeera America story
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Drexel Dance students’ culmination performance with HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Derek Gillman at the First All Art and Cultural Heritage Law Conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Diana Nicholas at Environmental Design Research Association conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Findlay Zotter accepted into Assistant Director Trainee program
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Three Graphic Design USA Awards received
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Dr. Joe Hancock appointed Executive Director
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Elizabeth Pollack; Best Play
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Product Design inaugural senior show
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Ricardo Torres honored
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Nick Cassway on WHYY
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Osman Cueto received substantial news coverage for asthma inhaler
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Sonic Signatures Symposium
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Yvonne Leach at National Conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Rosemary Murphy; work for AIGA Centennial Celebration
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- The Cleftomaniacs release their first album
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Mark Christopher to write period thriller
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Maureen McMenamin receives First Place
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Linda Kim named Visual History Archive Teaching Fellow
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Macy’s CEO visit to Westphal
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Neiman Marcus SVP's visit to Westphal
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Nerscholar
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Charles Morscheck at Milan conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- MSR received award for URBN Center
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Major grant from City of Philadelphia
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Call Michaelides received the Charles Evans Scholarship
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Cathy Hernandez appointed the Executive Director
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Anne Cecil at National Conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- EAM hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- David Deneen received Best Makeup Award
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Dr. David Raizman at the Tsinghua University in Beijing
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Milanese terracotta sculpture
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Claire Owen’s work featured in traveling exhibition
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Anda Dubinskis exhibited works
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Andrea Modica’s work exhibited
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- AIAS silent auction
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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- Alphonso McClendon at National Conference
  
  May 01, 2014
  
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April
- Veronica Mars Producer
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- The Agency Group
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Spring Dance Concerts
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Westphal's First IMLS Grant
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Macy's Chief Executive
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Birds of Luxury
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Event Review: Alan Brown Residency
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Julie Van Blarcom
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Celebrating Drexel Historic Costume Collection’s New Name
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Driving Autism Awareness
  
  April 30, 2014
  
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- Seniors from Drexel’s Inaugural Product Design Class Create Prototypes that Solve Real-World Problems
  
  April 28, 2014
  The first graduating class of product design majors in Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will display their final projects as part of the program’s senior show on May 30.
  
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- Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren to Receive Westphal Award at Drexel
  
  April 24, 2014
  Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren will join Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on May 28 as the recipient of the third annual Westphal Award and the 2014 Design & Merchandising Distinguished Speaker.
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- Nearly Two Years After His Death, Drexel Band Director's Performance Coming to Life
  
  April 21, 2014
  
  Several years ago, Mike Moss, PhD, and Nick Anselmo shared an idea: a production of Cole Porter’s musical “Kiss Me, Kate,” that could bring together the different programs within Drexel’s Department of Performing Arts. Tragically, Moss passed away before the idea could come to fruition. But now the show will go on.
  
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- Giant Tetris
  
  April 21, 2014
  
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- Coffee & Jazz
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Alumni Weekend
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Summer Program for Budding Entrepreneurs
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- On the Next DNews…
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Kiss Me, Kate
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Crimes of the Heart
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Style Icon: Grace Kelly
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Stage & Screen with Doug Wright
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Research Day 2014
  
  April 18, 2014
  
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- Philadelphia Style Icon Grace Kelly Gets a Close-Up at Drexel’s “Style Saturday” Event
  
  April 17, 2014
  Beloved Philadelphia native and fashion icon Grace Kelly’s star-powered style will captivate audiences once again on Mother’s Day weekend at Drexel University’s “Style Saturday” event, hosted by the recently renamed Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection.
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- Dance as a Healing Art: Performance Pairs Drexel Dance Majors with Local Students with Cerebral Palsy
  
  April 15, 2014
  
  Haley Robinson has spent every Tuesday evening over the past six months dancing with William “Billy” Geilfuss. Although Billy isn’t able to say hello or wave to her – in the traditional sense – when she arrives, she can sense his excitement in the way his face lights up. Billy is a non-verbal high school student with cerebral palsy who was paired with Haley as part of a partnership between Drexel University’s dance program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy in University City.
  
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- Architecture student Katrina Conners, part of Drexel Design Team, wins Most Innovative Design Award
  
  April 15, 2014
  
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- Research Day 1st prize winner – James Lee
  
  April 13, 2014
  
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- Nina Rappaport: Deep Decoration/New Structural Design
  
  April 10, 2014
  
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- Co-op Puts Student on the Scene at Philly's Biggest Entertainment Events
  
  April 07, 2014
  If there’s a high-profile entertainment event in Philadelphia, Brett Axler will probably be there.
  
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- U.S. Debut of 2014 World Press Photo Exhibition
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Sony Student Ambassador
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- ARFAA Lecture: Nina Rappaport
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Delivering Smiles with ConKerr
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Noted Arts Researcher Alan Brown
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Neiman Marcus' Ken Downing
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Illustrating with Ink
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Robert & Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection
  
  April 04, 2014
  
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- Architecture Alums Featured in Drexel Magazine's 'Forty Under Forty'
  
  April 03, 2014
  
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- 2014 World Press Photo Exhibition Makes U.S. Debut at Drexel
  
  April 02, 2014
  
  An exhibition of 143 of the prize-winning photos from the 57th Annual World Press Photo competition, the world’s largest and most prestigious annual international press photography contest, will makes its U.S. debut at Drexel University from Wednesday, April 30– Wednesday, May 21.
  
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- Dr. Danielle Rice presented a Signature Event
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Yuxing Zhang receives Cooperative Education Award
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Bruce Pollock in Schmidt Dean Gallery exhibition
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Global Fashion Brands: Style, Luxury & History
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Dr. Jichen Zhu presented at International Conference
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Dr. Frank Lee’s Tetris on the Cira Center
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Arts Advocacy Day 2014 in DC
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Andrea Modica’s work exhibited
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Ada Tremonte book review in Excellence in Higher Education Journal
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Product Design students presented to top firms
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Neville Vakharia, Philly Tech Week panelist
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Net Awards 2014
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Toby Seay and Ryan Schwabe in the annual Grammys on the Hill Advocacy Day
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Film & Video students produce “The Goodness Project”
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Kristy Jost receives international award from National Science Foundation
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Jen Blazina work exhibited
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Graphic Design included in GDUSA’s Highest Honors
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Genevieve Dion presented at TEDx Philadelphia
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Katrina Connors and Drexel Engineering students won Most Innovative Project Award
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Michael Glaser in the film Connecting: Makers
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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- Mark Stockton solo exhibition
  
  April 01, 2014
  
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March
- Towering Game of 'Tetris' Highlights Drexel Involvement in Philly Tech Week
  
  March 31, 2014
  See how you can have a chance to take part in the 29-story Cira Centre "Tetris" game, and get a preview of Drexel-related Philly Tech Week events.
  
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- Drexel Historic Costume Collection Receives $1 Million Gift from Robert and Penny Fox
  
  March 26, 2014
  
  Drexel University’s museum-quality collection of more than 12,000 garments, textiles and accessories has been renamed The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection in recognition of a $1 million commitment from Robert (Hon. ’13) and Penny Fox (Hon.’13). A ribbon-cutting event and reception will take place in early May.
  
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- Artist Timmy Graham, “Father of The Fourth Dimension,” Opens Solo Exhibit at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery
  
  March 24, 2014
  
  Philadelphia-born artist Timmy Graham will have his first solo exhibition from Tuesday, April 1 – Sunday, April 20 at Drexel University. The exhibition, which is hosted by Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, will be on display in the URBN Center Annex’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St.). The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  
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- World Premiere: Kun-Yang Lins’ Be/Longing
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- First Pong, Now Tetris
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Performance Charrette
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Drexel Garners Top Gaming Rankings from The Princeton Review
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Cycles of the Future
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Battlefest is Coming
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Graphic Design Students Celebrate Pennsylvania Ballet
  
  March 21, 2014
  
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- Neiman Marcus' Fashion Director Ken Downing Talks Spring Trends, Critiques Student Designs at Drexel
  
  March 19, 2014
  
  Fashion visionary Ken Downing, fashion director and senior vice president for American luxury department store Neiman Marcus, will join Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on Friday, April 11, for a day of conversation about spring trends and the future of fashion. Downing received the second annual Westphal Award in 2013.
  
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- Professor's Towering Game of 'Tetris' to Link City For Philly Tech Week
  
  March 11, 2014
  
  In a follow-up to the world record-setting game of Pong that kicked off Philly Tech Week in historic fashion last year, Drexel’s Frank Lee, PhD, founder of Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio is planning an even bigger feat of video game hacking for the opening of this year’s celebration on April 4. A two-sided game of "Tetris," occupying more than 100,000 square feet of Brandywine Realty Trust’s 29-story Cira Centre, will give players a chance to square off from opposite sides of the city.
  
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- Philadelphia Inquirer Reviews "Raw to Refined" Exhibit
  
  March 10, 2014
  
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- Tri-State Sustainability Symposium
  
  March 07, 2014
  
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- Meet Our 2014 Macy's Fashion Incubator Designer-in-Residence
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Philadelphia Flamenco Festival Kicks Off at Drexel
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Creating a Perfect Place to Play
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Performance Charrette Interwoven
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Westphal Students Participate in First Ever Fashion "Descience" Competition
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Participate in Drexel's Research Day 2014
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Timmy Graham: Art from the Fourth Dimension
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Graduate TV Management Program to Launch Online
  
  March 05, 2014
  
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- Graduate Seminar Series at Cornell
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Plinth Magazine’s Museum of the Month
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Philadelphia Flamenco Festival 2014
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Architecture student served as NAAB rep
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- MacDowell Colony
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Television Management students at Drexel’s Student Conference on Global Challenges
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Music Industry alum Kim Kelly publishes article in the Atlantic
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Window Concepts for the Penn Book Center
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Washington D.C. Tour
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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- Faculty in the News: Sherman Aronson
  
  March 01, 2014
  
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February
- STUDY TOURS DOMESTIC & ABROAD 2014
  
  February 20, 2014
  
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- Graphic Design Seniors Named GD USA "Students to Watch"
  
  February 20, 2014
  
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- An Iconic U.S. Passenger Ship in 3D
  
  February 20, 2014
  
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- New Minor Lets Students Chart Their Own Path, Solve Urban Problems With Technology
  
  February 19, 2014
  Drexel students now have the opportunity to tackle the issues of modern urban living using their research ideas, as part of their course of study.
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- Ed Hooks: Acting for Animation
  
  February 19, 2014
  
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- Philadelphia’s Geek Scene = Drexel Hands down!
  
  February 19, 2014
  
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- MSNBC Mastermind Phil Griffin
  
  February 19, 2014
  
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- Explore Florals in Fashion at the Drexel Historic Costume Collection’s “Style Saturday” Event
  
  February 11, 2014
  
  Fashion journalists heralded the return of floral prints and motifs for spring 2014 – but did they ever really go away? From the rococo rose to the pop art daisy, floral motifs have been a perennial favorite. On March 8, Drexel University’s Historic Costume Collection, a treasure trove of textiles and garments spanning more than 200 years, is once again opening its doors to the public with “In Bloom: The Fashion for Florals,” the next installment in a series of quarterly events which include an educational seminar on a particular aspect of fashion history and a specialized viewing of the collection.
  
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- AAGA's 11th Annual Art Auction
  
  February 10, 2014
  
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- Wearable Power Poster Wins NSF Visualization Challenge
  
  February 07, 2014
  
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- On the Next DNEWS...
  
  February 07, 2014
  
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- How-To Meets High-Tech In Drexel Engineers' Award-Winning Graphic
  
  February 06, 2014
  The team of Drexel University engineers who came up with a way to knit an energy storage device have now been recognized by the National Science Foundation for their skill in showing how they did it.
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- Have You Been Accepted to Westphal?
  
  February 06, 2014
  
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- Flamenco Superstars Israel and Pastora Galvan Will Perform at Drexel as Part of 2014 Philadelphia Flamenco Festival
  
  February 05, 2014
  Internationally renowned flamenco superstars Israel Galvan and Pastora Galvan will make their Philadelphia debut at Drexel University from Thursday – Sunday, March 13 – 16, as part of the 2014 Philadelphia Flamenco Festival.
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- Drexel and Swim Pony Take Theater to the Streets with “Welcome to Campus” Show
  
  February 05, 2014
  
  Most college tours will show you the dorms, the dining hall, the library – but what if a tour could give you a glimpse of what college is really like? Of the excitement, heartbreak and soul-searching that actually goes on during those life-changing years? “Welcome to Campus: Not Your Ordinary College Tour,” a co-production by Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and Philadelphia’s avant-garde Swim Pony Performing Arts theater company, brings those highs and lows of young adulthood to life through an interactive theatrical tour experience.
  
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- Fashion Alumna Annina King Dresses NBC's Jill Martin
  
  February 05, 2014
  
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- AIAS Beaux Arts Ball Feb. 21
  
  February 05, 2014
  
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- Architecture Students Display Work at Degrees of Design
  
  February 04, 2014
  
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- d&mShop's Valentine's Day Pop-Up!
  
  February 04, 2014
  
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- Award-Winning Quilt Artist Victoria Findlay Wolfe (Feb. 28)
  
  February 04, 2014
  
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- Theatre by the Book: Jane Jones
  
  February 03, 2014
  
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- An Evening of 16th Century Fun
  
  February 03, 2014
  
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- Andy Paige: Fabulously Frugal
  
  February 03, 2014
  
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- Flamenco’s Greatest Dancers at Drexel
  
  February 03, 2014
  
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January
- A Sales Tax for the Arts in Philadelphia? Grad Student's Thesis Proposes One
  
  January 31, 2014
  The arts brought Lindsay Crane to Philadelphia, and she believes they can bring other people, too. That's why her master's thesis proposed a city sales tax to fund them.
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- Robert Torres: Game Changers in Education
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Winter Music Ensemble Performances
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Samba and Study in Brazil
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Welcome to Campus: Not Your Ordinary College Tour
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Sebastian Rich: Bullets to Ballet
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Winter Dance Concerts
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Inclusive Fashion Design with Bonnie Mackay
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Bill Fennelly's Award-Winning Year of Theatre
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- Ardmore’s Music Hall Revival
  
  January 19, 2014
  
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- 2014 Oscar Contenders
  
  January 17, 2014
  
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- Former MoMA, Bloomingdales Executive Bonnie Mackay to Discuss Diversity and Inclusion in Fashion Design
  
  January 16, 2014
  Bonnie Mackay, former marketing director at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and fashion director at Bloomingdales, will join Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. for a discussion about diversity and inclusion in fashion, product design and brand development. The presentation will be held in the URBN Annex Screening Room (3401 Filbert St.). It is free and open to the public.
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- Bullets to Ballet: Veteran Combat Photographer’s Dance Photos on Display at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival
  
  January 13, 2014
  
  After 30 years of filming and photographing the world’s most violent wars and conflicts, award-winning British combat photographer Sebastian Rich turned his lens to something more beautiful but no less powerful – the world of dance. From Sunday, Jan. 26 – Saturday, Feb. 8, an exhibit of Rich’s dance photographs will be on display as part of the 42nd annual Dance on Camera Film Festival, part of the Lincoln Center Film Festival. Following the Dance on Camera festival, “Bullets to Ballet” will come to Drexel’s URBN Center Lobby from Feb. 10 – Feb. 21.
  
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- Architecture and Energy Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania
  
  January 09, 2014
  
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- MARGUERITE RODGERS AND JAMES TIMBERLAKE - IN CONVERSATION
  
  January 09, 2014
  
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- Raw to Refined: A New Art Exhibition Puts Unconventional Materials on Display at Drexel
  
  January 07, 2014
  
  “Raw to Refined: String, Tape, Sponges and Vinyl,” a new exhibition of artwork created with unconventional materials, will open at Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St.) on Tuesday, Jan. 14 and run through Friday, March 21. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  
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- Theatre Program's New Works Festival: Welcome to Campus
  
  January 07, 2014
  
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