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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 a city-wide alien invasion of Philadelphia.

December 08, 2014

The ExCITe Center will be hosting several events to celebrate this year's . 

November 20, 2014

91��Ƭ��’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.

October 23, 2014

Lee Gutkind, “the ‘Godfather’ behind creative nonfiction” (Vanity Fair), will join 91��Ƭ�� on Monday, Nov. 3 from 2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. for a workshop and discussion to help faculty, students and other scholars, researchers and academics learn how to write about their research for a broad audience. The event aims to help those who have a passion to share their knowledge outside of the classroom, laboratory or institution to communicate their ideas to the public to advance knowledge and create new dialogue.

October 03, 2014

The Philadelphia Orchestra will be debuting its mobile application, LiveNote, this fall.

October 02, 2014

The Philadelphia Orchestra, in collaboration with engineers from 91��Ƭ��’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center, is launching a mobile app that will change the way audiences experience musical performances.

August 18, 2014

91��Ƭ��’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.

July 07, 2014

The annual Philadelphia Geek Awards have once again recognized the work of 91��Ƭ��’s faculty and students as some of the best examples of the city’s vibrant geek community over the past year.

June 24, 2014

Drexels Frank Lee 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.”

June 09, 2014

The ExCITe Center is pleased to welcome jazz musicologist Tad Shull on Monday, June 9.

May 31, 2014

This May, the ExCITe Center will be the proud host of the National Day of Civic Hacking

May 19, 2014

Tummy snugging maternity wear could soon be giving expecting parents peace of mind in addition to stylishly securing waistlines. Researchers at 91��Ƭ�� 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.

May 05, 2014

The ExCITe Center and 91��Ƭ��'s Department of Music welcome modern composer Pauline Oliveros on May 5th.

April 25, 2014

The ExCITe Center is proud to present two events at this year's Philly Science Festival on Sunday, April 27.

April 23, 2014

The press of a button triggering a chain reaction of more than 300 energy transfers will serve as the elaborate opening to the 2014 Philadelphia Science Festival. The harbinger of this year’s week of science excitement is a Rube Goldberg machine –a complex device designed to perform a simple task- built by Drexel engineering students with the goal of setting a world record.

April 21, 2014

Remix Interactive, a live orchestral performance featuring digitally remixed music and a high-tech light show created and produced by some of Philadelphia’s most talented high school students, will take place as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival on Sunday, April 27. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. at World Café Live (3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia).

April 09, 2014

Philadelphia’s newest shared workspace, the Innovation Center @3401, is accepting applications from tech startups and individuals who need office space and can benefit from a collaborative atmosphere.

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.

March 06, 2014

What does a machine with more than 400 steps look like? You can find out during the Philadelphia Science Festival.

February 13, 2014

, of the Shima Lab, earned first place in the Posters & Graphics category--as well as the People's Choice award--in the NSF's International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge for her entry, "Wearable Power."

February 06, 2014

The team of 91��Ƭ�� 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.

January 26, 2014

For a full 48 hours, from January 24th-26th, members of Drexel's International Game Developers Association hosted their own Global Game Jam. 17 students and Philadelphia locals came together over the weekend to develop games based on this year's theme: "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

January 07, 2014

While many college students are attached to their smartphones, students at 91��Ƭ�� are just as likely to be spending their screen time programming the next great app. Drexel students have already launched apps that help users explore museums, find scholarships or get involved on campus. Now, thanks to a generous gift from Bentley Systems, the University has established a dedicated space for app development.