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- April 29, 2026
- April 14, 2026
  91��Ƭ��’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is home to nationally ranked and internationally recognized programs across, design, media, entertainment, industry management and more.
- March 27, 2026
  Hosted by Westphal’s Associate Director of Communications and successful podcast producer Laurel Hostak Jones, Iterations features conversations with Drexel faculty, researchers, and community partners whose work bridges disciplines and demonstrates the impact of creative practice in addressing social and environmental issues.
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- November 06, 2025
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- October 03, 2025
  91��Ƭ�� architecture students and alumni have been recognized among the top innovators in the 2025 John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture Design Competition, a statewide challenge that has inspired generations of young architects for more than a century.
- June 10, 2025
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- May 05, 2025
  
  Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for our 2025 Commencement ceremony will be Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, and composer James Poyser.
- March 31, 2025
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
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- October 22, 2024
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- May 24, 2024
  Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is pleased to announce its keynote and student speakers for Commencement 2024.
- April 24, 2024
- April 17, 2024
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- March 12, 2024
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- March 12, 2024
  The Westphal Research Council is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Westphal Mini-Grants. In alignment with our strategic plan, Westphal for All, these grants reflect our strategy to provide resources for our faculty to pursue research, scholarship, and creative work that increases the impact of their work and the visibility of our college.
- February 26, 2024
  Today, we fondly remember and pay tribute to Emanuel Kelly, FAIA, a distinguished Philadelphia architect and founding partner of Kelly Maiello Architects, who passed away in January at the age of 80. He was not only a West Philadelphia native but also a graduate of 91��Ƭ��’s Part-time Evening Architecture Program. Throughout his life, he dedicated himself to architecture, education, leadership, and community advocacy, leaving an indelible mark on the city and our profession.
- February 13, 2024
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- November 14, 2023
  
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- November 10, 2023
  
  The Westphal Dean’s Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (IDEA), in partnership with the Westphal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council (DEIC), are pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural IDEA-Development, Education, and Cultivation (DEC) Mini-grants. These small seed grants, in amounts between $500-1000 support projects that develop, educate, and cultivate inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism in accordance with the College’s Strategic Plan.
- October 17, 2023
  
  We are excited to announce that 91��Ƭ��’s Bachelor’s of Architecture is among 22 programs from 14 institutions nationwide to receive a U.S. Department of Energy Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD). This designation recognizes college programs that prepare students for 21^stcentury clean energy buildings careers.
- October 17, 2023
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- May 15, 2023
  A record eleven faculty members of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design are recipients of the 2023 awards from the Office of Research & Innovation and Office of Faculty Advancement.
- May 09, 2023
  Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Commencement ceremony of 91��Ƭ��’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on Friday, June 16, 2023.
- April 18, 2023
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- April 13, 2023
  Five students from Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design are recognized among the Metropolis Future 100 for 2023. Congratulations to Ashaykeen Abedin (Architecture ’23), Zephyr Martin (Architecture ’23), Abrar Alahmadi (Interior Architecture & Design ’23), Afnan Bashaikh (Interior Architecture & Design ’23), and Olia Voronezhskaia (Interior Architecture & Design ’23)!
- March 15, 2023
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- March 06, 2023
  Westphal DEI is proud to honor 10 transformative, resilient, innovative, creative, entrepreneurial, and inspiring women to commemorate and celebrate the movement of all women towards equity, equality, and full agency.
- February 14, 2023
- February 09, 2023
  
  The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is excited to introduce our inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Francis Tanglao Aguas. Joining us from William & Mary College in Williamsburg, VA, Francis has already brought energy and ideas into our community as we strengthen a culture of belonging.
- February 02, 2023
  We, members of the Westphal community, with roots, family, friends, and colleagues in California or who belong to the Asian American Pacific Islander community, and the dance community share in the grief and pain suffered by our fellow humans in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.
- January 19, 2023
  David Codrington Hamme, a longtime member of the Architecture faculty, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2022, surrounded by his loving family after a battle with an extended illness.
- January 10, 2023
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
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- November 15, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- October 18, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- September 19, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- September 16, 2022
  Drexel's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design welcomes fourteen new faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. The incoming faculty represent programs across the College's departments, and come from impressive careers in the industry and higher education.
- August 23, 2022
  The spring 2022 recipient of the Raizman Award is Mark Brack, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism.
- August 01, 2022
  As part of their annual , has featured Drexel student work from graduate and undergraduate Interiors, as well as Architecture and Design Research.
- June 16, 2022
  Through the spring 2022 Aging & Design course, Drexel students worked side-by-side with, and cultivated empathy for, older adults in their communities. ��
- May 24, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- May 16, 2022
  Drexel’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is thrilled to announce it 2022 Commencement speakers.
- April 18, 2022
  
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- March 16, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- February 10, 2022
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- February 09, 2022
  It is with great sadness that we need to inform the Drexel Design community that Peter Arfaa has died. Peter Arfaa joined the Drexel Architecture faculty in 1972 and served there for 39 years, including 9 years as Department Head (1976-1985). In 1992 Peter and his wife Anne endowed The Farajollah & Maryam Badie Arfaa Lecture Series that was named in honor of Peter’s parents.
- January 11, 2022
  Wanda Dalla Costa AIA presented the winter Arfaa lecture entitled, “Indigenous Design: New Meaning, Methodologies and Responsibilities.”
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- December 07, 2021
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- September 16, 2021
  
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- September 01, 2021
  
  In summer term of 2021, eight undergraduate students from Westphal College of Media Arts & Design participated in Drexel’s STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholars Program through the Pennoni Honors College. The STAR Scholars Program enables a cohort of highly motivated early undergraduate students to engage in faculty-mentored research, scholarship, or creative work. This year’s STAR Scholars Summer Showcase featured in-person and virtual presentations from participating students.
- August 13, 2021
  
  Six faculty from Westphal College of Media Arts & Design are recipients of 2021 faculty research awards from the 91��Ƭ�� Office of Faculty Advancement. Funding from the Faculty Scholarly & Creative Activity Award and Summer Research Award support tenure/tenure track faculty development of research, scholarship, and creative activities.
- June 28, 2021
  
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- June 02, 2021
  
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments
- March 09, 2021
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- February 09, 2021
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- January 31, 2021
  Architectural Engineering '90 alumni, Robert Hutchinson, shares why his firm donated to the Hassan Ali Scholarship, a fund established in Ali's memory to benefit a matriculated minority student displaying the greatest promise in architecture.
- January 19, 2021
  Celebrate the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
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- November 17, 2020
  Westphal BRIDGE Scholars is a welcoming, inclusive learning community designed to enhance the success of underrepresented minority and first-generation college students. In its first year, the program welcomed seventeen students representing ten majors throughout Westphal.
- November 09, 2020
- October 30, 2020
  The Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is looking forward to welcoming many of our undergraduate students back in January, and we are working to ensure the safest and most engaging educational experience possible for our community, whether you are taking courses remotely or face-to-face.
- October 15, 2020
  
  Celebrate the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
- July 20, 2020
- May 19, 2020
  Long-standing Dean of the 91��Ƭ�� Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Allen Sabinson, reflects on his 15 years of leadership of one of the best Applied Art and Design schools in the nation.
- April 23, 2020
  
  In the Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism, exploration of space and materials are essential, so moving to an entirely virtual environment is, in the words of Interior Design Assistant Professor Frances Temple-West, “challenging yet oddly liberating. It has opened up new opportunities to learn about materials and materiality.”
- April 20, 2020
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- December 19, 2019
  
  It is with great sadness that we recognize the passing renowned professor Walter H. Moleski on November 30. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Walter first became interested in architecture as a child and he later graduated from the Tulane Architecture School in 1960. Returning to Philadelphia he worked for several architectural firms including Louis Sauer and GBQC before starting a partnership with George Manos.
- October 29, 2019
  
  The Interior Design and Architecture programs of Westphal College received commendation from highly respected DesignIntelligence. The publication surveyed 9,000 hiring professionals, 4,200 professional practice organizations, and over 6,000 students. This year’s rankings are for 12 different areas of focus, and Westphal is recognized in 11 of these 12 categories. Additionally, we are pleased to report that our Architecture program was ranked among the Most Admired Architecture programs in the nation.
- August 14, 2019
  The 2019 Design Research Symposium: Design For Living will take place on October 11, 2019 in the URBN Annex and URBN Center. This year’s symposium will examine health, urban living, and design through presentations, panel discussions, and a design sprint hosted by the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation.
- June 19, 2019
  
  The Consortium for Design and Education Outcomes (CDEO), a collaboration between 91��Ƭ�� and Perkins Eastman, won the prestigious Latrobe Prize, along with a $100,000 award
- March 11, 2019
  Over the past several years, the Department of Architecture, Design, and Urbanism and the Department of Design have hosted a series of weekend charrettes aimed at engaging students with the ways in which design can address both public space and community dynamics at a both local and global scales. This year, the Interdisciplinary Design Charrette, set to take place on April 12-15, 2019, will be led by Lim Hyeung-Nam and Roh Eun-Joo, partners in the award-winning design firm studio GAON.
- January 17, 2019
  
  Three alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design’s Architecture Program are appointees to the leadership of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Philadelphia and Pennsylvania chapters. The AIA advocates for the value of architecture and gives architects the resources they need to do their best work, driving positive change through the power of design. Founded in 1869, the AIA Philadelphia is among the oldest and most distinguished of AIA chapters, with a long history of service to members and the public.
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- August 14, 2018
  Architecture alumni and founding principal of architecture and interior design firm, , Kevin A. YODER, AIA, LEED AP, will be one of only eight American design professionals represented at the in Slovenia in August.
- August 10, 2018
- July 16, 2018
  
  Drexel Architecture 1997 alumni, Mark Kocent, AIA, AICP, has been appointed the University Architect for the University of Pennsylvania.
- May 25, 2018
  
  Current Architecture student, Matt who is finishing his fourth year in Drexel's 2+4 Architecture Program was recently featured on .
- April 24, 2018
  Westphal alumna Jennifer Shin (Architecture ’13) was named a in recognition of her potential to make significant contributions to American society, culture, and her academic field.
- April 20, 2018
  
  91��Ƭ�� Architecture '12 alumni Joshua T. Lessard was featured in .
- February 23, 2018
  
  Alexander Stadel, Adjunct Associate Professor for Architecture, named a 2018 Top Young Professional by Engineering News Record MidAtlantic.
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- December 19, 2017
  
  Do you have children, siblings, friends or peers interested in attending Westphal? Our Summer Programs are now enrolling High School students who want to get a head start on college studies.
- November 15, 2017
  The ArtistYear program provides a unique opportunity for Westphal students graduating this year and alumni up to the age of 28 to make a difference by creating unique arts programs and classes in nearby, underserved Philadelphia public schools.
- October 30, 2017
  just kicked off its inaugural Urban Innovation Summit, which runs through Wednesday, November 1 and addresses vexing urban challenges using real-world projects identified by Lindy’s very first class of .
- October 30, 2017
  
  BioDesign Challenge is a special topics course that will be offered this winter term and is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Participants will work towards a coveted spot in the annual , an annual competition held in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).
- October 11, 2017
  will host its inaugural Urban Innovation Summit from October 30th through November 1st. The Summit will address vexing urban challenges using real-world projects identified by Lindy’s first class of , and will showcase Drexel’s unique interdisciplinary approach to urban problem solving drawn from the talents of our faculty and students in the newly created (MSUS) program.
- September 27, 2017
  
  The , organized by the graduate program in , part of this year’s Intersections in Process, returns again this October with . The symposium features a day of free programming that explores the emerging field growing out of collaborations between artists, designers and interdisciplinary collaborators who push the boundaries of traditional disciplines unearthing solutions to practical and aesthetic problems through the mastery of new technologies and intensive research.��
- September 27, 2017
  
  From 1985 to this past summer, Susan S. Szenasy led Metropolis Magazine as editor in chief and publisher. Szenasy will kick off the 2017 ARFAA Lecture Series.
- March 31, 2017
  Craig Dykers and Elaine Molinar, Principals of , the award-winning, internationally renowned design firm, will kick off their weekend long Charrette with the public lecture, Habitat: Large & Small, as part of the 2017 Farajollah & Maryam Badie ARFAA Lecture series.
- March 13, 2017
  
  The 2017 Interdisciplinary Design weekend-long Charrette is just around the corner and will be led this year by principals of , the award-winning, internationally renowned design firm.��
- March 13, 2017
  
  Nicole Koltick is an Assistant Professor in and Director of the , where she leads graduate research groups in critical design practices and speculative proposals focused on three main areas of inquiry: tangible interaction in the built environment, the incorporation of novel advancements in science and computation into our built environments, and new models for ambient communication. We sat down with Nicole to learn more about her work, process and perspectives.
- March 01, 2017
  
  Our latest degree is the Urban Strategy Masters in Science, with classes beginning Fall 2017, a two-year interdisciplinary program focused on how the urban challenges of the 21st century can be addressed by incorporating approaches from the creative, economic, design, engineering, health and business sectors.
- February 13, 2017
  
  The Drexel Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism is pleased to announce an upcoming program with Florentine architect , international creator, city planner, designer, painter and writer, featuring a weekend worth of programming that includes an exhibition, lecture, reception and workshop through the generous support of the Good Idea Fund.
- February 13, 2017
  
  We're approaching the big moment we've been waiting for as Drexel's Tiny House reaches completion. Before our Tiny House moves to , where it will be utilized as a small education center, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the completed house during a reveal to the public on Wednesday, February 22 at 4PM in the URBN Center's parking lot.
- January 25, 2017
  Do you have siblings, friends or peers interested in attending Westphal? Our Summer Programs are now enrolling High School students who want to get a head start on college studies. The Westphal College offers intensive summer programs in a variety of subjects.
- January 10, 2017
  This February Alan Greenberger, Distinguished Teaching Professor, will take the reins as Department Head of the newly named Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism (formerly the Department of Architecture & Interiors).
- January 10, 2017
  Curious as to how design research can further your career goals? Join us on Wednesday, January 18th in URBN Room 239 from 6:30-8pm to learn more about our creative and innovative two-year .
- January 10, 2017
  
  Last year we told you about an Architecture & Interiors' course which was part of an initiative to build a for , a community organization that employs urban agriculture to cultivate food, community and entrepreneurship. The journey continues this term with an emphasis on completing the structure's interior. Be sure to stop by the corner of 36th & Filbert to see the house as it nears completion. ��
  
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- October 05, 2016
  
  On Thursday, October 13th, The Department of Architecture & Interiors’ Arfaa Lecture will feature Harris Steinberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Executive Director of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, and Gerard Sweeney, President of Brandywine Realty Trusts for a panel discussion entitled , focusing on the major development plans for West Philadelphia being led by Drexel in partnership with Brandywine.
- October 05, 2016
  
  On Friday, October 14th we’ll host the , a series of events that explore the emerging field growing out of the work of artists, designers and interdisciplinary collaborators whose investigations push the boundaries of traditional disciplines, requiring interdisciplinary approaches, the mastery of new technologies, and intensive research to unearth solutions to practical and aesthetic problems.
- October 05, 2016
  
  The highly respected , published by the Design Futures Council, has just released its ranking of top Interior Design schools for 2016-17.
- September 21, 2016
  For the academic year 2016-2017, we’re pleased to host six exciting residencies which will bring talented artists and designers to campus to teach, demonstrate, run charrettes and give public performances and lectures.
- August 04, 2016
  On Thursday, August 18th Architecture & Interiors Professor Alan Greenberger will present A Remembrance of the Work of Ronaldo Giurgola, the 1982 AIA Gold Medal Winner, World Citizen, and Humanist.
- June 06, 2016
  In the summer of 2015 a class of Drexel Architecture and Design students worked with Greensgrow to create and develop a plan for its new site at 51^st and Baltimore Avenue - with designs for a unique Solar Composting Toilet.
- June 06, 2016
  This summer students from the Architecture program will build a ‘Tiny House'.
- May 02, 2016
  
  A new collaboration between Drexel’s Center for Cultural Partnerships and the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) will have Westphal students in the graduate Arts Administration and Museum Leadership, and students from our Architecture and Interior Design programs working closely with the Museum.
- May 02, 2016
  
  Nurturing Emergent Synthetic Life (NESL), a 6-minute short film by Professor Nicole Koltick, Director of the Design Futures Lab, produced in collaboration collaboration with Film & Television Professor Jocelyn Tarquini-Motter and Dragon Productions,��will premiere on Wednesday, May 4^th at 6pm in the URBN Annex Screening Room.
- March 25, 2016
  
  A new intensive study abroad course
- March 09, 2016
  The students in our 17 undergraduate programs continuously produce wonderfully dynamic work that reflects their accomplished skills and creative vision of the world. We’re incredibly proud of what they achieve and we think you’ll enjoy this short video which showcases work from all of our programs.
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