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October 30, 2019
Among the top academic and research talent hired this year were faculty in new and developing fields that have the potential to impact mainstream industries.
October 29, 2019
91��Ƭ��’s Co-Op Theatre Company, as part of the it’s Mandell Professionals in Residence Project (MPiRP) and in partnership with Ignition Arts, presents the world premiere of the musical ALiEN8, written by David Lee White with music and lyrics by Kate Brennan. ALiEN8 runs November 14-24, 2019 in the Mandell Theater.
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.
October 22, 2019
October 14, 2019
Product Design junior Brandon Bauer presented the winning entry for the best potential sustainable delivery solution to Amtrak’s design charrette Food Delivery Design with Amtrak – Get Carried Away during the 2019 DesignPhiladelphia.
October 11, 2019
Nancy Volpe-Beringer, a 2016 alumna of Westphal’s graduate Fashion Design program, will join the cast of competing designers on the 18th season of Bravo’s Emmy-winning series Project Runway.
October 10, 2019
91��Ƭ�� researchers have figured out how to add more conductivity into functional fabric devices, by coating yarns with a two-dimensional carbon-based material called MXene, to make conductive threads. The group has developed a dip-coating method, similar to the dyeing process, that can produce a conductive yarn strong enough for use in industrial knitting machines and durable enough to make it through wash cycles without degrading.
October 10, 2019
Read all about the sponsored research, major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel — like the Dornsife School of Public Health’s Alex Ortega, PhD, who was awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study psychiatric and substance use disorders among island Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricane Maria.
October 09, 2019

91��Ƭ��’s Department of Performing Arts presents SUPPER, People on the Move! performed by the Cardell Dance Theater with choreography by Philadelphia-based artist Silvana Cardell. SUPPER will be performed from November 8-10 in Drexel’s URBN Center Annex Black Box Theater.
October 07, 2019
Three hundred and sixty six Drexel students moved into Bentley Hall, formerly Calhoun Hall, for the first time since 2015 after phase one renovations were made to the building itself.
October 02, 2019
Graphic Design ’17 alumna Kayla Velocci was awarded the , which celebrates Kayla as an emerging designer who is creating stellar work and breaking boundaries in Philadelphia’s design community.

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