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Westphal begins work on ‘smart’ fabrics

The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design signed a $1 million agreement with knitting machine producer Shima Seiki USA in February in order to build a lab emphasizing the research and development of smart textiles, as announced Feb. 27 in a Drexel press release.Genevieve Dion, CoMAD’s fashion design program director, headed the agreement [...]

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Senior earns chance to display work

One Drexel graphic design senior was named a winner of the 2011 Best of Art in the Air award in December, and as a result, his motion video, “Color Philadelphia,” will be displayed on the PECO Crown Lights at 23rd and Market streets until early March. Peter Eyrich of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media [...]

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Senior-designed exhibit featured

A Drexel graphic design student designed the “Art Ignites Change” exhibit in the new public space at The Gallery at Market East, which officially opened Dec. 13. Randi Dean, a senior, created a timeline of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program from its inception in 1984 to its current state. Dean, along with 13 [...]

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Students aid Thai farmers

A group of interdisciplinary Drexel students recently visited Thailand for a two-week trip, where they worked with farmers in the Bo Klua region to improve rice planting techniques from June 14 to June 28. Three students and one adviser were part of the Thai Harvest Initiative, a group of six students from Drexel’s College of [...]

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Students design patch for final shuttle crew

Very few objects have ever been launched into space, but a few Drexel students will have the distinct experience of having their creations carried into orbit. A team of graphic design students has given the crew on the final space shuttle mission something that the astronauts will hold close to their hearts, literally, by designing [...]

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Is the SCDC fair for all majors?

Monika Julien Drexel University’s coveted Cooperative Education Program attracts many potential students each year. Attending a college where an internship is built directly into the curriculum for most majors not only enhances a student’s educational experience, it prepares him or her for life in the workforce. The Steinbright Career Development Center helps students secure co-ops [...]

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DART hosts panel of Urban Outfitters designers

Designers from Urban Outfitters visited Drexel May 18, serving as panelists in a discussion that encompassed various design departments ranging from store design to graphic design. The event, hosted by Drexel Art Organization, was open to students and took place in the Stein Auditorium in Nesbitt Hall. Approximately 75 attendees learned how designers with the [...]

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Faculty exhibit work at URBN

Over 130 works of art by over 60 Drexel faculty members are featured in the first ever college-wide faculty exhibition at the new gallery, the Urbn Center at 3401 Filbert Street from now until May 27. On Wednesday, April 20, an opening reception was held at the gallery. Coordinated by faculty of the Antoinette Westphal [...]

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Students plan 21st century Drexel

The Department of Architecture and Interiors hosted its fourth annual design charrette April 1-4 in collaboration with Goody Clancy, the architectural firm working on Drexel’s campus master plan. In previous years, the charrette — a design challenge completed by teams of students over the course of a weekend — has focused on off-campus scenarios including [...]

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