As the stars of the music industry take center stage this Sunday to accept their gilded gramophones at the Grammy Awards, among the long list of “thank-you”s are likely to be a pair of Dragons […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Going Camping…On a Movie Set? Cast and Crew of Drexel Prof’s New Movie Found Out What It’s Like
A rainstorm, a mudslide, flooding, a stinkbug infestation and a swarm of cicada killer wasps- sounds like things you’d find on the set of the new “Hunger Games” movie, but these natural co-stars actually played […]
Resurrecting the Art of the Mixtape
Twenty years ago, cassette tapes were being replaced by CDs, Drexel’s student-run radio station WKDU 91.7 FM released its last compilation album and some Drexel University students weren’t even born. Now, the student organization will […]
Curiosity Created the Exhibit
“Cabinet of Curiosity: Drexel’s Rare and Unusual Collections” marks the first time in Drexel history that an art exhibit has featured the skull of conjoined calves, a 19th century medical amputation kit and a silver […]
New Exhibit Shows Scars – Both Visible and Invisible – of War
We’ve all heard stories of battles that soldiers have fought on the front lines. But what about the battles they face when they return home? A new exhibit which goes on display at Drexel University […]
Contemporary Chinese Artwork on Display at Drexel as Part of Cultural Exchange
Paintings, prints, sculptures and video installations from 23 top graduates of China’s most prestigious and highly exclusive academy are now on display at Drexel. The exhibition, entitled “The Start of a Long Journey,” features work […]
How a Health Historian Became a Comedy Headliner
Sometimes comedy is all about the timing: The Yellow Fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793 was absolutely not funny at the time when it left 5000 Philadelphians dead. “But more than 200 years […]
From Seams to Supercapacitors: A Doctoral Student’s Plan to Light Up the Runway
Though their practice and passion may often seem to be at opposite ends of the creative spectrum, a common thread exists between fashion designers to materials engineers. And now a doctoral student at Drexel is […]
Game Changer
An undergraduate digital media student is changing the way people play games on their mobile devices and, in doing so, helping to change the game design industry itself. Greg Lobanov has been making games for […]
Living Gluten-Free
Did you know that an estimated 25 million Americans are living gluten-free? A gluten-free diet excludes foods containing gluten, a protein complex found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. While millions of people […]