If the stars in the sky could play music, what would it sound like? One Drexel engineer used a bit of star data and a special piano to turn the twinkling of the stars into […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Are Jazz Cats Hip to Electric Scenes?
What happens when you mix four jazz virtuosos with new technology aimed at breaking their sweet sound down to its elements? Creating a smartphone app that strives to pictorially “explain” the intricacies of a musical […]
Pong’s Big Moment in Lights
Playing an 8-bit video game on an 85,360-square-foot monitor in front of an entire city – perhaps the dream of anyone who grew up during the golden age of the arcade in the 1970s and […]
In School and Out of Trouble: A New Effort to Engage Mantua Middle-Schoolers
“It’s like they just forget about us when we get old.” This isn’t a statement you would expect to hear from a 12-year-old boy, and yet, for hundreds of youth in the Mantua section of […]
The Magic Behind Movie Making: A Drexel Professor’s Role in “Silver Linings Playbook”
The final word on the year’s best movies is annually handed down by the Academy of Motion Pictures in the form of little, gold “Oscar” statuettes. And while the stars are still the most recognizable part of these […]
What Does it Mean to be Black?
As symbolized by the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King Jr. day, many consider America to have entered an era of racial reconciliation. But in this so-called “post-racial” society, what does […]
The Super Bowl Effect: How Do Television Networks Capitalize on The Big Game?
This Sunday millions of viewers from around the world will be watching the Super Bowl, which is annually the largest television audience for any single program. Retaining that audience for the prized postgame time slot […]
A Uterus, Some Glitter, and a Message about Beauty
Cancer of the uterus and ectopic pregnancy aren’t the typical subjects of works of art, but that didn’t stop Kenyan-born, Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu from incorporating them into The Histology of the Different Tumors of […]
Kate Middleton’s Maternity Fashion: What to Expect
With Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton’s due date now confirmed for July, Drexel’s expert on fashion trends past and present, Clare Sauro, weighed in with us about what to expect from Kate’s maternity wardrobe – […]
Study Abroad Before Studying on Campus
Offering an opportunity for freshmen to travel abroad, Drexel has introduced the Freshman Frontiers program, which encourages incoming freshmen to spend their first term abroad in Dublin. Students attend Ireland’s largest private college, the Dublin […]