The 2018 Winter Olympic Games will begin in less than 10 days and its athletes aren’t the only ones vying for the best scores. Ralph Lauren partnered with the United States Olympic Committee to become […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Media Watch: Spotify’s $1.6 Billion Metadata Problem
Music-streaming giant Spotify is being sued for $1.6 billion for failing to properly obtain licensing for more than 10,000 songs. While the suit could be a speedbump in the company’s path to going public, it […]
Turning a ‘Jagged Little Pill’ into a Big, Successful Musical
Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” stands as one of the most successful and best-selling albums to date. But now the question is whether it will translate to the musical theater stage. It’s something Vivek […]
View the Winning Student Collections from Drexel’s Annual Fashion Show
Drexel Fashion Design students gave a nod to nature on the runway at Urban Outfitters’ corporate headquarters in the Navy Yard on June 10. Twenty-eight senior and graduate students from the Westphal College of Media […]
How to Play a Drum With a Magnet (And Possibly Communicate With Whales)
“Part bow string, part synthesizer, part alien whale sound?” One of the hard parts about inventing a brand new instrument is describing what sound it makes. “It’s hard to place,” said Peter English, Drexel’s ExCITe […]
The Measure of a Dancer
A spin, a lift, the tilt of a leg, the extension of an arm – dance can be broken down into its elemental form, but the ability to combine those elements to produce a beautiful […]
Vintage Neon Signs Light Up at Drexel
Vintage neon signs, clocks and art pieces that once belonged to businesses in Philadelphia are back on display on Drexel University’s campus. The windows of the former Firestone building at 32nd and Market Streets — […]
Shaping the 21st Century Urban Strategist
Urban living can be a blessing and a curse; you have amenities like ease of transportation, the ability to learn from multiple cultures, food and technology…but those pot holes are awful. Why does it take […]
Media Watch: Masks Created by Military Service Members are Unifiers
“To see the masks is to ‘see’ the very real impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and understand how it impacts the military service members’ personal life, relationships and perceptions […]
Going Toe-to-Toe With ‘Pokemon Go’
Imagine you’re a student game developer and your first game is mentioned along with the likes of video game royalty like the Mario Brothers and Pokemon. That’s the case for a student company from Drexel’s […]
