Drexel University Events Calendar

American Heart Association (AHA) Classes (2/2/2024 - 12/31/2025)

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	2/2/2024	All Day
End Date:	12/31/2025

American Heart Association (AHA) Classes - BLS, ACLS, PALS, Plus More!
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CNHP Continuing Education (2/2/2024 - 12/31/2025)

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	2/2/2024	Start Time:	8:00 AM
End Date:	12/31/2025	End Time:	5:00 PM

CNHP Continuing Education Programs

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If These Walls Could Talk: An Invitation into the Home & Life of Anthony J. Drexel (Cancelled) (9/12/2025 - 10/16/2026)

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	9/12/2025	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	10/16/2026	End Time:	4:00 AM

This exhibition runs from September 12, 2025 through October 16, 2026. If These Walls Could Talk: An Invitation into the Home and Life of Anthony J. Drexel is an exhibition highlighting the family home of Anthony J. Drexel at his old 39th and Walnut property in the once Drexel Colony of West Philly. Using actual pieces found in his home, If These Walls Could Talk looks to transport its visitors into the heart of the 39th and Walnut residence, allowing them to envision what his home – and in tandem Anthony J. Drexel – was like.

Curator: Natalee Mayes (BA Art History '26)

This exhibition is free and open by appointment only Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm.

If These Walls Could Talk: An Invitation into the Home & Life of Anthony J. Drexel (9/12/2025 - 10/16/2026)

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	9/12/2025	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	10/16/2026	End Time:	4:00 PM

Curator: Natalee Mayes (BA Art History '26)

This exhibition is free and open by appointment only Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm.

Drexel [Re]Framed: The Dragon Experience (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	5:00 PM

The exhibition runs January 17, 2025 through January 31, 2025, Monday - Friday, 3:30 - 5pm. Drexel [Re]Framed: The Dragon Experience, began as a student assignment in the spring of 2024 for an Arts Administration course called "Exhibitions and Programs." Students developed the theme, selected the objects and created the design and layout of the exhibition now on view in the A.J. Drexel Picture Gallery.

Drexel [Re]Framed is a visual manifestation of Drexel's educational ideals, students' shared experiences and a deeper exploration of how the three pillars, art, science and industry, shape the University's distinctive identity and community.

The exhibition is free and open to the public.

The Philadelphia Challenge (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	9:00 AM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	4:00 PM

Hosted by: Drexel University Libraries, Collections & Archives, with the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences (College of Arts & Sciences) and Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel

This first display of the Library Exhibit Initiative features an assignment from PSY 101 General Psychology (Winter 2024-25). Prof. Eric Zillmer asked students to select a spot in the city that brings them happiness—and visit Philadelphia Revealed, an exhibition from the Atwater Kent Collection.

The Philadelphia Challenge presents students’ reflections on objects from this city history collection, interactive elements, and a Happiness Map display by the Happiness Lab at Drexel. The Library Exhibit Initiative will continue to feature students interacting with Drexel collections and archives.

View the Philadelphia Challenge exhibit catalog [PDF].

Public Viewing Hours:

This exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm. Read the Libraries' visitors page for additional information before coming to the Library.

Members of the public are also encouraged you check the Libraries' hours page before visiting.

Note that the Library may be closed for some holidays and is closed to the public during final exam periods (June 6 - 14 and Dec. 4 - 14).

Image: Industrial Philadelphia – The Workshop of the World, Morris Berd, 1952 (Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel, Gift of Stern’s Department Stores, 90.81.1)

Building Men: Philadelphia College Students as World War I Military Engineers (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	10:00 AM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	4:00 PM

The exhibition runs August 14 through December 19, 2025. Building Men: Philadelphia College Students as World War I Military Engineers is an exhibition featuring artifacts from various collections, including the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel, the Drexel University Archives and the archives of the 103rd Engineer Battalion Armory. Along with an array of related artifacts, the exhibition features photographs and sketches from local members of the American Expeditionary Force on the ground in France during World War I. Aiming to draw connections between current college students and those of similar age in Philadelphia during World War I, this exhibition draws from the military career of a young corporal, Edward Shenton, and the changes that higher education institutions - such as Drexel - made to encourage young people's involvement in the war.

This exhibition was curated by Emma Johnson, History '25.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Click here for more information.

Image caption: Soldiers in the Mud, Cpl. Edward Shenton, c. 1918

Digital Twin: Showcases Drexel Westphal faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	6:00 PM

The Pearlstein is pleased to announce our summer exhibitions coming to the gallery August 18th - October 10th.

Digital Twin showcases Drexel Westphal faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students who transform human experience through digital rendering, exploring the sublime and chilling effects of technology on physical and psychological existence.

As humans interact with digital spaces, our data is formed into thousands of “twins” which claim to represent our behavior, preferences, and personas. What do we share with our recreations? How does living beside them shift our data so that our twins morph alongside us?

These nine artists employ video, speculative design, interactivity, ceramic 3D printing, and assemblage to probe digital doubling technologies, and to imagine paths forward for reclaiming human agency beside our digital twins. Reverent and profane, farcical and severe, unnerving and uplifting, Digital Twin showcases the Westphal community as it wrestles with some of the most pressing creative problems of the digital age.

Curated by Micah Lockman-Fine, a Drexel MS Design Research candidate who crafts exhibitions, performances, and experiments to build progressive speculative futures.

Featuring work by Rghad Balkhyoor, Lewis Colburn, Ann T. Dinh, Nicole Feller Johnson, Emil Polyak, Tin Ta, Victoria Wohlforth, Darren Woodland, and Cooper Wright.

Heavy Merge: An Installation by Carolyn Healy and John Philips (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	6:00 PM

The Pearlstein is pleased to announce our summer exhibitions coming to the gallery August 18th - October 10th.

Heavy Merge is a new multimedia installation by sculptor Carolyn Healy and audio-video artist John Phillips. Inspired by a three-pound blob of warm, wet, living matter networked by billions of synapses, the artists take a personal look at the matrix that mysteriously gives rise to consciousness. For Healy and Philips, the brain is a wonderland of feedback and freewheeling interconnection that melds sensory perception and stored experiences into unique inner landscapes. They are fascinated by our powers of awareness, imagination and abstraction and by the sometimes unruly mental functions that seem to operate without us. Their site-specific installation juxtaposes sculptures and shadows with video feedback projections and soundscape to approximate the boundless creative activity in our brains that allows us to feel human.

Carolyn Healy is an installation artist who began her career exhibiting small, abstract assemblages of found objects in 1979 at the Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. Since 1987, she has created numerous large site-specific installation pieces, many in collaboration with audio-video artist John Phillips. These have been seen nationally and internationally in museums, university galleries, theaters, as well as rough industrial and alternative sites. Carolyn has received five individual Artist Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Art from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and grants from the Leeway Foundation, the Dietrich Foundation and the Pollock Krasner Foundation.

John Phillips is a sound and video artist. His work has included interactive sound installations and audio-visual performances in museums, art galleries, and non-traditional spaces in this country and abroad. Since 1987, he has collaborated extensively with sculptor Carolyn Healy on site-based installations. His musical compositions have been presented at dance and theater venues, on the nationally syndicated radio program New American Radio, and at national and international electronic art festivals. His composing has been supported by American Composers Forum (collaboration with Pauline Oliveros) and the Millay Colony (composer in residence). To pursue his video work, he has enjoyed residencies at the Experimental Television Center and at Signal Culture, both in Owego, New York. Grants include a fellowship in Sound Art from the National Endowment for the Arts and several in Media Arts from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Information Session: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	1:00 PM

The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides selected fellows with three years of funding, including a living stipend and tuition funds, to support the research phase of their doctoral degree in STEM, social sciences, or STEM education. The current application cycle is open to US citizens and permanent residents planning to begin a research-focused graduate program in Fall 2026, or who will be in the 1st year of a graduate program in Fall 2025.

This information session will cover details of the award, the necessary application components, how to plan for a strong application, and information on recent changes to the application process.

This event will be held via Zoom; click here to register and receive the meeting link.

Sister Circle: A Space for Healing (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	1:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	2:00 PM

Community members are invited into a warm, supportive space for love, healing, and authentic connection. Whether you’re experiencing loss, navigating life changes, or simply looking for community, you’ll meet others who are committed to supporting one another on their healing journeys.

Led by Sherita Mouzon, a trained trauma-informed facilitator from the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, Sister Circle offers a safe and respectful environment for all.

Sessions are offered in person on Wednesdays from 4 – 5 p.m. in Nesbitt Hall Room 340 and Fridays from 1 – 2 p.m. in Nesbitt Hall Room 132. Come to whichever session fits your schedule—no registration required.

Drexel Kline Bar Review (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	5:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	9:00 PM

A networking event for Kline students of each year to gather at a bar in Philadelphia to unwind, socialize, and take a break from studying. It has nothing to do with studying for the bar, but just a play on words. This event will be on Friday, October 3 from 5-9 PM at Cavanaugh's Rittenhouse.

First Friday: Start Talking Science (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	5:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	8:00 PM

Want to know what really happens in a laboratory? Want to meet scientists doing cutting-edge research in physics, medicine, biochemistry, and more? Then let’s Start Talking Science!

On Friday, October 3, 2025, dozens of researchers from local universities –including Drexel University faculty, students and staff– will discuss their innovative projects at the Science History Institute.

Indulge your inner nerd, bring your curiosity, and join us for a fun-filled evening of everything STEM! First Fridays at the Science History Institute are always free and open to the public.

Agenda

5pm | Museum opens
6pm | Poster session begins
7pm | Museum closes
8pm | Event ends

About Start Talking Science
Start Talking Science is a free public event that aims to increase public awareness of—and interest in—cutting-edge, local research.

Start Talking Science is presented by the Science History Institute Museum & Library in partnership with Drexel University and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.

Event Details
https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/first-friday-start-talking-science-2025

Start Talking Science with Dr. Christy Love (10/3/2025)

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 22:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	10/3/2025	Start Time:	6:00 PM
End Date:	10/3/2025	End Time:	8:00 PM

Join Dr. Christy Love and members of the Physics Department at the Science History Institute on Friday, October 3rd from 6 - 8pm!

STEM Researchers from Drexel, the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State and more will be presenting their research to the General Public.

For more information, please visit https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/first-friday-start-talking-science-2025/