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Design and Style

Fashion Pop-up Shop Teaches Students Real-World Skills While Benefiting a Local Charity
This year’s event supports the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter.
23 Memorable Jefferson Moments for 2023
The Nexus looks back at some of the biggest stories from the past year.
Occupational Therapy Class Adapts Toys for Children With Disabilities
The toys will be distributed throughout the Philadelphia region during the holidays.
At JeffSolves MedTech, Students Solve Real-World Problems Nurses and Patients Face
Medical, industrial design and textile students collaborate and pitch their concepts.
Industrial Design Alumni’s Fretboard Attachment Empowers Guitarists With Peripheral Neuropathy
After winning an industry award for their capstone project, the recent grads plan to bring their device to market for musicians overcoming nerve damage.
Fashioning Future Careers With Real-World Experience
Summer internships help students carve out their careers in fashion merchandising.
Creating a Network of Green Spaces in Urban Areas
Working with communities to develop high-quality outdoor spaces that improve environmental, social and physical health.
Where’s Waldo? Ask Industrial Design Grad Andrew Pick
The manufacturing design engineer transforms a fun photobombing hobby into a world of opportunity.
An Aggressive Advocate for Passive Construction
How to build more efficient, passive homes – those that take advantage of natural and recycled warming and cooling through design and engineering – for the masses.
Industrial Design and Occupational Therapy Students Partner to Improve Senior Citizens’ Quality of Life
As part of the Design Assistive Device Project, students help community members with everyday tasks like dog walking, gardening and cooking.
Jefferson’s Global Footprint Helps University Join World-Renowned Social Impact Lab
Via relationships forged by the All-Island Ireland Center, the University becomes the lone North American institution to offer the SMARTlab practice-based PhD program.