Month: April 2007

Riggs, a boisterous 3-year-old bulldog owned by Cordell Miller of Prairie City, Iowa, snagged the crown at Monday's 28th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest.

Community pharmacist Lowell Anderson, the 2004 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association Remington Honor Medal -- the pharmacy profession’s highest honor -- will present a free public lecture Monday, April 30.

Stephanie Coontz says the death of the dowry has meant the rise of romance. A marriage scholar and award-winning author, Coontz will deliver this year's Hawley Lecture at 7 p.m. today.

Drake's campus is fired up for the Drake Relays, with the annual frenzy of events concluding Saturday, April 28.

Multiple Emmy award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas spent most of the 10th annual Bucksbaum lectureship at Drake recounting stories of baseball icons.

Fifty contestants sporting whiskers, wrinkles and wagging tails will compete in the 28th annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest to kick off Drake Relays Festival Week on Monday, April 23. Last year's winner, Hannah, will preside over this year’s Drake Relays Parade, which starts at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22.

World War II veterans are invited to attend the RaySociety's course on World War II this spring, free of charge, at Drake University.

Officials with the Drake University Agricultural Law Center announced today that they are conducting the Des Moines Metro Buy Fresh Buy Local food marketing campaign for 2007.

Drake students are joining a multi-university outreach project, Paper Cranes for Virginia Tech, and will gather to craft origami paper cranes from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19.

A documentary written and co-produced by Jody Swilky, Drake professor of English, garnered top honors at last weekend's Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.