Year: 2007

Brantley Gasaway, Drake University visiting professor in law, politics and society, will present "A Civil Right but Religious Wrong? Progressive Evangelical Responses to Homosexuality," a research conversation sponsored by Drake's Law, Politics and Society Program.

Drake University Assistant Professor of Piano Nicholas Roth will perform a recital featuring works by Ravel, Schumann and Prokofiev on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium.

Drake Writers Night will conclude the fall semester of Drake University's Writers and Critics Series, sponsored by the Drake English Department and The Center for the Humanities.

The Drake Symphony Orchestra, John Canarina conducting, will present its winter concert featuring faculty member Leslie Marrs, flute, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4

U.S. and Middle East international relations expert Ambassador Dennis Ross will present a lecture titled "Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World."

Drake University's International Film Series will conclude at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, with a screening of "Beijing Bicycle" (Shiqi sui de dan che) in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Award-winning writer and renowned leadership consultant Barry Posner will headline "The Leadership Challenge: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Workshop" Friday, Nov. 30.

Award-winning writer and renowned leadership consultant Barry Posner will headline "The Leadership Challenge: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Workshop" on Friday, Nov. 30.

Pandemic expert Mary J.R. Gilchrist and economist Michael Schoenbaum will give a joint lecture Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Drake University on "Plagues and Pandemics: From the Black Death in the Middle Ages to Bird Flu in the Age of Science."

Actor Carla Renata, who plays landlord Gary Coleman in "Avenue Q" at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, will visit Drake for an "In the Actors Studio"-style discussion.