Year: 2007

Drake students saw Lou Diamond Phillips in a new light -- out of character, stage makeup and without a speaking accent, wig or costume.

With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Drake University has launched the Iowa Caucus Project and "My Prez" program to encourage students to attend campus events with presidential candidates and engage in public discussion about issues.

Professor Samuel Issacharoff of the New York University School of Law will give a lecture on "Democracy at War" on Thursday, Nov. 8, at Drake University Law School.

Drake University alumnus Larry D. Zimpleman, president and chief operating officer of The Principal Financial Group, will give the annual Financial Executives International – Drake School of Accounting Lecture.

Lou Diamond Phillips, star of "Camelot," now playing at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, will visit Drake University for an "In the Actors Studio"-style discussion.

International policy expert Craig Cohen will deliver a free, public lecture on "Smart Power and Stability in Pakistan," at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center, 2875 University Ave.

As part of the Drake Writers and Critics Series, award-winning poet Peggy Shumaker will read and discuss her two most recent books during a visit to Drake on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Faculty cellist Ashley Sandor Sidon will be featured in the Drake Symphony Orchestra's first concert of the fall semester.

Three Drake University students will present the findings of their summer research projects at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 26.

Drake University will host the 2007 entrepreneurial conference "Traits of Success" for Drake and area high school students on Friday, Oct. 26.