Lisa Gardner, associate professor of statistics and insurance, comments on life insurance popularity.
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Second delegation of Drake Law students immersed in Cuban agriculture
Drake Law students made a second trip to Cuba this January to study agricultural law reforms. Professor Neil Hamilton, director of Drake’s Agricultural Law Center, led the group along with Emiliano Lerda, LW’10, consultant to the Center on Latin American agricultural law, and Matt Russell, food policy coordinator in the Center.
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Filmmaker to discuss global water crisis at March 27 lecture
Update: Shalini Kantayya’s film “A Drop of Life” screeened March 12 at Drake University. She will show the film again as part of a free public lecture titled, “a DROP of LIFE: A Filmmaker’s Journey Inside the Global Water Crisis,” which will be held 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 104....
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Drake Trombone Choir to perform on campus March 13 before national festival
In celebration of an upcoming tour in Washington, D.C., the Drake Trombone Choir (DTC) will play an on-campus concert. This free pre-tour concert will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Avenue. On March 21, just eight days later, the DTC will perform at the Eastern Trombone Workshop...
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Drake Law hosts 76th Annual Supreme Court Celebration
A 76-year tradition continued this past weekend as Drake Law hosted another successful Supreme Court Celebration. The Supreme Court Celebration is held annually to honor the Iowa Supreme Court for its commitment to justice and legal education and to recognize achievements by students, faculty, alumni and friends.
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Jane Lorentzen named 2013 Drake Law Alumna of the Year
Each year, in conjunction with the annual Supreme Court Banquet, Drake Law honors one of its own. This year’s winner of the Drake Law Alumna of the Year award is Jane Lorentzen, LW’91.
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Rho Chi Chapter Wins National Award
Drake University’s Rho Chi Chapter has been awarded the 2013 Chapter Achievement Award, as announced during the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Pharmacists Association in Los Angeles, March 1-4, 2013. The Chapter Achievement Award recognizes the full scope of chapter activities as documented in the Annual Chapter Report. Chapter reports are comprehensive in nature, describing the...
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American Liszt Society Iowa Chapter: “Celebrating Liszt, Wagner & Verdi!”
The American Liszt Society Iowa Chapter joins Drake University and the University of Iowa together in a special concert to celebrate Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and Guiseppe Verdi. The concert will take place at Drake University on Saturday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Avenue. This event is free and open...
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Teaching and Learning Professor Publishes
Assistant Professor Todd Hodgkinson recently published the results of a ten-month case study in Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, the official journal of the American Association for Teaching & Curriculum. His article, Translating Sustainability: The Design of a Secondary Charter School, documents the process of designing a comprehensive model of sustainability education for high school students....
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Drake Law featured on KCCI, WHO TV
Two local television stations recently featured students gaining valuable practice experience at Drake Law.