The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission recently awarded Sentwali Bakari, dean of students at Drake University, a Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Award. As a result, Bakari will participate in a three-week program in the United Kingdom August 3-23, 2013 where he will travel to various colleges and universities to meet with top U.S. and U.K. administrators....
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The royal baby: A bouncing bundle of international obsession
Renee Cramer, associate professor of law, politics and society at Drake University, comments on the influence of celebrity pregnancies.
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Drake, startup leaders reach out at 80/35 under Startup Central tent
Drake University's Buchanan Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership hosted an entrepreneurship-focused tent at this year's 80/35 concert.
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Don Adams receives 2013 Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character award
Donald V. Adams has been named recipient of the 2013 Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character award from Character Counts In Iowa, the most prestigious honor given by the organization. The Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character award was named after Robert Ray, former Iowa governor and Drake University president, and founder of Character Counts...
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Iowa View: Iowa can aid U.S.-China ties
Peter Yu, Kern Family Chair in the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University, discusses the role Iowa can play in fostering the relationship between China and the U.S.
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First-year student receives top awards at educational theatre festival
Marissa Schuster, an entering first-year student at Drake University, won the top scholarship and first place in the monologue competition at the Educational Theatre Association’s Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Neb. More than 2,500 students and teachers gathered on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s campus in June for the Thespian Festival, a weeklong celebration of theatre that...
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2013-07-092013-07-11by Jeremy SieversIn College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesFaculty and Staff Accomplishments
Raylene Rospond receives IPA Distinguished Pharmacist Award
Raylene Rospond, deputy provost at Drake University, received the Robert G. Gibbs Distinguished Pharmacist Award at the 2013 Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Annual Meeting in Coralville, Iowa. The award recognizes pharmacists for outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy and the IPA. The Distinguished Pharmacist Award is the highest recognition provided to a pharmacist by...
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Drake participates in FUTURE in Biomedicine program
Drake University student Amanda Marwitz and Adina Kilpatrick, assistant professor of physics, are engaging in a program that aims to strengthen undergraduate science education in Iowa. FUTURE (Fostering Undergraduate Talent – Uniting Research and Education) in Biomedicine allows select professors and undergraduates in Iowa to use the University of Iowa (UI) laboratories for research. Through...
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Drake sponsors “Giants of Jazz” series
Drake University has partnered with Metro Arts Alliance to sponsor Jazz in July’s “Giants of Jazz” series. Music from a variety of jazz legends will be featured at each of the concerts throughout the month of July. The concert series will take place at various locations around the metro on July 11, 12, 21 and...
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$125,000 gift to Drake aimed at spurring independent pharmacies
The Business Record highlights Drake as one of four schools to receive a $125,000 gift from Cardinal Health Inc.