Art Sanders, associate provost and Ellis and Nelle Levitt Professor of Politics, is featured in a story accompanied by a video, commenting on Sen. Ted Cruz's visit to Iowa.
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Drake hosts Kodaly Certification Course at Summer Music Institute
Over 40 adults participated in a two-week intensive course as part of the Summer Music Institute, which ended July 19 on the Drake campus. The Kodály Certification Course, led by Thomas Sletto, assistant professor of music education, is endorsed by the National Organization of American Kodály Educators. The Kodály Method, also referred to as the...
Sentwali Bakari receives Fulbright International Education Administrators Award
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....
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...