Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Geoffrey Wall, associate professor of clinical sciences in the Drake University College of Pharmacy works with pharmacy students at two practice sites - Iowa Methodist Medical Center, where he is an internal medicine clinical pharmacist, and the Iowa Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, where he is a clinical pharmacist.

Middle States, the current show at Drake's Anderson Gallery, is highlighted in a blog post about the contemporary paintings and their Midwestern inspiration. Middle States features work that represents both the real and unreal"” abstraction as a process.

Myron A. Marty, a professor of history emeritus, reviews "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery." Myron writes that the book is impressively researched and splendidly written, and will long stand as the authoritative work on Lincoln and slavery.

Drake finance professor Tom Root offered comments on a plan to privatize most of the mortgage industry by phasing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Root said phasing out Fannie and Freddie would be a sweeping change, and it would be a lengthy process.

About 20 to 30 club members participate each Tuesday evening at the Metro Ice Sports Facility for curling practices and matches.

Hugh Winebrenner, former dean of the College of Business and Public Administration, and politics professor Dennis Goldford get due recognition in this article about Iowa's political reporters.