Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Maya Angelou, an award-winning writer, poet, journalist and activist, will present the lecture on Thursday, Oct. 8.

"John Adams Unbound," a traveling exhibition that explores the personal library of one of the nation's founding fathers, will open at Drake Oct. 28.

Twenty-five Drake graduates are spending the 2009-2010 academic year overseas as part of the Teach in China program.

The new Don and Dori Byers RaySociety Classroom was dedicated to the group Sept. 16 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony last month.

More than 200 students gathered to hear former Iowa Insurance commissioner Terri Vaughan speak about lessons learned from the financial crisis.

Drake pharmacy students are helping lead the effort on and off campus to prepare for flu season, including the outbreak of H1N1.

A group of journalism students volunteered to tap into the social media network to help promote Hubbell Realty Co.'s "9 Homes in 9 Days" project.

Drake women's basketball players took time out from their preseason schedule to participate in the Kiwanis Miracle League fall season last week.

Mike Mahon, who served as sports information director at South Dakota from 1977-88, was inducted into the University of South Dakota Hall of Fame.

The women's basketball team is scheduled for 29 games this season and the men's season includes 31 games.