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Professor Andrew Classen has been awarded the inaugural Fred and Patty Turner Professorship in Jazz Studies, which was endowed by Drake alumnus Fred Turner.

Edward Corpus will present music in genres from classic adult-contemporary to rhythm and blues and country-soul.

Drake alumna Peggy Fisher and her husband, Larry Stelter, gave $1.5 million to endow a faculty chair in magazine journalism.

Professor Alexander Kleiner will present "One Person-One Vote: Two Mathematical Interpretations" as part of Drake's Science Colloquium Series.

Lon Larson, who is battling cancer for a second time, will share his views on maintaining a positive attitude in the face of tough challenges.

The Drake University Brass Quintet will feature music by Bach, Ewald, Cheetham, Shostakovich and Previn.

Nicholas Roth, Drake University assistant professor of piano, will present "The Novellettes of Robert Schumann."

Todd Sechser MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, 515-271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Stanford University Assistant Professor of Politics Todd Sechser will conclude Drake University fall lecture series on the United States and the World on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The lecture, “The Limitations of Compellent Threats as a Tool of Power,” will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Bulldog Theater in...

Proceeds from the concert will help support the award-winning ensemble's summer European tour.

Speakers will be Mary E. Kramer, Jo Ann Zimmerman, Becky Greenwald, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Dianne Bystrom.