The free series will continue with a lecture titled "A New Century of Discovery -- William Herschel, Giuseppe Piazzi, Pierre-Louis Laplace, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers and Joseph von Fraunhofer."
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Anne Murr named ‘My Favorite Teacher’ by Des Moines ABC TV affiliate
Anne Murr, coordinator of the Drake University Adult Literacy Center, recently received the "My Favorite Teacher" award from
ABC5 News/WOI-TV.
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Book Arts series to feature fine printing and leterpress demonstration
Rick Von Holdt, the proprietor of the Foolproof Press in Minburn, Iowa, will give a presentation on fine printing and letterpress.
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Book Arts series to feature Arabic calligraphy demonstration
Jean-Pierre Taoutel, senior lecturer at the University of Iowa, and Jane El-Qass, Drake University Language Acquisition Program language partner, will give a presentation on Arabic calligraphy.
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Drake faculty, students to open Writers and Critics series
Ramesh Dhussa, Drake University associate professor of geography, and Drake students Michaela Mullin and Patricia Phillips will read from their fiction and poetry.
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International Saxophone Quartet to perform at Drake
The concert will feature saxophone players: Jean-Pierre Baraglioli of France, William Street of Canada, Keiji Munesada of Japan and Richard Dirlam of the United States.
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Drake farmers’ market to feature free food and cooking demos
The final Drake Neighborhood Farmers' Market of the season will feature free food and cooking demonstrations by Chef Joe Godfroy.
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Drake students expand Earth Week celebration beyond campus
The Drake Environmental Action League hopes to involve the community and increase environmental awareness and activism from the grassroots level.
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Lecture to explore challenges for United States security
Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, will present "Transnational Challenges to Security" as a part of Drake University's lecture series on the United States and the World.
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Des Moines Register publisher, executive editor to continue lunch series
The Des Moines Register Publisher Laura Hollingsworth and Executive Editor Carolyn Washburn will present "The Des Moines Register - Tradition and Transformation" as part of Drake's "Let's DU Lunch" series.