Drake University students who started classes on Monday, Aug. 25, found a non-smoking campus and new programs to help smokers who want to quit.
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LAW SCHOOL NEWS
Drake University Law School took the No. 2 spot as Best in Practical Training in the National Jurist Law School Rankings.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION NEWS
Bob Stensrud, professor of education at Drake, believes that teaching diversity should involve more than sitting in a classroom.
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SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION NEWS
Drake students launched blogs and served as interns at both the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer.
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ATHLETICS NEWS
Drake volleyball team improves to 7-1 with victory over Fresno State; Basketball players Emmenecker, Martin receive Howlett Award; Former athletic administrator remembered for impact on Drake women's basketball; and Plans unveiled for celebrating the 100th running of Drake Relays.
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Drake farmers’ market to educate shoppers on child and family services
Shoppers at this week's Drake Neighborhood Farmers' Market can talk to representatives from Children & Family Services and Domestic Abuse Services.
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Drake to host forum on ‘Race and Ethnicity in Public Discourse’
The forum will feature news clips from the Olympics, community questions and comments, and tools for handling inappropriate comments in the media.
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Drake West Village opens with ribbon-cutting celebration; Starbucks and The Stadium Grill & Bar to open soon
Drake West Village, the $37 million mixed-use housing and retail complex at 31st Street and Carpenter Avenue, celebrated its grand opening.
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Fun facts about construction of Drake West Village
The following amounts of construction materials were used in building the $37 million complex: 51,000 square feet of sod — just a little under a football field (including end zones) 131 tons of structural steel and steel fabrications — approximately half the weight of the entire Drake undergraduate student body 252 tons of rock ballast...
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Drake West Village opens with ribbon-cutting celebration; Starbucks and The Stadium Grill & Bar to open soon
Drake West Village’s grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Drake West Village, the $37 million mixed-use housing and retail complex that Drake University and Hubbell Realty Company developed at 31st Street and Carpenter Avenue, officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting celebration. Hubbell Realty Company president and CEO Rick Tollakson announced at the ceremony that the...