Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Drake has a search under way to hire a new men's basketball coach to succeed Keno Davis who has accepted a job as head coach at Providence College.

The Drake University community and friends will gather to celebrate the research of 100 students and faculty members at the annual DUCURS conference.

Approximately 1,900 people attended last week's Bucksbaum Lecture to hear futurist Erik Peterson discuss the coming "Seven Revolutions."

Bill Lewis, professor of rhetoric at Drake University, will give a talk titled "The Media Make Trials Into Circuses…And a Good Thing, Too: The Rhetoric of Popular Trials,"

Judith Allen, associate professor of psychology, will discuss "Bodymind Work and the Mysticism of Everyday Life" at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the Medbury Honors Lounge.

The Drake Environmental Action League and other student and community groups are promoting environmental awareness this week.

The Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor -- the highest award presented by Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences -- will be awarded to Richard Morrow, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt distinguished professor of pharmacology.

Ernesto Cortés Jr., an expert on grassroots organizing and former MacArthur fellow, will visit Drake University to deliver a keynote lecture as part of Drake's Engaged Citizen Experience

Bruce G. Kelley, president and CEO of EMC Insurance Cos., received the Community Leadership Award Wednesday from Drake University's College of Business and Public Administration.