Walgreen Co. has donated $50,000 to Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to assist in the renovation the Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice Laboratory in Fitch Hall.
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Whorton named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America squad
Drake senior guard Lindsay Whorton is the third women's basketball player in school history to be named a first team Academic All-America selection.
Drake Concert Band to perform traditional, contemporary music
The Drake Concert Band will perform a free concert featuring both traditional and contemporary music at 8 p.m. on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.
Emmenecker named Basketball Academic All-American of Year
Drake senior guard Adam Emmenecker and senior forward Troy Ruths of Washington University (Mo.) head the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams.
Drake Law School plans Supreme Court celebration
Drake Law School's 71st annual Supreme Court Celebration feature a Supreme Court Banquet and keynote address by former American Bar Association President Robert J. Grey Jr.
Holocaust scholar to deliver Pomerantz Lecture
Devin Pendas, associate professor of history at Boston College, will deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. titled "Law and Democracy: Trying Nazi Crimes in German Courts, 1945-1950."
Drake International Film Series to feature ‘Le Grand Voyage’
Drake University's spring International Film Series will continue with a screening of "Le Grand Voyage," a French film with English subtitles.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES NEWS
Each year in its main stage season, Drake Theatre typically selects one student from multiple applicants to direct a full-length production -- a chance offered by very few universities. To set itself apart even more, this year instead of one show, Drake Theatre presented three student-directed plays.
ATHLETICS NEWS
Double D Awards honor outstanding Drake letter winners; Whorton named to ESPN The Magazine Academmic All-America squad; and Emmenecker named Basketball Academic All-American of Year.
LAW SCHOOL NEWS
Agricultural law expert and professor Neil Hamilton shared his expertise in a recent story about urban sprawl on NPR's "All Things Considered."