Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Fatima Suleman would like students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa, to get out of their comfort zone and try studying abroad at Drake University.

Thursday, July 26, marked the conclusion of the 2007 Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute (DUSCI) Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

The College of Business and Public Administration is taking the school's career focus to the next level by creating the new CBPA Career Center.

Drake professor Jack Gerlovich and his Science Pioneers Professional Development Program team are putting the “success” in succession this summer as the program gains a following among teachers in central Iowa.

Earlier this year, Kate McGinty, JO'07, was just one of 350 applicants for Gannett Co. Inc.'s new annual Talent Development Program. Today, McGinty is one of the first class of 32 college graduates chosen nationwide for the program.

David S. Walker, dean of Drake University Law School and the Dwight D. Opperman distinguished professor of law, has notified the University and the Law School that he will resign as dean at the end of the 2007-08 academic year and return to the faculty.

Geoffrey Lawton, PH'91, has been designated as one of the 2007 Fellows of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Practitioner Recognition Program.

Reservations are now being accepted for the annual Drake Athletic Department Corn Feed and Bulldog Auction, which will be held Monday, Aug. 27, at the Drake Knapp Center.

The Drake men's basketball team recently scored the No. 2 spot on The Des Moines Register's "Iowa's Best," a list of the top 20 sports teams in Iowa's history.