Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

On Aug. 2-3, Drake University will host the Iowa Governor's Conference on Public Health, also known as Barn Raising VI, which will focus on "Celebrating Healthy Communities."

Drake University student Grant Wilson, co-owner of the independent video rental store Best Place Ever, is organizing a showing of the documentary "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars" at the Varsity Theater on Sunday, July 22.

An increasing number of Iowa families are going hungry, according to a new report by the Drake University Agricultural Law Center. In addition, the report connects a lack of healthy food options and obesity in low-income households.

Nicholas D. Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, will deliver this fall's Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Drake University. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Why Troubles in Darfur and Other Parts of the World Matter to Us."

Drake University anticipates approximately 500 prospective students and their parents will visit campus during this year's Iowa Private College Week, which runs from Aug. 6-10 at 29 private colleges across the state.

After the first Russian lessons at the Network for Effective Language Learning conference, Pete Smith, assistant vice president of academic affairs at University of Texas-Arlington, quipped that no blood had been shed, or 911 calls made.

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, said at Drake University-IowaPolitics.com's "Cookies and Conversation" event Friday, July 13, that he made a mistake in his campaign strategy.

Former Drake University Athletic Director Bob Karnes died July 12 of cancer at the age of 81 in Mesa, Ariz.

A contemporary sculpture exhibit at the Moberg Gallery features several works by Robert Craig, associate professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Design at Drake University.

Receiving national attention this month is an online collection of more than 200 historic photographs of Des Moines, held and scanned from original sources by the Special Collections Department of Drake University’s Cowles Library.