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Timothy Corrigan CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, 515-271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Film scholar Timothy Corrigan will lecture on his most recent study, “The Essay Film,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Drake University as part of the Drake Writers and Critics Series. The lecture, titled “Herzog’s `Grizzly Man’ (2005) and the Essayistic,” will be held in room 206...

Drake University will host a traveling art exhibit, titled “Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States,” which explores the challenges facing mothers in prison and their children.

Iowans will have the opportunity to hear the candidates for governor discuss their ideas for improving health care quality and access at a free forum and panel discussion hosted by Drake University on Wednesday, Oct. 11.

The Drake Choir and Drake Women’s Chorale invite you on a trip into dreams, visions and the spiritual with a free performance at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8, on the Jordan Stage at Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.

Shortly before the kick-off at Saturday's homecoming game against Morehead State, Drake University will dedicate its football field in honor of the University's greatest athlete of all time — Johnny Bright, who later became a celebrated Canadian football

Ralph Votapek, renowned pianist and grand prize winner of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will teach a master class for Drake University and Graceland University students on Monday, Oct. 2. The class, which is free and open to the p

Beginning Thursday, Sept. 28, Drake University Theatre will present Joan Holden’s play “Nickel and Dimed,” adapted from the best-selling book by Barbara Ehrenreich.

The "Let's DU Lunch" Series for October will focus on "An Rx for Improved Health Outcomes," presented by Jon-Scott Johnson, risk manager for the city of Ames, Iowa, and Patty Kumbera, 1989 Drake grad, founder and CEO of Outcomes Pharmaceut

Sandra Soria, executive editor of Country Home magazine, and Sheldon Ripson, news director of KPLR-TV in St. Louis, have been named Alumni of the Year for 2006 by the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Drake University recently was honored as one of the top five Iowa employers for excellence in worksite health promotion. The Wellness Council of Iowa awarded Drake its Well Workplace Award at a Sept. 19 luncheon ceremony during the 16th Annual Conference