The Meredith Magazine Center will sponsor a screening of "Train to Nowhere,"a documentary that chronicles the discovery in 2002 of 11 dead immigrants in a train car in Denison, Iowa, and a lecture by filmmaker Coleen Bradford Krantz.
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Drake 2L interns for U.S. Department of Agriculture in D.C.
Ashley Peppler, a current Drake Law 2L, enjoyed a summer in Washington D.C. where she worked as an intern.
Expert to talk personal financial responsibility
On Nov. 3, Thomas Coates, executive director and co-founder of Consumer Credit of Des Moines, will talk about personal financial responsibility at Drake University. The free event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Sheslow Auditorium. Consumer Credit of Des Moines is a nonprofit credit and debt counseling organization.
ESL Endorsement Students attend ESL Simulation
Dr. Shelley Fairbairn's ESL endorsement students participated in an ESL Simulation.
Competing in the next realm of research and treatment
New Ellis Pharmacogenomics and Disease Prevention laboratories propel pharmacy and health sciences students to the cutting edge
Jean Seberg revisited
Dina Smith, Drake University associate professor of English, who has a doctorate in film studies, is quoted in an article about the significance of Iowa-born actress Jean Seberg to the French New Wave movement.
People dropped off their prescription drugs at eight locations around the metro
Several Drake University pharmacy and pre-pharmacy students participated in the DEA drug drop on Saturday. WHO TV interviewed pre-pharmacy student Krista Allbee.
Drake Symphony Orchestra to perform Saturday
The program includes Beethoven's Egmont Overture, four opera arias by various composers, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World."
Renowned New York jazz artists to push boundaries at Turner Jazz Center
On October 29th, the Turner Jazz Center will present a ground-breaking concert in its yearly series. The upcoming performance by The Zodiac Trio, the rhythmic core of the New York based jazz/new music group The Zodiac Ensemble, will push listeners' definitions of jazz as an art form. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m.
Stars and guitars combine for lecture and concert event
On Saturday, October 29, Charles Nelson, Paul Wilson, Michael Curry and Athan Petridis will combine their talents in "Guitars Under the Stars," a unique event that will combine history, music and astronomy.