Amy Powell, PharmD candidate 2013, writes about growing up with diabetes. She is in the diabetes concentration in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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Organic farming: Going against the grains
Neil Hamilton, director of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University, is quoted in a story about a man who is midway through the three-year process of converting most of his family's 100-year-old, 1,000-acre farm to production of organic corn and vegetables, grass-fed cattle and chickens raised outside of confinements.
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Writers & Critics Series: Amy Letter, writer
Amy Letter, Assistant Professor of Fiction and New Media, will host a reading of her own work on Wednesday, Oct. 26 as part of Drake's Writers and Critics Series.
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Dr. Thomas Rosburg presented with Sierra Club Iowa Chapter 2011 Environmental Educator Award
The award highlighted Dr. Rosburg's outstanding work in Drake University's biology department. He was one of four award recipients at the Sierra Club's annual dinner.
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Pharmacy students promote Script Your Future campaign and American Pharmacists Month
Drake University pharmacy students are hosting two events this October, a "Test your Health Fair" and "Running of the White Coats," to raise awareness regarding the importance of taking medicine as directed. Both events are focused on the Drake community.
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Drake to host lecture on media’s role in the Arab spring
Malek Mohamed Awny, an Egyptian journalist, will discuss his first-hand experiences covering recent revolutionary events in the Arab world.
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Drake to host screening of “Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country”
The 2008 documentary film sheds light on a 40-year military dictatorship in the Southeast Asian nation of Burma.
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Online program teaches Drake students about debt
Drake University and the Iowa College Student Aid Commission have partnered to help students with loan-debt management. Through Iowa College Aid, students will use Buttonwood, a free online personal finance platform. Drake is the first university in Iowa to adopt the program.
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Drake Law students to host 18th annual Halloween Hoops for children and parents
Drake's 18th annual Halloween Hoops celebration will be held on Monday, October 31, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Drake University Bell Center, 1421-27th St. The event is free and open to Des Moines area children aged 3-12 and their parents.
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Best-selling author and entertainer Garrison Keillor to present 27th Bucksbaum Lecture
"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor will speak at Drake's Knapp Center on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m. as part of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture series.