Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

A $414,000 grant awarded to Dr. Kim Huey, associate professor of physiology at Drake University will help fund a study on muscle growth that may ultimately benefit our aging population and people with muscle weakness.

David McCord and Bob Rigg, Drake University law school professors, address the dilemma of security vs. liberty, which puts two of the nation's most prized assets in conflict.

The recent Drake alumna was recently hired to help manage the Science Center of Iowa's marketing, advertising, communications, events and public/ media relations efforts.

A flash mob of Drake music students entertained the Monday lunchtime crowd at Mars Café in Des Moines with a surprise performance of the "Ode to Joy" chorus from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Thomas Root, associate professor in finance at Drake University, discusses the position of the U.S. in the global economy. "The largest change over the last 10 to 15 years has been the growth of emerging markets," he says. "The BRIC countries capture the headlines, but many smaller countries, like some in South America and Asia, are having an increase in production."

Reich used President Obama's address as a launching point for his own talk, which also borrowed heavily from ideas explored in Reich's most recent book, "Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future."