Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences received a federal appropriation of $396,000 to purchase equipment and supplies for the upcoming lab.
Category: Alumni
Dain Taylor wins College Football Performance Award
Taylor (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) received honorable mention honors as the College Football Performance Award Division I Football Championship Subdivision defensive lineman of the week.
Alumnus discovers species of lizard, claims Wyoming Record
Hank Vogel, AS'07, and a team of herpetologists, recently discovered a species of lizard never before found in the state of Wyoming.
ALUMNI EVENTS
FRIDAY, OCT. 15 — CONNECT 2010 ““ CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, MINNEAPOLIS “¨ Set aside time this fall to network with Drake students in the College of Business and Public Administration. Alumni are invited to meet with the new generation of business professionals in a fast-paced, speed-networking event. “¨”¨ Friday, Oct. 15 00 2 to 4...
Justice Alito offers an ‘oral’ history lesson and opines on televised hearings
Alito argued that televising arguments would impact the nature of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Drake alumna helping research and conservation efforts in Peru
Ashley Anne Wick, AS'06, took her passion for the environment to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest to study insects.
Drake to play first American football game in Africa
Drake's football team will plan an all-star team from Mexico when it travels to Tanzania from May 17 to May 21.
Literacy conference inspires educators with latest teaching methods
More than 300 educators got a taste of their own medicine at the 2010 Literacy Leadership Conference on Drake campus.
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Johnson to play in Ryder Cup Professional golfer Zach Johnson, BN’98, will play in the prestigious Ryder Cup game for the second time in his career. Johnson was one of four at-large picks by American team captain Corey Pavin, alongside Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink and Rickie Fowler. The biennial contest pits 12-man teams from Europe...
Emmy award-winning “˜Roots’ producer, Drake alum, dies at 82
David L. Wolper, who produced the landmark 1977 television series "Roots," studied liberal arts at Drake in 1949.