Drake is once again offering majors and minors in neuroscience, a rapidly changing and highly interdisciplinary field.
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Garrison Keillor to deliver 27th Bucksbaum Lecture
"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor will deliver this year's Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture on October 25, 7 p.m., in Drake's Knapp Center.
Robert Reich lectures on campus
Minutes after President Obama finished delivering his September speech on jobs, Drake students, faculty, and the Des Moines community were treated to a riveting lecture by Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary.
Inspiring brotherhood
The Drake Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter was awarded a top national award for brotherhood for their support of Shiv Morjaria, a brother who was diagnosed with cancer.
Emmy-esque excitement
The Drake student-produced “Beyond the Blue Line” program was awarded a Regional Student Television Award for Excellence in the Long Form (fiction or non-fiction) category.
Pyramids and politics
This summer, a Drake University group went beyond the typical tourist hotspots and saw a contemporary Egypt, a nation in flux.
Rewarded for recycling
Drake wins the Iowa Recycling Association Best School Recycling Program award.
Music without borders
A recent trip to China convinced members of the Drake community that music can also serve as a bridge between cultures.
Honoring outstanding student teachers
More than one hundred student teachers, mentor teachers, supervisors, faculty, and supportive friends and family attended the 2011 Drake School of Education Mentor Reception held last month in Levitt Hall.
SJMC aces assessment
Drake University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication received plenty of praise from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC), which recently voted unanimously to reaccredit the school's undergraduate program.