The University of Nebraska Press recently published Associate Professor Jennifer Perrine’s manuscript, “No Confession, No Mass.” Perrine’s manuscript won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2014. She is also the author of In the Human Zoo, recipient of the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize, and The Body Is No Machine, winner of the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award...
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Award-winning documentarians turn their lens to Iowa State Penitentiary
Jody Swilky, Ellis and Nelle Levitt Professor of English, is working on a documentary about the Iowa State Penitentiary.
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Panel discussion: “The Changing Role of Central Banks”
Drake University will host a panel discussion on “The Changing Role of Central Banks,” sponsored by The Principal Financial Group and The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship, on November 3.
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Pregnant With The Stars: Professor’s new book explores cultural obsession with celebrity baby bumps
Renee Ann Cramer, associate professor and chair of the law, politics, and society department at Drake University, published a new book about cultural obsession with celebrity pregnancies.
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Bartschat receives Will Allis Prize from American Physical Society
Klaus Bartschat, the Ellis & Nelle Levitt Professor of Physics at Drake University, was awarded the 2016 Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases from the American Physical Society (APS).
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Keys to Excellence Concert Series launches third season
Princeton University faculty pianist Francine Kay kicks off the third season of Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series, which raises awareness of Drake's fundraising efforts for the purpose of purchasing 70 brand new Yamaha pianos for the music department.
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Monks to present on death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism
Seven monks from Labrang Tashikyil Monastery in Dehra Dun, India, will deliver a presentation on death and dying in Tibetan Buddhism. The monks will present a short lecture along with a demonstration of specific rituals, prayers, and dances related to death and dying. The presentation and demonstration will occur Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m....
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New website provides Iowa caucus information and analysis for journalists, voters
A new website provides comprehensive information and analysis of presidential campaigns in Iowa leading into the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.
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Drake hatchery nurtures start-up success in second year
Ten Drake University students are hard at work this summer developing five new businesses with mentorship and financial support from alumnus John Lorentzen, BN'77, AS'77, and his Lorentzen Student Hatchery.