A documentary film co-produced by Drake University English Professor Jody Swilky will be screened in Iowa in conjunction with a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition on immigration.
Drake professor receives NSF grant to study regulation, practice of out-of-hospital midwifery in the United States
Renee Cramer, associate professor of law, politics, and society, has received a $76,244 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of regulation, activism, and awareness on out-of-hospital midwifery care in the United States.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to discuss children immigration at Drake University
Sonia Nazario will deliver "Enrique's Journey and America's Children Immigration Dilemma" at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in Meredith Hall 101.
Garriott named co-editor of Political and Legal Anthropology Review
William Garriott, assistant professor of law, politics, and society at Drake University, has been named co-editor of Political and Legal Anthropology Review.
New York big band to perform works of Gil Evans at Drake
One of New York's best big bands, Ryan Truesdell's The Gil Evans Project, will perform free at Drake University on Sunday, March 29.
‘Genius’ graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel to deliver free lecture April 6
Groundbreaking comics artist Alison Bechdel, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, will deliver a free public lecture in Sussman Theater.
Globetrotting cancer survivors to read creative nonfiction at Drake University
Drake University will host a reading of creative nonfiction narratives written by cancer survivors who recently traveled to Machu Picchu with Above + Beyond Cancer.
44th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opens March 8
The 44th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at Drake University will open Sunday, March 8, in the Anderson Gallery.
Drake to Host Second Annual Conference on Bullying
Drake University and the Center for Bullying Resolution will host the second annual Conference on Bullying: Investigation and Resolution on March 26, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This full-day conference will be held in 310 Upper Olmsted Center at Drake University, 2875 University Avenue. This conference is geared towards K-5 educators, administrators, and graduate students in...
Reception for “Payton Prize” essay contest winners set for Feb. 25
The Susan Glaspell Writers & Critics Series will host a reception for the “Payton Prize” winners on Wednesday, February 25, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room. The Payton James Freeman Essay Prize is a national non-fiction essay contest sponsored by the Freeman family in honor of their late son, Payton. Judges Cheryl...