Category: DU in the News

Drake sophomore Ryan Price discusses his participation in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, which will retrace a 1961 bus trip through the Deep South that historians credit as a turning point of the Civil Rights Movement. Part 2 of the story can be found at http://www.kcci.com/video/27723187/detail.html.

Kylie Hutson, a former NCAA champion for Indiana State, soared over the 15-foot barrier three times during the Drake Relays pole vault competition at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines.

More than 300 people gathered along Court Avenue Wednesday for the second Drake Relays Downtown Street Painting event.

Drake's famed blue track will be filled with top-notch high school, collegiate and world-class track and field athletes competing in the 102nd annual staging of the event.

Lucy Brown, a bulldog from Johnston, IA, was named Most Beautiful Bulldog during the 32nd Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest at Drake University on April 25.

Christopher Kemp,Tyler Eason, Matthew Sease and Jonah Dyer report their fledgling firm is "doing better than any of us imagined."

What Jazz at Lincoln Center is to New York City, the Turner Jazz Center could be to Des Moines. "We want it to be a focal point for the community," said Andrew Classen, Fred and Patty Turner professor in jazz studies.

Spring practice is winding down and for most college football players they'll have to wait until autumn to face their first opponent. Not so at Drake University, where our team will make history next month in Tanzania.

Jeanine Lynch, who earned a master's degree from Drake University, was recently named a Johnston educator of the year. She received an Outstanding Alumna Award for her master's thesis work in 1990 on lower elementary students and creative writing.

Drake University law professor Jonathan Rosenbloom keeps sustainability on mind both at home and in the classroom, with an eco-conscious remodel, and in a class he developed in which students evaluate the impact of public laws and regulations in real-world situations.