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Drake West Village’s grand opening featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Drake West Village, the $37 million mixed-use housing and retail complex that Drake University and Hubbell Realty Company developed at 31st Street and Carpenter Avenue, officially opened today with a ribbon-cutting celebration. Hubbell Realty Company president and CEO Rick Tollakson announced at the ceremony that the...

Drake University Law School took the No. 2 spot as Best in Practical Training in the National Jurist Law School Rankings.

Major construction project to enhance Drake's green space; Enjoy Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 9; Drake head football coach to kick off lunch series; Higher Learning Commission extends Drake's accreditation; Chief Justice Roberts to give Opperman Lecture; and Former ambassador to give Bucksbaum Lecture Oct. 5.

Drake’s mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty, and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.

Drake head football coach to kick off lunch series Drake University Head Football Coach Chris Creighton will kick off Drake’s fall “Let’s DU Lunch” series on Wednesday Sept. 10. This year’s series, which is free and open to the public, will be held at a new location: inPlay, a family entertainment venue and conference center...

Drake theatre arts alumni gather 'round Doc; Share your favorite Drake photos and memories; Drake logo license plates available; Drake graduate honored by Baseball Hall of Fame; Alumnus, former trustee Kenneth A. Macke dies; Alumna showcases artwork; Two alumni nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards; and Alumnus explores racial integration in wealthy neighborhoods in the United States.

Great Ape Trust of Iowa and Drake University are collaborating to bring primate studies to the University's curriculum and to create research opportunities for students and faculty.

Drake alumnus Ronald Olson's Los Angeles law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP recently took first place in the American Lawyer magazine's national elite law firm rankings.

Instead of joining a law firm after graduation, two agricultural law graduates are moving to South Dakota to spur economic development on the Crow Creek Reservation in the nation's poorest county.

Three Drake University student-produced publications THiNK, 515 and Drake magazine recently reeled in honors in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's 2008 Student Magazine Contest.