Peter Neufeld, co-founder of The Innocence Project, will deliver the 35th Bucksbaum lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 27, in the Drake University Knapp Center.
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Drake hires CEO to lead renowned magazine media program
Drake University has hired the founder of a Des Moines communications company to lead the university’s award-winning magazine media program.
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Drake Law introduces health care into curriculum
After several years instructing health care professionals on the intricacies of law as a faculty member at Des Moines University, Denise Hill, GR’95, JD’96, will shift to teaching law students about health care as the director of the new Health Law program at Drake Law School this fall.
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Toward a live mascot legacy
It seems like yesterday that Porterhouse’s paws pattered across the Knapp Center court. All eyes in an at-capacity crowd stared as he stopped, sat, and stared into the eyes of co-owner Kevin Bell, LW’11. There was a moment of anticipation. Then Bell released a basketball across the court, and Porterhouse dashed after it—with all the...
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Chronicling the caucuses
The Iowa Caucus Collection, a rapidly growing collection of historical artifacts associated with the caucuses, is receiving items to chronicle Iowa's unique place in presidential politics.
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Drake alumnus Zach Johnson wins the British Open in playoff
Zach Johnson, BN’98, who won the 144th Open Championship today following a four-hole playoff.
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A Year of Goodbyes And Thanks
There is not one way to say goodbye to a university president and first lady who have served for 16 years – but a concert, a road tour, and honorary initiation into the class of 2015 is a start.
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Learning to Teach in Kuwait
Kendra Glider, ED’10, taught for four years in Kuwait. Her rich experiences with the warm, caring people of the Middle East have driven her back, as she begins teaching in Oman this fall.
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Big Ideas for Small Downtowns
Drake students and faculty take an interdisciplinary approach to revitalization in the small towns of Perry and Manning, Iowa.
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Food for Thought
Associate Professor of Pharmacology Craige Wrenn, the Ronald Troyer Research Fellow, wonders if we can eat our way out of Alzheimer’s.