Category: eBlue Newsletter

Mark your calendars for Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair, Let's DU Lunch and the Hollywood Bowl Concert and Picnic, among other events.

Stephen Rapp, LW'74, prosecutor of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, has been confirmed by the Senate for a key U.S. State Department post.

This summer, Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences lost two prominent alumni -- Larry M. Simonsmeier, PH'67, and Alfred F. Viktor, PH'49.

Drake University First Lady Madeleine Maxwell has been named to "Women of Influence: Class of 2009" by the Des Moines Business Record.

A group of Drake law students helped cast doubt on the reliability of eyewitness identification in an experiment where they misidentified a thief.

Kendra Kennedy of Millis, Mass., has received the inaugural Lawrence K. Fish Scholarship to attend Drake this fall.

Stephen Rapp, LW'74, has been nominated as ambassador at large for war crimes issues.

Graduate students create reading opportunities for children visiting relatives in the Polk County Jail.

The Board of Trustees recently announced the fellowship, which will include a $5,000 stipend for one year of support for a faculty member's research and related projects.

The Des Moines Menace, including five Drake student-athletes, will play the St. Louis Lions.