On Oct. 16, President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will visit Drake University to deliver a lecture on global warming and Iceland’s successful development of clean energy sources. Sen. Tom Harkin will be in attendance to provide an introduction for the event. This lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at...
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Drake to host Ambassador Tony P. Hall, executive director of Alliance to End Hunger
On Oct. 16, Ambassador Tony P. Hall, will deliver a lecture on “Combatting Global Hunger” at 7:30 p.m. in the Sussman Theater of the Olmsted Center at Drake University. This event is free and open to the public. Hall is a well-known advocate for hunger relief programs around the world. He served as ambassador to...
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Drake to host 20th annual Halloween Hoops Party for kids
On Monday, Oct. 28, Drake University will host its 20th annual Halloween Hoops Party for Des Moines area children ages 3–11. The event will be held in the Bell Center on the Drake University campus at 1421 27th Street from 6–8 p.m. Russ Lovell, professor of law at Drake University Law School, and basketball legend...
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Drake graduate Julie Stackhouse to give annual accounting lecture
Julie Stackhouse, senior vice president and managing officer of banking supervision, credit, community development, and learning innovation for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will deliver the Financial Executives International (FEI) and Drake School of Accounting’s annual lecture on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave. Stackhouse’s lecture, “After the...
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Drake to host fifth annual Global Health Fall Conference, Oct. 16
On Oct. 16, Drake will host the fifth annual Global Health Fall Conference, “Food Nutrition, and Health in a Changing World” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Parents Hall in the Olmsted Center at Drake University. The conference, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Heartland Global Health Consortium....
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Drake Symphony Orchestra to perform first concert of the season, Oct. 6
On Oct. 6, the Drake Symphony Orchestra will present its first concert of the season in Sheslow Auditorium on Drake University’s campus. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The concert will feature Mozart’s Symphony No. 38, “Prague,” and selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” Drake students audition...
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Coleman Named an NFF Scholar-Athlete and Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
Brandon Coleman, a fifth-year senior on the Drake University football team, has been named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, the organization announced Wednesday (Oct. 2). He status as an NFF Scholar-Athletes also makes him a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete...
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Drake’s College of Arts and Sciences celebrates Lacy Organic Lab Dedication
On Oct. 4, the Drake University College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate the generosity of University trustee Cathy (GR’86) and Steve Lacy, whose gift of $500,000 made possible recent renovations of an existing laboratory. The dedication and ribbon cutting will take place at 12:45 p.m. in the newly renamed Lacy Organic Lab in Harvey...
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National tour visits Drake University to discuss U.S. debt with campus
On Oct. 7, the Generational Equity Tour will visit Drake University and feature a screening of the documentary film “Overdraft” at 6 p.m. in Parents Hall in Olmsted Center, 2875 University Ave. This event is free and open to the public. The Generational Equity Tour is a cross-country series of public engagement events organized by...
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Laura Gómez to deliver lecture on race and the law
Laura Gómez, vice-dean and professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law will deliver a lecture titled “Three Centuries of Latinos in the U.S.: The Cyclical Dynamics of Nation-Building, Citizenship, and Legal Personhood” on Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. in Opperman Hall at the Drake University Law School. The...