With so many great lecturers coming to Drake University’s campus this fall, we understand it may be hard to keep everything straight. Here’s a quick rundown of just a few of the many prominent speakers visiting Drake’s campus this fall. All of these events are free and open to the public: Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m....
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CPHS hosts grand opening for Johansen Skills Assessment Laboratory
On Oct. 4, the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) will host a grand opening for the Johansen Skills Assessment Laboratory at 11:30 a.m. in Cline Hall. Drake administrators, faculty, staff, and students will be in attendance to celebrate the new learning space. Thanks to a lead gift from Greg Johansen to...
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Drake to host round-table on health care costs
On Oct. 7, Drake University’s actuarial science program and the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will host a round-table discussion on health care costs in collaboration with Aviva USA, EMC Insurance, Principal Financial Group, and PwC. This event is free and open to the public. “Health care costs are increasing at an alarming pace...
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Professor William P. Dougherty to deliver 29th Stalnaker Lecture
William P. Dougherty, Ellis and Nelle Levitt Professor of Music at Drake University, will deliver the 29th Luther W. Stalnaker lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, 2507 University Ave. His lecture, “Signs in Song,” will discuss the relationship between music and text. After an examination of intermediality...
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Senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace to speak at Drake University
Johnnie Carson, LA’65 and senior advisor to the president at the United States Institute of Peace, will deliver a lecture titled “Africa: The Changing Face of the Continent,” on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, 2507 University...
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Comparison Project to discuss Buddhist philosophy of language on Oct. 3
The Comparison Project, the organization that brought the Tibetan Buddhist Monks to Drake’s campus earlier this month, will continue with their fall programming on Thursday, Oct. 3 with a lecture titled, “Ineffabilities and Conventional Truth in Jñānaśrimitra’s Buddhist Philosophy of Language.” Amy Donahue, assistant professor of philosophy at Kennesaw State University, will deliver the lecture...
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Distinguished Bucksbaum Lecture Series announces exciting fall lineup
Drake University will feature two high profile speakers this fall as part of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and author Walter Isaacson will deliver the 31st and 32nd Bucksbaum lectures at Drake University’s Knapp Center. “We have a powerful commitment to Drake’s role in Central Iowa as the place where...
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Drake M.B.A. Program Voted Best in the Metro for Seventh Year
Business Record readers voted Drake’s Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program as best in the metro area for the seventh year in a row in the publication’s Best of Des Moines survey. Because of Drake’s commitment to excellence, students graduate ready to be leaders and overcome the challenges of today’s dynamic, global economy. Students in...
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Drake Theatre Arts to present “If We Were Birds”
The Drake University Department of Theatre Arts will present “If We Were Birds” by Erin Shields beginning Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Studio Theatre of the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 3–5 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. “When I first read the play it was an emotional...
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Abeny Kucha to Give Sudanese Survival Lecture
Abeny Kucha, author of Tears of a Mother, will deliver a lecture titled “A First-Person Account of Sudanese Survival, Sorrow, and Triumph” on Monday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Meredith Hall, Room 106 at Drake University. This event is free and open to the public. In Kucha’s book, Tears of a Mother, she shares...