Amy Letter, Assistant Professor of Fiction and New Media, will host a reading of her own work on Wednesday, Oct. 26 as part of Drake's Writers and Critics Series.
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Pharmacy students promote Script Your Future campaign and American Pharmacists Month
Drake University pharmacy students are hosting two events this October, a "Test your Health Fair" and "Running of the White Coats," to raise awareness regarding the importance of taking medicine as directed. Both events are focused on the Drake community.
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Drake to host screening of “Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country”
The 2008 documentary film sheds light on a 40-year military dictatorship in the Southeast Asian nation of Burma.
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Drake Law students to host 18th annual Halloween Hoops for children and parents
Drake's 18th annual Halloween Hoops celebration will be held on Monday, October 31, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Drake University Bell Center, 1421-27th St. The event is free and open to Des Moines area children aged 3-12 and their parents.
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Best-selling author and entertainer Garrison Keillor to present 27th Bucksbaum Lecture
"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor will speak at Drake's Knapp Center on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m. as part of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture series.
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Drake to host terrorism discussion with international security expert
Jim Walsh, a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss national security, terrorism and nuclear weapons.
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Internationally renowned pianist to deliver guest recital, masterclass at Drake
Spencer Myer, winner of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition, will perform works by Debussy and Liszt.
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Drake University mobilizing alumni across the country for DU Good Day
Drake University has declared Oct. 22 "DU Good Day," a day of service for alumni in central Iowa and across the country. DU Good Day activities will occur at a dozen sites nationwide, as hundreds of Drake alumni, family and friends donate their time to hunger-related causes in their communities.
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Drake to host the president of the American Council on Renewable Energy
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn will speak Thursday at 7 p.m. about renewable energy and national security in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.
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Drake Constitutional Law Center to host speaker Eric Posner
Eric Posner is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School. His most recent book postulates the American separation of powers outlined in the Constitution no longer correspond to reality, and that executive power in our administrative state has few rule of law limitations.