Category: Official News Releases

The Sept. 14 concert will feature jazz standards from all styles and eras, as well as original tunes and arrangements.

Drake University improved its overall ranking to stand alone in third among Midwest master's universities in the U.S. News Best Colleges 2012 rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

Drake University will welcome parents and family of students this weekend with a packed schedule of events Friday, Sept. 16-Sunday, Sept. 18.

The Striving for Eternal Life (SFEL) Choir will visit Drake University at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 to share their uplifting reggae gospel sound along with their stories of hardship as refugee students from Burundi. The choir is led by Drake student Vincent Niyokwizera.

The Drake Municipal Observatory series, presented every Friday through October 28, consists of non-technical, illustrated presentations by Drake Astronomy lecturers. All lectures begin at 8 p.m. All fall lectures center on sky-themed topics.

The fall 2011 Drake University Science Colloquium Series features seven Drake professors discussing their research.

Reich will present "The Next Economy and America's Future" at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave. The speech, which will include a question-and-answer session, is free and open to the public.

Drake University's fall 2011 Let's DU Lunch speaker series will kick off on Wednesday, September 7, with a presentation by Scott Bush, founder and president of Templeton Rye Spirits.

The joint show, titled "Immaterial Material," will open with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, August 26. The event is free and open to the public. The artists will provide a brief introduction to their work in the gallery at 6 p.m.

Members of the Drake University football team will share stories from the team's historic spring trip to Africa at a public presentation on Thursday, August 25.