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Duke University Professor of Sociology Bai Gao will present a lecture titled "The U.S., China and the Global Economic Crisis: Partnership for a Solution."

Real estate experts Jay Zagoren and Rob Best will explore current problems facing the real estate market and how firms are responding and planning for the future.

The program is funded in part by the McKesson Corp. and Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co., and will provide four students with an internship in the summer of 2009.

The university received a $20,000 grant to help fund internships that will promote entrepreneurial leadership in community pharmacy practice and improve the quality of patient care.

The lecture will explore the interactions between the galaxy and their nuclei, which are called quasars, determined by the motions of ionized gas.

The roundtable will feature presentations from more than 50 intellectual property and technology experts from around the world.

The 38th annual exhibit features works in drawing to graphic design to sculpture, among others.

J. Barry Griswell is president of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and former president and CEO of The Principal Financial Group.

David Radcliff will share stories, photos and analysis from 20 years of dealing with issues of poverty and justice in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Following a screening of Drake professor Jody Swilky's film, "A Little Salsa on the Prairie," local residents of Perry, Iowa, will participate in a panel discussion about the impact of Latino immigration on the community.