Category: Official News Releases

The Drake Environmental Action League hopes to involve the community and increase environmental awareness and activism from the grassroots level.

Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, will present "Transnational Challenges to Security" as a part of Drake University's lecture series on the United States and the World.

The Des Moines Register Publisher Laura Hollingsworth and Executive Editor Carolyn Washburn will present "The Des Moines Register - Tradition and Transformation" as part of Drake's "Let's DU Lunch" series.

Drake junior Tara Richards recently was appointed to the Iowa College Student Aid Commission as the only student commissioner on the board.

Fred Arroyo will present "Close as Pages in a Book: Reading, Writing and the Power of Linguistic Memories."

Des Moines artist Peggy Johnston will teach a bookmaking workshop as part of Drake's "Book Arts: Dialogues and Languages" series.

Legal expert J. Alexander Their will present "Afghanistan: The Forgotten War" as part of Drake's lecture series on the United States and the World.

Director Deena Conley has adapted Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play to a modern setting.

Shoppers at this week's market can sample honey lemonade from 3 Bee Honey Farms and get free information from Planned Parenthood.

The free series will continue with a lecture titled "The Real Force -- Issac Newton, Edmund Halley, Charles Messier and Joseph-Louis Lagrange."