Category: Official News Releases

The Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor -- the highest award presented by Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences -- will be awarded to Richard Morrow, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt distinguished professor of pharmacology.

Drake will present a program of music by Mozart at 3 p.m. at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.

Head Men's Basketball Coach Keno Davis was selected The Associated Press college basketball coach of the year Friday.

The free series of public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory will continue with a program on "Very Weird Stars" at 8 p.m.

Drake will commemorate the 118th anniversary of the Organization of American States with a Pan American Day Celebration in Olmsted Center.

Drake's Fine Arts Trio will perform two of the most beloved masterpieces by Beethoven and Brahms in a free concert.

Drake's 29th annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest has been filled to capacity with 50 contestants since February. Even the standby list is full.

Fred Arroyo and Erica Anzalone will read from their work and discuss writing Tuesday, April 8, as part of Drake's Writers and Critics Series.

Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences improved its score to 2.7 and tied for fifth place among private institutions in new rankings of graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report.

Roger B. Knapp, who was Drake's men's tennis coach from 1989 to 1993, died Sunday in Sarasota, Fla., as a result of complications from an aortic aneurism.