Category: Official News Releases

Steve Brodner, political cartoonist and artist, will present Drake University's annual Hawley Foundation Lecture, titled "The Satiric Eye: How Pictures that Make People Crazy are Really Good for Them."

Join the Selection Sunday celebration as the Drake men's basketball team discovers what regional it will be playing in when the NCAA Tournament brackets are unveiled.

Drake University Head Start will open a new toddler classroom this fall in the former Montessori School wing of Covenant Presbyterian Church in West Des Moines.

Erik Peterson, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., will present this spring's Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture.

Drake Law School's Constitutional Law Center will hold its 2008 symposium, which will explore the Ninth and 14th Amendments.

Alan Nadel, the endowed chair of American literature and film at the University of Kentucky, will share his analysis of Mel Gibson's films as part of the Drake's Writers and Critics Series.

Assistant Professor of Music Ashley Sidon will perform a cello recital at 8 p.m., featuring music by Edvard Grieg, David Popper and Alberto Ginastera.

Rika Uchida, visiting assistant professor in piano and music theory, will give a solo piano recital featuring Debussy's "Claire de Lune" and Liszt's "Mephisto Waltz."

Dennis Goldford, professor of politics at Drake University, will give a talk titled "The First Amendment Does Not Protect Religion" on Tuesday, March 25.

Assistant Professor of Music Ashley Sidon will perform a cello recital at 8 p.m., Thursday Mar. 13, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave. The event is free and open to the public.