Category: Official News Releases

Drake secured its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1971 with a 79-49 victory past Illinois State in the championship of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Sunday.

The Drake women's basketball team will cut down the nets at 4 p.m. in celebration of earning a share of the 2007-08 Missouri Valley Conference regular season title.

The Bulldogs beat Creighton 75-67 on Saturday to reach the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final for the first time.

Coming off a 68-46 quarterfinal round victory past Indiana State, Drake is making its first appearance in the semifinal round of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament since 1993.

For the first time since 1993, a Drake coach has earned the Rawlings MVC Coach of the Year honor as Keno Davis became the third rookie coach in the past five years to win the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title.

First-year students at Drake University Law School will hear oral arguments before the Iowa Supreme Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, on the Drake campus.

Advertising students will hold a silent auction to help underwrite their trip to Omaha for the regional National Student Advertising Competition.

The Drake University Symphony Orchestra will perform one of the great masterpieces of 20th century music -- Igor Stravinsky’s ballet "Petrushka."

Drake senior guard Adam Emmenecker, a former walk-on, is honored as the Missouri Valley Conference's top player.

Global health expert Laurie Garrett will present a lecture titled "Global Health in the New Millennium: Moving Ethics into Action."