Category: Official News Releases

Drake senior guard Adam Emmenecker and senior forward Troy Ruths of Washington University (Mo.) head the 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® Men's Basketball Teams.

Drake Law School's 71st annual Supreme Court Celebration feature a Supreme Court Banquet and keynote address by former American Bar Association President Robert J. Grey Jr.

Devin Pendas, associate professor of history at Boston College, will deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. titled "Law and Democracy: Trying Nazi Crimes in German Courts, 1945-1950."

The Drake University Wind Symphony will perform two world premieres during its concert at 8 p.m. in the Harmon Fine Arts Center.

Drake University's "Let's DU Lunch" series will continue with a speech by Weitz Co. President Mike Tousley at the Polk County Convention Complex.

Josh Young scored a career-high 25 points, including three free throws with 20 seconds to go, to lift 16th ranked Drake past No. 8 Butler, 71-64, in the ESPNU BracketBusters series Saturday.

Despite a stern test from DePaul, the Drake men’s tennis team extended its national-best winning streak to 29 with a 5-2 victory over the Blue Demons on Saturday (Feb. 23) at the Drake Tennis Center.

No. 16 Drake will face its sternest test of the season today when it plays No. 8 Butler (25-2) at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as part of the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters pairings.

Austin Sarat, the William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, will present "Patriotism, Dissent and Democratic Citizenship."

Drake University Theatre will present two student-directed shows in rotation this weekend: "Three the Hard Way" and "Romantic Comedy."