Category: Official News Releases

Nonfiction writer Tim Bascom will continue the spring 2008 Drake University Writers and Critics Series Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Richard Thomas, star of "Twelve Angry Men," now playing at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, will visit Drake University Friday, Feb. 15, for an "Inside the Actors Studio"-style discussion.

Leslie Marrs, assistant professor of flute at Drake University, will present a faculty recital at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, on the Jordan Stage of Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.

Three outstanding alumni will be honored at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ 21st student-organized Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day.

The Drake men's basketball team moved to No. 14 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll, while remaining No. 15 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll.

The Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University will hold the 2008 Intellectual Property Scholars Roundtable from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23.

Jonathan Cox scored 14 of his season-high 21 points in the second half, helping power 15th ranked Drake to its school-record 21st straight victory with a 73-65 Missouri Valley Conference win over Evansville Saturday.

Drake University's new Engaged Citizen Experience program will continue on Tuesday, Feb. 12, with two talks by professor William Cronon of the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Drake University's student-run scoreboard crew is on a winning streak this season providing fans with exciting game footage, up-to-date graphics and online video streaming of the nation's 15th ranked men's basketball team.

Jim Mitroy, senior lecturer in physics at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia, will present, "Positron Binding to Atoms and Molecules" on Tuesday, Feb. 12, as part of Drake University's Science Colloquium Series.