Category: Official News Releases

Drake Athletic Department officials disclosed Monday that the Bulldogs' next two home men's basketball games in the Drake Knapp Center against Creighton and Evansville are sold out.

The Drake University Community School of Music will present a free program of music for two pianos featuring DUCSOM instructor Robert Lien and guest artist Ray Songayllo.

World-renowned violinist Midori will join Drake faculty members in a roundtable talk on the role of music in the liberal arts and contemporary society.

Ann Cravero, assistant professor of voice and opera director, will perform Sunday in New York City's Carnegie Hall as one of the first place winners of the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition.

Award-winning poet Susanna Childress will open the spring 2008 Drake University Writers and Critics Series on Monday, Feb. 11. Childress will read and discuss her poetry at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room in Cowles Library, 2725 University Ave.

Melissa Mead Hull, a 2000 graduate of Drake University, is one of the first pharmacists in the nation to be awarded clinical lipid specialist credentials by the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology.

The spring 2008 Drake University "Let's DU Lunch" series will kick off with a speech by alumnus J. Scott Johnson of Wells Fargo Bank on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Polk County Convention Complex, 501 Grand Ave.

James Romain, assistant professor of saxophone at Drake University, will present a faculty recital on the Jordan Stage of Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.

Drake University Law School will host the final rounds of the national tournament of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association on Saturday, Jan. 19.

Drake University Head Start plans to add two new toddler classrooms on the west side of Polk County to help meet the high demand for child development programs for 2-year-olds.