Category: Official News Releases

Drake University Assistant Professor of Piano Nicholas Roth will perform a recital featuring works by Ravel, Schumann and Prokofiev on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium.

Drake University's International Film Series will conclude at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, with a screening of "Beijing Bicycle" (Shiqi sui de dan che) in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Pandemic expert Mary J.R. Gilchrist and economist Michael Schoenbaum will give a joint lecture Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Drake University on "Plagues and Pandemics: From the Black Death in the Middle Ages to Bird Flu in the Age of Science."

Award-winning writer and renowned leadership consultant Barry Posner will headline "The Leadership Challenge: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Workshop" on Friday, Nov. 30.

Robert Zink, professor in ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota, will present, "The role of species concepts in evolutionary biology" Friday, Nov. 16, as part of Drake University's Science Colloquium Series.

Actor Carla Renata, who plays landlord Gary Coleman in "Avenue Q" at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, will visit Drake for an "In the Actors Studio"-style discussion.

Drake University will hold a free public screening of "The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, on the Pomerantz Stage in Olmsted Center.

Daniel Levy and Ghaith al-Omari will give a free public lecture at Drake University titled "Prospects for Peace in Israel and Palestine: A Conversation with the Drafters of the Geneva Accords."

Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd will be the featured guest at a Monday, Nov. 19, "Cookies and Conversation" forum hosted by Drake University and IowaPolitics.com.

Due to heavy cloud cover last night, "Stargazing with the Stars" has been postponed until 7:30 p.m. today at the Drake Municipal Observatory.