Category: Official News Releases

Ismael Hossein-zadeh, Drake professor of economics, will present a lecture titled "Hidden Costs of War and Military Spending" at 1:30 p.m. in room 10 of Aliber Hall.

Drake's Music Department will present its first StringFest, which includes master classes for high school and college students and a recital featuring renowned violinist Gary Kosloski.

All of the activities planned for the Drake University Honor Band Festival today (Saturday, Dec. 1) have been canceled due to the ice storm.

Drake will host a public forum featuring a panel of journalists and political analysts who will share their views on the upcoming Iowa caucuses.

Drake University will host 2008 democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Saturday, Dec. 1, for a forum on "Every Child Matters."

Students in Drake University's Ad Club have the opportunity to create and pitch advertising campaigns for local bands at the "Crossroads Design Competition" as part of the 2007 Crossroads Entertainment Conference Showcase.

Drake University graduate Colin McDonald was among the top 20 winners for college feature writing in the national William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program.

The fall season of the Drake Humanities Center Colloquium Series will conclude Friday, Nov. 30, with a presentation by Joan Faber McAlister, assistant professor of rhetoric, on "Hannah Arendt's Concept of Natality as Political Agency."

Scholars and religious leaders will gather at Drake University on Wednesday, Nov. 28, for a panel discussion of how the world's religions and philosophies define ultimate reality. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will start at 7:30 p.m. in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.

Actors from the Drake University community will perform a heartwarming holiday classic with a new twist when they bring to the stage "It's a Wonderful Life -- A Live Radio Play," which opens Thursday, Dec. 13.