Category: Official News Releases

Drake University's International Film Series will continue at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, with a screening of "Grave of the Fireflies" (Hokaru no Haka), a Japanese film with English subtitles.

Drake students saw Lou Diamond Phillips in a new light -- out of character, stage makeup and without a speaking accent, wig or costume.

From Nov. 8-11, Drake University Theatre will present Tony Award-winning musical "Company," with book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Steven Sondheim.

Professor Samuel Issacharoff of the New York University School of Law will give a lecture on "Democracy at War" on Thursday, Nov. 8, at Drake University Law School.

With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Drake University has launched the Iowa Caucus Project and "My Prez" program to encourage students to attend campus events with presidential candidates and engage in public discussion about issues.

Drake University alumnus Larry D. Zimpleman, president and chief operating officer of The Principal Financial Group, will give the annual Financial Executives International – Drake School of Accounting Lecture.

International policy expert Craig Cohen will deliver a free, public lecture on "Smart Power and Stability in Pakistan," at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center, 2875 University Ave.

Lou Diamond Phillips, star of "Camelot," now playing at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, will visit Drake University for an "In the Actors Studio"-style discussion.

As part of the Drake Writers and Critics Series, award-winning poet Peggy Shumaker will read and discuss her two most recent books during a visit to Drake on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Faculty cellist Ashley Sandor Sidon will be featured in the Drake Symphony Orchestra's first concert of the fall semester.