Category: Official News Releases

The fall season of the Humanities Center Colloquium series will start with a presentation by Jeff Karnicky, visiting professor of English, on "Thinking with Blue Jays," from 3:30-5 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 28. The colloquium series, which is free and open to the Drake community, will be held in the Medbury Honors Lounge, Medbury Hall.

Norbert Pienta, associate professor of chemistry and director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Iowa, will continue the fall series of Drake's Science Colloquium Series with a lecture titled "Using Technology to Study Student Problem Solving in Chemistry."

Madelyn M. Levitt will receive the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service from The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution on Wednesday, Sept. 19.

Drake University Theatre will open the fall season with "Autobahn," a series of short plays by Neil LaBute that take place in the front seats of cars.

Alveda C. King, Gospel of Life leader, and a niece of Martin Luther King Jr., will speak at Drake University on the racial implications of abortion at 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.

Renowned political scientist Morris P. Fiorina will give a lecture at Drake University Thursday, Sept. 20, on "The Great Disconnect in American Politics" as part of a national Visiting Scholar Program sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

In conjunction with the award ceremony and dinner for Madelyn M. Levitt, recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, the Woodrow Wilson Center will sponsor a public lecture and panel discussion titled "Civility, Society and Politics: Is There a Problem?"

Michael Kraig will give a lecture on "Ensuring the U.S. and Global Security in an Inter-Connected World," from 12:30-1:45 p.m. in Bulldog Theatre in Olmsted Center, 2875 University Avenue.

The Drake Law School will celebrate and educate students and citizens on Constitution Day from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, in room 206 of Cartwright Hall.

Drake University will host the 20th anniversary celebration of the Chinese Association of Iowa with a performance by the Tianjin Conservatory of Music's dance troupe on Saturday, Sept. 22.