Category: Official News Releases

If everything you can eat on a stick at the Iowa State Fair seems to be sticking it to you, come see the pharmacy students at the Drake University booth in the Varied Industries Building for an appropriate remedy: a free heartburn screening -- and a free sample of Prilosec on a stick

Drake University climbed to fifth in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" rankings and improved its score for academic quality and overall score in the Midwest Master's Universities category of the 2008 edition of "America's Best Colleges," published by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

Nicholas Roth, assistant professor of piano at Drake University, will perform an interdisciplinary event, titled "Robert Schumann: The Influence of Multiple Personality on the Prose Writings and Musical Compositions," on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

The Drake University/Community Chorus, conducted by Drake University Professor of Conducting Aimee Beckmann-Collier, is open without audition to all interested singers.

Dennis Goldford, professor of politics at Drake University, was interviewed by CBS News before and after the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, and then featured on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

The forecast looked stormy like the weather on Sunday, Aug. 5, for the experience Drake student volunteers would have at the Republican presidential debate in Sheslow Auditorium.

The Student Bar Association at Drake University Law School recently received the SBA of the Year award from the American Bar Association/Law Student Division.

Drake University will present a circus sideshow featuring campus oddities and legends on Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 11. The free festivities will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Drake tent on Rock Island Avenue just east of the Bill Riley Stage.

All Democratic presidential candidates have confirmed their attendance at the Iowa Democratic Debate that ABC News and ABC5/WOI-TV will conduct on Sunday, Aug. 19, in Drake University's Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.

President David Maxwell welcomes prospective students during Iowa Private College Week. CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, 515-271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Presidential debates provide backdrop for Iowa Private College Week Prospective students visiting Drake University this week are welcomed by Drake President Maxwell standing at a podium on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main – site of...