Category: Official News Releases

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.

Three Drake University students will present the findings of their summer research projects at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 26.

Drake University will host the 2007 entrepreneurial conference "Traits of Success" for Drake and area high school students on Friday, Oct. 26.

Wanda Everage, vice provost for student affairs and academic excellence at Drake University, has been recognized for distinguished achievements by Iowa State University.

Due to health reasons, Rika Uchida has canceled her faculty recital set for 8 p.m. today (Monday, Oct. 22).

Foreign relations expert Samuel W. Lewis will deliver a free, public lecture on "America's Role in the Middle East," at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Bulldog Theater.

Scott Conklin and Uriel Tsachor, both music faculty members at the University of Iowa, will perform works by Johannes Brahms for violin and piano at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Drake University's Sheslow Auditorium.

International development expert Natalie Hahn will deliver a free, public lecture on "Making a Difference Through International Giving."

Dressed in their best Halloween duds, children will compete for prizes at the 14th annual Drake University Community Halloween Hoops Shoot Out, set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29.