Category: Official News Releases

Internationally renowned pianist Jack Winerock, professor of piano at the University of Kansas, will perform works by Schubert, Ravel and Griffes in a solo recital at Drake University on Saturday, Sept. 8.

Fifty years of satellites will be explored during the fall series of Friday evening public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory in Waveland Park on the west side of Des Moines. The free series will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.

Drake University launches its fall fine arts season this week with an exhibition of World War I propaganda posters, a special performance featuring music and theatre faculty members and a recital by a renowned pianist.

Drake University alumnus Lawrence Fish, chairman of the America unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland, will lead off this fall's Executive in Residence series in Drake's School of Management and Communication by giving a public lecture Tuesday, Sept. 11.

The fall series of Drake University’s “Let’s DU Lunch” will kick off with a speech by Keno Davis, Drake’s new men’s basketball coach on Wednesday, Sept. 12.

There's still time to enroll children and adults for music lessons during the fall semester at the Drake University Community School of Music.

Drake University's Center for Global Citizenship is launching a public lecture series titled "Debating America's Role in the World" in which experts on foreign affairs will discuss topics including terrorism, the Iraq war and the Middle East, hunger, pandemics, energy and climate change.

No matter how old you are, you can remember the first time you left home.
Drake first year students and their families share their thoughts with Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Dave Peterson as they begin their Drake experience. Dave captures the emotion, the fun and the beauty of the Drake campus on move-in day.

Nationally known legal scholars, attorneys and government leaders will gather Friday, Sept. 7, at Drake University Law School's Legal Clinic for a conference being convened by former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who is a visiting distinguished professor of law at Drake.

Drake University fine arts faculty members will showcase their musical and theatrical talents in "A Night of Stars," a free concert sponsored by Friends of Drake Arts on Friday, Sept. 7