Category: Official News Releases

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

Before they attend a single class or hit the books, first-year Drake University students will tackle a variety of service projects in the Drake Neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Drake University once again has been named a Best Midwestern College by Princeton Review and is featured in the Best Colleges: Region by Region section of PrincetonReview.com.

Drake University's Anderson Gallery will open its fall season with "Selling the War: Posters of World War I," an exhibition of33 original propaganda posters on loan from the State Historical Society of Iowa.

In the hours and days to come, pundits will endlessly speculate who received the biggest bump from Sunday's nationally televised presidential debate on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." The answer, after Drake flawlessly hosted the second such debate in three weeks, is unquestionably the University, as well as the neighborhood.

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

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

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.

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.