Category: Official News Releases

Drake University is the only private university in Iowa listed in The Kiplinger 100: the best values in private institutions across the country.

Jennifer Perrine, assistant professor of English at Drake University, will do a reading from her new book of poetry, "The Body is No Machine," which came out this month by New Issues Poetry & Prose. Perrine's presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29.

More than 30 faculty members from around the country are convening at Drake this weekend for this spring's "Reacting to the Past" regional conference, held on behalf of a consortium of 35 colleges and universities.

Nationally renowned journalist, author and Drake University graduate Neenah Ellis will be the featured speaker at the Live! @ the Drake Library Series today.

Bob Costas, an accomplished broadcaster and author, will deliver this spring's Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19.

Alumni and friends nationwide will be donning Drake blue this Sunday, gathering with fellow Bulldog fans to watch Drake face Tennessee.

Travis Thompson, vice president of operations for the Edge Business Continuity Center in Altoona, will discuss business continuity and disaster recovery at Drake University's Let's DU Lunch speaker series at noon Wednesday.

The McCormick Tribune Foundation has awarded Drake's School of Journalism and Mass Communication $50,000 for a Specialized Reporting Institute.

Drake's RaySociety, an educational organization for people of retirement-age, presents a new four-day course that examines society's insatiable appetite for sports.

Robert J. Johnson, a first-year student from Chicago, has been asked to speak on a panel at a forum titled "Promote Permanent Families: Reform Foster Care Now," which will be held Monday, March 12, in Washington, D.C.