Category: Official News Releases

Jeff Johnson, host of BET Channel’s "The Jeff Johnson Chronicles," will present "Construction Before Destruction with Cousin Jeff" at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Drake's blueView Web portal launched Monday, Jan. 29.

Drake University Law School announced Monday the appointment of former Iowa Gov. and current Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack as visiting distinguished professor of law for the 2007 calendar year.

Drake's College of Business and Public Administration and Department of Politics will host a stop on the Concord Coalition's Fiscal Wake-Up Tour. The event will start at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Drake Law School will dedicate the transfer of NBA archives from the Des Moines Public Library to the Opperman Law Library with a program and dedication starting at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Brian Duffy, editorial cartoonist at the Des Moines Register since 1983, will present a Live! @ Cowles Library event at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Harriet Mayor Fulbright will give a lecture titled "Citizen Diplomacy: An Essential Element of Foreign Policy" at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Contrary to popular wisdom, it is possible to be a good lawyer and a good person. That's the message that ethics expert Michael Josephson will bring to Drake Law School on Thursday, Jan. 25, when he addresses 140 first-year students about the vital importance of ethics in the legal profession.

The School of Management and Communication will host Cara Heiden of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage for its Executive in Residence at 7 p.m. Tuesday.