Category: Official News Releases

The summer series of Friday evening public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory will feature a program about "The Planets".

Drake University is among six schools that have been notified that they are finalists for hosting the 2008, 2009 and 2010 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.

In celebration of Juneteenth, Drake University will host an education forum, the Miss Iowa Juneteenth Coronation and Fashion Showcase as well as a benefit concert.

Drake University pharmacy students are gaining a state-of-the-art compounding laboratory where they'll learn how to prepare medications that are not commercially available.

On Wednesday, July 19, Drake University will host Drake JAM (Jazz and Art at the Market) as part of the Jazz in July concert series.

The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law recently named Jason Yates, a Drake University Law School student, a 2006 Janet D. Steiger Fellow.

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu The Drake Neighborhood Farmers’ Market opened its 10th year with a celebration that included speakers from Drake University, the Drake Neighborhood Association and First Christian Church, as well as a concert by the Java Jews and free birthday cake on Wednesday, June 7. Market-goers bought fresh vegetables, jams, honey,...

CONTACT:  Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu Students at Westridge Elementary in West Des Moines had 700 extra reasons to smile as Drake University faculty and students carted containers of books into the school’s library on Wednesday, May 31. The Children’s Choices program donated the books – valued at $20,000 – to Westridge and Perkins Elementary...

Drake University's Billie and Robert D. Ray Lifelong Learning Society will hold its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 2507 University Ave.

The summer series of Friday evening public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory will begin at 8 p.m., Friday, June 9.