Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will serve as the 2015 Drake University Constitution Day Lecture speaker. Her speech is titled “Policing in the 21st Century.”
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Benefit concert to hit high note for literacy
Three musical groups comprised of Drake University students and faculty members will perform a benefit concert in support of literacy education.
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Des Moines surgeon to open two-year series on death and dying
A local surgeon’s incisive lecture will kick off a two-year exploration of humanity’s complex relationship with death and dying.
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High honors for two Drake pharmacy fraternities
Two of Drake’s professional pharmacy fraternity chapters have been named among the best in the nation by their national organizations.
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Drake University ranks third in U.S. News and World Report 2016 rankings
For the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Drake University third for overall quality among Midwest master’s institutions.
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Drake junior is youngest person to ever earn top actuarial designation
At age 20, Roy Ju is the youngest FSA in the history of the Society of Actuaries.
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Drake University among top 50 colleges for Greek Life
Drake University has been named one of the nation’s 50 best colleges and universities for Greek Life.
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IDEAS AT WAR: American Propaganda Posters of WWII
Exhibition features over fifty original posters produced by American designers to persuade the public to support wartime efforts Drake University’s Anderson Gallery will open its new season with “Ideas at War: American Propaganda Posters of World War II,” an exhibition featuring more than 50 original wartime posters from the collection of the State Historical Museum...
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Sussman Lecture: “The Making of Ferguson and Baltimore”
Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute will deliver “Beyond the Invisible Fence: The Making of Ferguson and Baltimore” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in Sussman Theater.
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Philanthropist Melva Bucksbaum dies at age 82
Melva Bucksbaum, a dedicated philanthropist who helped to establish Drake University’s largest and most well-known lecture series, died last weekend. She was 82 years old. Melva Bucksbaum and her husband Martin, a longtime member of Drake’s governing board, established the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series through a generous gift to the university. The series—named in...