Mark your calendars for Drake Day at the Iowa State Fair, Let's DU Lunch and the Hollywood Bowl Concert and Picnic, among other events.

Mallory McDevitt recently created a documentary based on her and friends' congenital heart defects that will become part of informational materials at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Jim Noyce, BN'78, has been named senior adviser to Drake Athletics Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb and major gifts officer for the Bulldogs.

This summer, Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences lost two prominent alumni -- Larry M. Simonsmeier, PH'67, and Alfred F. Viktor, PH'49.

Stephen Rapp, LW'74, prosecutor of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, has been confirmed by the Senate for a key U.S. State Department post.

The Office of Alumni Relations has recently joined hundreds of Drake graduates and fans by launching Drake's own Twitter account.

Drake University First Lady Madeleine Maxwell has been named to "Women of Influence: Class of 2009" by the Des Moines Business Record.

The University is among 158 institutions selected by Princeton Review as a Best in the Midwest school.

The University will host a dinner and public lecture featuring scholar William Taubman and Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev.

Drake scored in the top 10 in eight categories among medium-sized universities and colleges in the Chronicle of Higher Education's 2009 "Great Colleges to Work For" survey.

Phillip Chen is showcasing a series of prints on an 80-foot wall at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing -- China’s premier venue for contemporary photography.

Students in the College of Business and Administration's graduate programs will participate in Leadership Essentials, a workshop conducted by Dardis Communications Inc.

Erin Frazee was selected for the 2008-2009 Excellence in Public Health Award by the United States Public Heath Service.

A group of Drake law students helped cast doubt on the reliability of eyewitness identification in an experiment where they misidentified a thief.

Drake hosted SuperCamp, which helps high school and middle school students engage in experiential exercises, dynamic mental and physical challenges and team problem solving.

The student-operated Drake Broadcasting System was honored for excellence in their live coverage of the 100th Drake Relays with two bronze Telly Awards.

Former Drake Assistant Football Coach Jim Johnson died last month at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after a battle with cancer.

Drake has announced that a search is under way to hire a new men's tennis coach to succeed Chase Hodges who has accepted a job as head coach at Georgia State.

Drake officials announced the hiring of former Bulldog women’s basketball standout Linda Sayavongchanh as the new assistant women’s basketball coach.

The Drake men's track and field program has been honored by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as a 2009 Division I All-Academic Track and Field team.