As former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin was preparing to retire after serving 40 years in Congress, he founded The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement in 2013 to carry on his legacy and ...

A project that will explore the relationship between the environment and cancer rates in Iowa was launched at the Harkin On Wellness symposium at Drake University. (Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) ...

Apples to Zucchini Cooking School offers children lessons in how to prepare healthy meals. (Courtesy photo) Apples to Zucchini Cooking School has been given the Harkin on Wellness Award from the ...

Ruth Harkin, the wife of former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, has written a book titled: “When My Husband Ran for President and Other Short Stories” and the proceeds from book sales will go to the Harkin ...

DES MOINES (AP) — Sen. Tom Harkin will donate his papers to Drake University after plans to give them to a namesake institute at Iowa State University fell apart earlier this year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa is an outlier for the wrong reasons, according to several environmental advocates who spoke at the Harkin Institute’s annual wellness symposium, which ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The state of Iowa has the second-highest and fastest-growing rate of new cancers in the United States. The Iowa Environmental Council, Drake University’s Harkin Institute, and the ...

(Drake University) President Maxwell and I on a number of occasions have discussed the relocation of the Harkin Institute from Iowa State to Drake. We’ve had a good working relationship, and I have ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Joseph Jones is an Executive Director for the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement in the Drake University with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the ...