What do you feel like doing tonight? Drinking a Mexican craft beer? Getting a pedicure? Having dinner at a James Beard Award-nominated restaurant? Taking a kickboxing class? Letting the kids learn how to build a robot? All of this and more is on tap at Stanley Marketplace, founded by alumnus Mark Shaker.
In 1908, the University of Denver saw its second black female student graduate. Her name was Grace Mabel Andrews. Andrews was born in Missouri in 1886. She had two younger siblings, Jesse and Clyde, and her father died before her 15th birthday. Sometime before 1905, her family made the long […]
For young women, growing up all too often means retreating into silence as male classmates seize the spotlight. For more than 20 years, Denver nonprofit Building Bridges — founded by two alumni of DU’s Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) — has been helping young women from Denver Public […]
The little cabin no longer stands near Loveland Pass, but Robert Margolis’ college memories still live there. They are the nights when Margolis (BSBA ’84) and his buddies from the Alpine Club would unstack a pile of mattresses and flop across the floor, relaxing in a high-elevation oasis after […]
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Carbon nanotubes may be strangers to most, but for Azure Avery (PhD ’13), they hold the magic of a pink, feather-light sugar nest disappearing on a child’s tongue. “When raw, [carbon nanotube material] is this really soft, black, sooty-looking cotton candy,” Avery says. Those aren’t technical terms, and they […]
“Seeing is believing.” Coming from a scientist, that might sound tired or clichéd. But for Schuyler van Engelenburg, that idea is the North Star. What he learns about HIV through his hand-built microscope’s viewfinder is the “ultimate proof,” confirming some things scientists thought they knew about the virus and uncovering […]
With “Ghost Of” (Omnidawn, 2018), her debut collection of poems, Diana Khoi Nguyen found herself blinking in the literary limelight. In September, just months after her book’s publication date, Nguyen learned that “Ghost Of” had been longlisted for a National Book Award. A few weeks later, the collection had advanced […]
With two performances to overflow audiences at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival — and standing ovations from each — the Lamont Jazz Orchestra (LJO) gave notice to the music world in September that DU is home to some of the finest college jazz musicians on the planet. Made up of […]
Whether you read for pleasure or edification or both; whether you thumb through a hardcover or swipe through a device, you’re no doubt in the market for new titles to enjoy. The University of Denver’s community of writers is happy to oblige, producing good reads that raise questions and change […]
As a GIS specialist with South Metro Fire and Rescue in Denver, Heather Hoelting uses geographic information systems (GIS) every day. Using technology to overlay maps with other types of data, she is able to track changing addresses and borders, the locations of fire hydrants and water mains, traffic patterns […]
It’s been nearly a year since Jamie Stanton stood at the bottom of a ski hill in Pyeongchang, South Korea, chest heaving, eyes cast toward the electronic scoreboard. He still can’t find the words to describe the feeling, realizing he had won a bronze medal at the 2018 Paralympic Games. […]
Alum-founded nonprofit Revision International; annual simulation of humanitarian crisis; DU students and faculty find innovative ways to combat homelessness
Picture it. You’re an alum returning to DU for the big homecoming hockey game. But instead of staying in Cherry Creek or along Colorado Boulevard, you’re in a hotel on campus, just steps from Magness Arena. When dinnertime rolls around, you head not to the nearest chain steakhouse, but to […]
In December, some 30 rowing teams from around the world will descend on tiny La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, to take part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, an annual 3,000-mile boat race from La Gomera to Antigua. It’s a grueling endurance challenge that is a badge of honor […]
New provost Jeremy Haefner comes to DU from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he served for 10 years as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Haefner, who also worked at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, talks about his first impressions of DU. Q: What […]