Kenya’s countryside is a mesh of lush forests and wild vegetation broken up by family and commercial farms of sugar cane, tea and coffee. Just outside of Nairobi is Kiamara Estate Coffee, the 900-acre family farm of Rose Karugu, MBA ’01. “You have to sell your coffee to the government, […]
For almost 14 years, Michael Carson, BA political science ’85, has been involved in African social and economic community advancement. He first landed in Africa as a business adviser and teacher with the Peace Corps. From 1992–2003 he worked with Africare, an American nonprofit relief and development organization, as program […]
Imagine arriving home from work to find that the government has seized your home and that your spouse and children have been assaulted by militant troops. For whatever reason—your name, skin color or religious beliefs—you are no longer welcomed in your country. Where would you go? Who would you turn […]
With a South Pacific theme in mind, first-year students Lauren Brooks and Agila Zafar have transformed their dorm room: Visitors to their first-floor Johnson McFarlane (J-Mac) room get the feeling they’ve booked passage on a cheap Polynesian cruise ship complete with tropical bedding, colorful Japanese lamps and inflatable plastic fish. […]
For more than 30 years, alumnus Richard Lapchick has made civil rights his mission.
A student research project has breathed new life into a Mozart concerto.
Social work education now is reaching an overlooked and needy corner of the country.
DU’s women golfers measure their success by the might of their team.
A long-lost trove of gold and silver will benefit DU art students.
In a whirlwind visit to Denver and DU, Charles Lindbergh snared the heart of the Mile High City.
Former Head Coach Murray Armstrong turned DU into a hockey dynasty.
A unique course gives students real-world construction management experience.
You may be wondering, with all of the great things going on at the University of Denver, why devote so much of our magazine to Africa? The answer is simple: It is DU’s mission to be a great private university dedicated to the public good. Whether here in our own […]