Young voters long have been underrepresented at the polls. But with millions of college-age voters up for grabs, the youth vote could turn the tide in the 2004 presidential election.

A new campaign aims to boost students’ writing skills throughout the disciplines.

A new partnership is giving DU students access to a world-class collection of contemporary art.

Nutritious food offerings abound on campus, but DU students typically choose quick over healthy.

Late one muggy August night in 2001, four grown men boarded a New Jersey roller coaster called the Dragon Wagon and buckled up for the ride. There was only one problem: The Dragon Wagon is a kiddie coaster and couldn’t pull the weight. So, two men got out and pushed. […]

Behind the scenes, a winning sports medicine team helps the Pioneers shine.

Imagine you want to arrange a meeting in Denver. You are looking for a beautiful facility, managed by knowledgeable staff, with well-appointed conference rooms, good food and professional service. Soon, you will find that facility on the University of Denver campus. In August, DU’s School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism […]

Thank you so very much for arranging for me to get 30 copies of your wonderful issue [summer 2004] of the University of Denver Magazine. The cover, the graphic of the map of Africa [“Seeds of Change”], the heart-wrenching story of Mutuma and Beatrice [“Hope in the Heart of Africa”], […]

It’s said that great minds think alike, so it’s clear that Colorado’s women and girls have a couple of great minds working on their behalf. At the same time that Dean Michele “Mike” Bloom was dreaming of a grander home for DU’s Women’s College, Merle Catherine Chambers, LLM ’84, was […]

After more than a century of change and construction of a new building, the University of Denver’s Women’s College has found its niche.

Fixed at the top of the screen, the cursor blinks an incessant command: begin, begin, begin. And my brain, stalled in a similar manner, won’t permit me to answer past one ineffectual plea: “God, I just want this to be over.” I haven’t even begun and already I am wishing […]

After working in the Denver commercial art industry for more than 30 years, Gary Kaemmer, BFA ’57, packed his bags and moved to Hope, Idaho, where he’s spent the past decade drawing, painting and sculpting. Kaemmer had felt there was a lack of respect for artists in the advertising field. […]

Snow clings to Colorado’s San Juan Mountains like a white satin dress on a voluptuous woman. The region’s mining history and freezing temperatures are expressed in the orange, iron-stained ice formations lining the single highway winding through the landscape. It is here that Dolores LaChapelle, BA English ’47, has cultivated […]

Imagine: a naïve man from Texas running for president, threatening Middle Eastern countries interested in gaining power, independent third parties trying to get into the White House at any cost, and oil—along with “big money”—playing a key role through it all. Some may think this scenario describes the current state […]

With a little help from mutant mice, a researcher at DU’s Eleanor Roosevelt Institute has uncovered the genetic root of obesity, and with it, a potential cure.