“Careful to get my spit curls in the right place.” “When I was a stewardess back then, pilots got quite friendly.” Sarah Gjertson pans her camera in on a white-haired woman smiling under the hair dryer hood at the laughter and chatter of her beauty parlor pals. During the last […]

Q: How do you define value as it applies to a college education? A: My definition of value has to do with personal growth. A part of that is intellectual growth — knowledge and ability — but also intellectual maturity, the growth of creativity, a change in how one’s mind […]

In the world of knitting, Cheryl (Goughnour) Oberle is a rock star. The author of Folk Shawls and Folk Vests — standards in most knitters’ libraries — Oberle (BA ’77) is a meticulous designer of knitwear patterns, an exacting and time-consuming art that involves a deep understanding of fiber, mathematics […]

Jewish studies I was delighted to read about the growth of the Jewish studies program at DU [“Rediscovering Yiddish,” summer 2006]. I noted the illustration about the Palm Theatre on West Colfax Avenue and remembered the running gag about the bridge from downtown Denver to the West Side being the […]

Pearl Harbor. JFK’s assassination. The Challenger disaster. 9/11. August 14, 1945, is another day seared into America’s collective memory. It’s the anniversary of the day Japan surrendered, formally ending World War II. “V-J Day was different,” recalls Antoinette “Toni” Hagener (BA ’46). “People were euphoric. It was a special occasion.” […]

Six close friends gathered at my birthday dinner and discussed death. Cemeteries, burial plots, and funeral arrangements, to be exact. Our funeral arrangements. We laughed uncomfortably and made some jokes. In the end, though, the consensus was that we did not want our kids to get stuck making funeral arrangements […]

Inside the imposing new School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management hang 23 prints. Ranging from colorful abstracts to elegiac landscapes, the temporary exhibit enlivens the grand public spaces of the hospitality school, offering guests a visual perk. It’s a diverse collection of work representing the efforts of some extraordinary […]

In most degree programs, students take required courses and choose from a stable of electives. Not so in DU’s Digital Media Studies (DMS) program, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. After learning the foundations of design, technical and critical approaches to digital media, DMS students are free to focus […]

After more than a year of construction, the finishing touches were put on Carnegie Green this summer. Located where the old Carnegie Library once stood, the green offers an expanse of lawn and perennial gardens stretching from University Hall west to the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) building, and […]

Three months ago, I was afraid of bees — cold-stone-in-the-pit-of-your-stomach and sawdust-in-your-mouth scared. I had a good reason. As a teenager, I was horribly stung by a swarm of furious yellow jackets whose underground nest I’d stepped in. So, it was a leap of faith for me to tackle an […]

Chancellor Robert Coombe has his eyes fixed on the future.

Jerry Webb knows all about the birds and the bees — especially the bees. Webb (BSBA ’54) has been beekeeping for most of his life, getting his start on the family farm in Kansas. “It’s a wonderful stress reliever,” Webb says of beekeeping. “You go out to your hives, nobody […]

Forget the stinging menace you feared as a child. Bees have a softer side upon which life as we know it depends.

Scientists at DU and the University of Colorado are revitalizing gene therapy research.

Bassist Charlie Burrell broke the orchestral color barrier and became a legend in his own time.