Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens became a senior fellow at the University of Denver last week, but that honor could just as easily have occurred at some other school. The two-term Republican governor said he had “other opportunities” to become a senior fellow when he left office earlier in January, […]
Julia Rymer embodies her belief that artists need to experiment with subject matter, techniques and influences beyond art itself. Her first exhibition at CORE New Art Space, “Spectra,” Jan. 26–Feb. 11, features paintings and drawings that Rymer (BFA ’00) says are inspired by a variety of sources, including Greek myths, […]
Years from now, robots the size of soda cans will crawl through the rubble after a disaster to find trapped people. The robots will search for survivors by sensing carbon dioxide and oxygen. They’ll measure the respiration, oxygenation, temperature and pulse of the people they find and then transmit that […]
On cold nights, when going out seems like more trouble than fun, ads used to command, “Make it a Blockbuster night!” But at nearly $5 a movie, video rental stores have lost their luster for many film lovers who have traded stores for video subscriptions. Today’s movie-lovers wait by the […]
The DU Programs Board (DUPB) hosts popular-release free films every Thursday at 8 p.m. in Sturm Hall’s Davis Auditorium. This quarter the following films, all released last year, will be screened. Feb. 1—Off the Grid Olympic skier turned NFL football player Jeremy Bloom serves as narrator as the world’s best […]
Students from the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) recently published the results of a case study of the St. Francis Center for the Homeless, a downtown Denver day shelter for the homeless. In collaboration with the Center On Rights Development, master’s degree candidates Tommaso Diegoli, Mariko Frame and Matthias Hildebrandt, along […]
University of Denver students are celebrating winter in the Rockies during Winter Carnival Jan. 28–Feb. 3. Sponsored by the DU Programs Board (DUPB), the 47th annual weeklong carnival combines on-campus activities with a mountain adventure in Breckenridge. Jan. 28— Polar Bear Run/Walk The carnival begins with a 5K Polar Bear […]
When Bayonne (Smith) Holmes began her college search in the mid 1950s, she hoped to leave Denver to attend a historically black college. Her mother had encouraged Holmes and her seven siblings to get an education, but Holmes couldn’t afford to leave Denver. So, Holmes attended DU like her mother, […]
University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe announced Wednesday that former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has been appointed a senior fellow in DU’s Institute for Public Policy Studies, where he will teach and write. (Watch the video announcement.) “Governor Owens’ long service to the state of Colorado has allowed him to gain […]
Leah Berry’s research project took her a long way from home last fall — all the way to the United Republic of Tanzania, a country on Africa’s east coast. Berry, an international studies graduate student, was looking into environmental conflicts associated with refugee camps. For a dozen years, Tanzania has […]
A special election is under way in Denver and the deadline for voting is Jan. 30. The election is by mail-only ballot. It asks voters if they wish to eliminate the Denver Election Commission and make the clerk and recorder an elected position responsible for conducting elections in Denver. To vote […]
More than 35 Denver-area entrepreneurs assembled at the Daniels College of Business Jan. 18 to enter the MicrosoftIdeaWins Ultimate Challenge and to get business advice from the pros. Prizes include $100,000, a year’s free rent at a Manhattan storefront and software tools. Microsoft is searching the country for the most creative […]
Evelyn Glennie is perhaps the busiest musician in the world. She gives more than 100 performances a year worldwide, stars in BBC television programs, designs jewelry, gives motivational talks, lobbies for more motorcycle parking — and still finds time to mentor the next generation of musicians. Percussion students at the […]
The University of Denver’s fundraising campaign for the College of Education, slated to raise $35 million — $25 million for a new building and $10 million for the college’s endowment — has received a boon with a $10 million gift from philanthropists Carrie and John Morgridge. In addition to funding building […]
A rectangular sign on a fenced construction zone on Evans Avenue just south of the Ricketson Law Building doesn’t say much, but its presence says a lot. The sign tells passersby that the site is the future home of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. What it doesn’t point out is that […]