Laura Mann (BA ’07) isn’t an architect, a real estate developer or even a carpenter — but she plans to build a school in Africa over the next two years. How? By starting a University of Denver chapter of Building Tomorrow (BT), a non-profit organization that gives college students resources […]
Current chair and former Newmont Mining CEO Wayne Murdy received a coveted DU award at Thursday’s Korbel Dinner for all he’s done to promote social responsibility in the gold mining industry and his own company. Outside the Marriott City Center in downtown Denver, nearly 100 people waved signs and shouted […]
Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright joined the University of Denver community for the Korbel Dinner Aug. 30, lauding the nation’s pursuit of corporate responsibility and promoting education as the path to world peace. Albright spoke before about 900 guests at the annual dinner held in honor of her […]
When Paul Chan was asked to consider running for president of the Denver Bar Association, he knew it wasn’t really a choice. After all, he could never turn down the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of one of his heroes — early civil rights champion and former Colorado Gov. Ralph […]
University of Denver faculty members who incorporate community-based service learning into their classrooms have an opportunity to receive funding through the Service-Learning Faculty Scholars and Faculty Fellows programs. The programs are administered by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) and are funded by a $50,000 gift from DU […]
The University of Denver will recognize an industry leader and two prominent Denver philanthropists Aug. 30 at the 10th annual Korbel Dinner. The event pays tribute to the humanitarian and scholarly ideals of DU’s Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS) and Josef Korbel, the Czech diplomat who founded the school in the 1960s. […]
It never hurts to have a cop as a neighbor. DU-area residents have one in Tracie Keesee, the Denver Police Department District 3 commander. She grew up on Evans just minutes from the campus, so she knows the University area as well as she knows her badge number. And what’s […]
Jeralyn Merritt’s entire career has focused on defending the rights of the criminally accused. Whether it’s writing multiple times a day on her popular blog, Talkleft.com, serving on Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh’s defense team or appearing as a legal analyst on MSNBC and Fox News, Merritt has always had the […]
As editor of Denver.babyzone.com, Tiffani (Meiners) Frost has a tremendous knowledge of all-things-baby, but her greatest piece of parenting advice may surprise you: “Don’t feel obligated to take advice.” Frost (BA journalism ’99) says that when she was expecting her first child, well-intentioned mothers piled on mounds of unsolicited advice. […]
Any marketing student knows about the “Four Ps.” Those are the essential elements that must be considered when designing a campaign: Price, Product, Promotion and Place. But few recognize that marketing a service provided by a nonprofit organization is very different than marketing a product, such as a pair of […]
There’s a new dude on DU’s campus, but he won’t take any tests, write any term papers or read a single book. Yet everybody likes him — even professors. His name is Hackett, a black Labrador retriever and guide dog for Dave Thomas, a new employee who’s blind and works […]
University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe announced today the formation of a Strategic Issues Panel to study the Colorado Constitution, a document some say hamstrings the state legislature and has the potential to wreak havoc with state budgets. Colorado’s Constitution contains conflicting provisions and is one of the easiest-to-amend constitutions […]
Students 1, Federal Government O. Not bad for a team of University of Denver Sturm College of Law students who went up against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Third-year students Donald Bounds, Jack Hobaugh and Michelle Young worked with assistant professor Laura Rovner through the 2006 – 07 school year, developing […]
It’s tough enough pursuing the rock and roll dream in the U.S. Jeremy Hulsh, BSBA’01, opted to do it in Tel Aviv. For the last three years, Hulsh and his four-man alternative rock band, Primo Levy, have been recording self-produced CDs, playing local clubs and landing Israeli radio airplay. “My friends […]
After 68 years of marriage, Phil and Ruth Perdew still dote on each other like honeymooners. “You should see her pottery!” “You should see his jewelry, and that’s his art on the walls!” But neither seem to boast of their own accomplishments, which are myriad. Phil was a University of […]