The 2008 NCAA Champion University of Denver ski team will travel to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House on June 24, the White House announced June 20. The Pioneers will join 19 other teams at the White House for Champions Day, celebrating championship teams from the 2007–08 season. “Receiving […]
It’s taking a team of modern professionals to preserve the past this summer at the University of Denver’s historic Chamberlin Observatory. With the help of a state grant, the Denver Astronomical Society and even the Observatory Park community itself, DU has embarked on a $250,000 restoration project that has been […]
Ethnic wars, political violence and border conflicts have led to a flood of refugees and displaced citizens vying for food and health care in camps throughout East Africa. In the formerly stable and prosperous state of Kenya, political and ethnic fighting has left 1,000 dead and more than 300,000 displaced. […]
In celebration of 25 years in business, the Show of Hands Gallery in Cherry Creek North is hosting “Give Us a Hand,” a traveling art exhibit and auction. It will benefit the Helen B. Davis Endowed Scholarship of the Women’s College at DU. The show will open on June 21, running […]
With the Democratic National Convention coming to Denver this summer, DU is gearing up for participation in the Aug. 25–28 event. The highlight of the week for DU will be a world issues symposium — co-sponsored by DU’s Korbel School of International Studies — held at Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown […]
June 25 is Bike to Work Day, and DU is hoping the campus community applies real mettle to the pedal. To underscore the wish, a few changes will be in effect: • Parking enforcement officers won’t boot or impound bikes that day for not having an official U-lock or for […]
Look to TV to bring DU together. More than 26 TVs, in fact, scattered throughout campus in spots where students, faculty and staffers meet and mingle. Brand new, flat-screen, wall-mounted monitors of varying sizes, broadcasting news about events, alerts and interesting snippets about the University of Denver. It’s part of […]
DU musicology professor Jack Sheinbaum is fascinated by the ways people hear and interpret music, which is why he follows the musical choices political candidates make. “Campaign songs serve as a particularly striking reminder that all music serves a function, and that when used effectively music can move large numbers […]
The University of Denver English Department will host the 18th Annual Virginia Woolf International Conference June 19–22. Hundreds of Woolf scholars from around the world will converge on DU to present their papers on the prolific writer. “Long after her death, Woolf remains one of the most highly regarded novelists of […]
For Jerry Wartgow (PhD ’72 education), rapid reform in education is about as effective as a band-aid on a bullet wound. Rather, he says that the most important thing in achieving successful school reform is also the simplest: time. Wartgow is the author of Why School Reform Is Failing and What […]
It’s taking a team of modern professionals to preserve the past this summer at the University of Denver’s historic Chamberlin Observatory. With the help of a state grant, the Denver Astronomical Society and even the Observatory Park community itself, DU has embarked on a $250,000 restoration project that has been […]
Look to TV to bring DU together. More than 26 TVs, in fact, scattered throughout campus in spots where students, faculty and staffers meet and mingle. Brand new, flat-screen, wall-mounted monitors of varying sizes, broadcasting news about events, alerts and interesting snippets about the University of Denver. It’s part of […]
Between sports, skiing and studies, a year at the University of Denver has a lot of seasons. But, DU has another season, less known but equally hectic: wedding season. This year, from April 1 to Oct. 30, DU will host 91 weddings. Fifty-five will be held on campus, while the […]
When faculty at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology describe recent graduate Krystal Hedge, they say she shines. “She excels without making others feel badly, but instead makes them feel uplifted,” says Lavita Nadkarni, director of the forensic studies program. Hedge (MA forensic psychology ’08) applied to DU in 2006 after […]
It’s not often a person can claim to have linked two countries together, but Jim Wagenlander (BA ’70) is an exception. He’s one of the key people behind the tighter bonds the United States is now enjoying with Mongolia. In 1989, he and his Denver law firm, Wagenlander & Heisterkamp […]