Professor Lawrence Argent, a public art luminary widely known for his Blue Bear sculpture at the Colorado Convention Center, has been selected to design a Holocaust memorial, learning and action center at the University of Denver. The project is to be constructed between Penrose Library and Margery Reed Hall on East Evans […]
When Kathy Dascher leaves DU in June with a 3.97 GPA and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and biology, she won’t be remembered for her academic achievements alone. Her friends and professors describe her as the most well-rounded and humorous individual they know, who handles dozens of responsibilities and tasks with ease. […]
The Town of South Denver began in 1886 as a legal maneuver to keep Denver’s “liquor element” from expanding south. It ended eight years later when the town was annexed into the city of Denver. The city wanted South Denver’s $4 million in taxable property value; South Denver wanted to […]
Eric Spengler is one active supporter of Barack Obama — emphasis on active. In May 2007, Spengler was named state director of Students for Barack Obama (SFBO) in Colorado, where he enlisted 3,200 students to support the campaign. But the DU student says he’s been interested in politics for a […]
When Sandy Sardella got her business degree from DU, she expected to spend her work hours helping clients with their finances. A tax degree nearly two decades later further deepened her ties to the world of numbers. But life has a funny way of turning out. Back in 1989, Sardella […]
When Rich Rockwell lands in Athens, Greece, in June, he says he can’t wait to walk around the area where Socrates taught. “To be there and soak it in after all I’ve studied about ancient Greece will be incredible,” says Rockwell, a graduate student in international studies who has taken […]
It looked like a spaceship moving down University Boulevard, students said. The floating contraption — carried five blocks by 17 students — was a geodesic dome 30 feet in diameter and 17 feet high made in celebration of the first Earth Day at DU. April 22, 1970, was a snowy […]
When Chancellor Coombe signed on to the Presidents Climate Commitment last year, we decided the time was right to start working on an issue of the University of Denver Magazine devoted to the environment. This is that issue. Rather than use the issue to explore all that DU is doing […]
After retiring as professor emerita from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry, Sara Goodman Zimet (EdD ’67) turned to writing fiction—something she had always aspired to do. But rather than writing the great American novel, Zimet took to children’s literature, finding inspiration in her grandchildren. Her […]
Colorado’s population is expected to grow by a million in the next seven years — an unsustainable proposition, DU experts say.
When he presented Bin Ramke with DU’s John Evans Professorship at Convocation in September, Provost Gregg Kvistad described Ramke as “elegantly modest.” “Bin’s entire being is against fluff and bombast,” Kvistad said. Indeed, the DU English professor and poet looked like he might rather be anywhere else, and as the […]
The wildfires in California last fall killed 10 people, forced the evacuation of nearly a million others, destroyed approximately 2,000 homes and more than 400,00 acres. And, experts are predicting even more such “mega-fires.” Besides the devastating economic impact, such fires bring with them the ability to change people. There’s […]
When they’re not ripping down the Colorado River, they’re paddling around the Ritchie Center’s swimming pool. Sure, conditions are a little tamer than a rocky river, but the University’s kayaking club needs space to learn the basics, like learning to “wet exit” and “roll.” Before members are even allowed to […]
Fires are writing smoky warnings across the Rocky Mountain sky. Dying, rust-hued trees cover thousands of acres in Colorado. The hallmark forests of the Rocky Mountains are in ecological distress. While some changes reflect natural cycles, other worrisome trends stem from human-caused disruptions. Against this backdrop, University of Denver researchers […]
For 15 years, biology Associate Professor Anna Sher has grappled with tamarisk. The woody, flowering weed, also known as salt cedar, has been the focus of Sher’s research. She’s traveled the West, studied the ecological impacts and potential solutions and lobbied for change and involvement. She’s heard from the bird-watchers […]