I recently learned one of life’s greatest lessons in a furniture store. My fiancé, Marcus, and I were buying a new sofa. For him it was a simple purchase — a place to sit. But for me no purchase was ever that simple. As such, an epic search ensued. I researched […]

Exiled diplomat Josef Korbel, founder and namesake of DU’s international studies school, reinvented himself as a devoted teacher and scholar.

At fall Convocation ceremonies each year, the University presents several of its most accomplished faculty members with awards. This year, Korbel School of International Studies Professor Barry Hughes has been selected as a John Evans Professor — the highest award the University bestows on its faculty members. Hughes heads the […]

The University’s artistic history is getting more colorful. Art conservators, working one square inch at a time, are painstakingly revealing the bold strokes, bright hues and playful images of an important John Thompson mural that eight decades ago dazzled patrons of the Little Theatre in Margery Reed Hall, and then […]

With the slap of leather, an umpire barking out balls and strikes, and the thunk of an aluminum bat, the sounds of baseball have returned to the University of Denver. The varsity program disappeared in 1997. But in 2008, baseball made a comeback at DU as a club sport. But […]

As a longtime member of the Women’s Library Association (WLA), Dorothy von Drehle subscribes to founding member Marion Gottesfeld’s belief that “a great university must have at its heart a great library.” Von Drehle also demonstrates that a great university must have at its heart dedicated and selfless volunteers. Despite […]

Even though as many as 30,000 American Indians live in the Denver metro area, social work doctoral candidate Nancy Lucero has regularly confronted social workers telling her, “I don’t encounter Native people in my work.” At the same time, she says, many American Indians say they feel “invisible” in the […]

Students at the University of Denver, the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain region, have the opportunity to study at a place with a bit more history — the oldest university in Europe. Founded in 1088, Italy’s University of Bologna hosts a faculty-led DU study-abroad program each spring and fall […]

Q: How is the Korbel School different from other international studies programs? A: We primarily prepare students for positions as administrators, analysts and, down the road, policy-makers. To that end we integrate courses drawn from all of the social sciences plus history, law, public administration, public policy, public health and […]

In memoriam I hope the magazine is planning on more of a tribute to Jerry Causey than merely the death notice in the [summer 2008] edition. Jerry contributed greatly to DU as an outstanding baseball player, basketball player, assistant baseball coach and director (unofficially if not officially) of many student […]

The University of Denver is looking to its past to inspire leaders of the future, renaming the Graduate School of International Studies in honor of the late Josef Korbel, an internationally recognized diplomat, scholar and professor. Korbel’s family — including his daughter, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright — joined […]

Sophomore finance major Rob Gleeson had just presented a market analysis of projected revenue for a fictional company to his Introduction to Marketing class. At the end, a classmate stood up and, having clearly enjoyed the presentation, announced, “Bro. You should do comedy.” Unbeknownst to him, “bro” already did. “It […]

Whoever the next U.S. president will be, he is about to face a set of unprecedented challenges. Ensuring the nation’s energy security, easing the stress the U.S. puts on the global environment, and dealing with a number of prickly foreign policy situations are only a few of the momentous problems […]

Current economic conditions can challenge even DU graduates. Fuel prices are climbing to unprecedented heights; the number of home foreclosures is setting new records and the financial markets have more volatility than ever—all leading to increased pressure from creditors. Here are some tips, insights and suggestions for successfully handling creditors […]

Mujda Amini (BA economics and political science ’01) believes education is a way to achieve peace in the world. And she believes it enough to act—by raising funds to build libraries in Afghanistan. Her first library went up this summer in the small, rural town of Chooqdakh, Afghanistan, where nearly […]