Solving early childhood learning’s information-delivery challenges is an important item on the Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy’s short-term agenda. The strategy is simple: Create an information portal that provides a clear-cut path through the maze. A beta version of that vision, www.EarlyChildhoodColorado.org, went live online last year. “This […]

On any given day, when the weather is warm enough to travel, a gaggle of pint-sized students explores DU’s campus. These are the infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children who attend the Morgridge College of Education‘s Fisher Early Learning Center. Thanks to an innovative program that takes full use of University […]

DU’s new Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy is working to improve the picture for early childhood education.

Helen Davis (EdD ’61) believes that her doctoral degree opened many doors for her but, ironically, some doors nearly closed while she was trying to earn it. “I was asked, ‘Does your husband have his doctorate? We don’t grant doctoral degrees to women if their husbands don’t have one first.’” […]

Growing up on the plains of West Texas, Houston Harte (BSBA ’83) was surrounded by a dusty horizon, long, flat stretches of cotton and oil fields and — philanthropy. “Giving was just part of my family,” says Harte, who now lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., as a semi-retired investor. “My […]

Senior marketing/finance major Monica Kumar is a rarity among twenty-somethings: she knows the person she is. While many her age struggle with identity, Kumar grasped a foothold years ago. “She’s more pragmatic than ideological,” says Jo Calhoun, associate provost of Student Life. Kumar is Hindu and a first-generation American. Her […]

In head coach Erik Johnson’s world, two important people are at every DU women’s basketball game: Tom Wilson and Isaac Newton. And the game always boils down to one thing: Does Johnson’s scrappy group of DU players know enough about Isaac Newton’s physics to get a Wilson-brand basketball through the […]

Anthony Graves (IMBA ’04) is a person who does whatever it takes. When he was 26 and raising his 16-year-old nephew, Graves’ management job in the technology industry disappeared, so he took a job filing for the Colorado Department of Human Services to make ends meet. He realized he needed […]

It’s a problem that affects everyone — cities, rural areas, farms, factories and countries both rich and poor: waste. But a team of scientists at the University of Denver is exploring breakthrough technologies that use simple properties to solve the vexing problem. Employing what’s known as a Vertical Tube Reactor […]

Gary Brower is an ordained Episcopal priest with nearly 20 years of campus ministry experience. He oversees DU’s Center for Religious Services, which encompasses 20 campus religious and spiritual organizations. Q: What is your function on campus? A: I help students, faculty and staff (but primarily students) find the faith […]

Craig Harrison (BSBA ’03) sits in his Cherry Creek North corporate office, the window behind him offering a stunning view of the snow-frosted Rockies, discussing one of several companies he’s launched in the last five years. For the latest, US Capital, Harrison managed more than $10 million in investments before […]

Two weeks before turning 30, Elizabeth Yarnell (MLS ’98) awoke blind in one eye. The news wasn’t good: multiple sclerosis. Although her sight returned, the medical reality loomed. Instead of melting down, however, she cooked up a solution that improved her health and changed her career. Today, the former instructional […]

“Radio should supply an outlet for emotion and be a vehicle for expression,” declared sophomore John “Nile” Wendorf (BA ’72) in 1970. It was the height of the Vietnam protest era and Wendorf, general manager of student-run campus radio station KVDU, had recently secured the last noncommercial FM radio frequency […]

Stephen Huyler (BA history ’73) figured he should take a class to familiarize himself with India before he left for a trip there with a friend. His friend ended up canceling the trip, and Huyler found himself “riveted” with his Indian studies. So riveted, in fact, that he convinced DU’s […]

It’s been said that all politics is local. Turns out, some science is politics. Chemistry and biochemistry Professor Lawrence Berliner introduced 15 freshmen students to the world where lobbying politicians and government officials in the halls of the legislature and on Capitol Hill can be as important as research done […]