Three music degrees weren’t enough for Ace Edewards. Edewards, a student at the Lamont School of Music who graduates on June 4, will graduate with a master’s degree in music with a dual emphasis in vocal performance and choral conducting and an artist diploma in orchestral conducting. The 34-year-old already […]
A group of preservationists in Denver says the Boettcher Center on the DU campus is an important historic structure that merits protection as a landmark. But the University says careful analysis shows that the east wing has deteriorated and needs to be demolished. It opposes the landmark designation and has […]
DU will hold the Commencement ceremony for graduate students at 4:30 p.m. June 4 in DU’s Magness Arena. Lewis Sharp, former director of the Denver Art Museum, will be the keynote speaker. Sharp spent 20 years at the museum before retiring. During his tenure at the museum, Shart helped develop […]
This year, the University of Denver must lay itself out on the proverbial couch for a good dose of self-analysis, asking questions like, “Are we doing all we can for our students?” and “Are we fulfilling our promises?” This self-analysis occurs every 10 years and is required for re-accreditation by […]
All too often, people only think about their health after something goes wrong. Instead, they should focus on it before anything happens. So says sophomore biology student Michael Hubbard, vice president of the new student group Pioneers for Public Health. “People need to be healthy physically and mentally,” Hubbard says. […]
The “boys of summer” joined University of Denver students May 25 honoring the boys (and girls) of winter. First, outgoing DU Undergraduate Student Government president Antoine Perretta seized the annual May Days celebration as an opportunity to present the NCAA-championship DU ski team with a proclamation honoring the team for […]
If 10 hours of guitar picking isn’t enough to leave you grinning, you’ve been out on the back porch way too long. Come noontime June 12, tie up Ole Blue, slap on that tattered Red Man cap and wander down to the 1200 block of South Pearl Street at […]
Driscoll Green transformed into an “improvised” dance club this afternoon as a large group of dancers performed an intricately choreographed routine as part of the annual May Days celebration. The flash mob dance was inspired by a dance at Ohio State University that became an instant YouTube sensation two weeks […]
The stats are right there on the Web site: 50 states and the District of Columbia; 40,000 miles in rental cars; 189,000 page views; 770 Facebook friends; and 500-plus “video interviews of ordinary people doing the extraordinary.” It’s the tally of a journey that took Dafna Michaelson (MBA ’01) a […]
Of course with the name Carol, Carol Jickling Lens would grow up to play the carillon, the musical instrument atop the Ritchie Center. Call it fate, karma, whatever. The name Carol was destiny. “I was a December baby and my grandmother sent a telegram (Jickling Lens still has it) suggesting […]
More than 400 University of Denver students, faculty and staff descended on Denver’s Coors Field on Saturday to volunteer their time and talent to Project Homeless Connect 9. Project Homeless Connect provides a “one-stop shop” where Denver’s homeless can access a variety of social support services, including health care, legal […]
The University of Denver’s law Commencement speakers often offer words of advice: work hard, dream big, stay true to your ethics. But as the Sturm College of Law class of 2010 prepared to graduate on May 22, one classmate offered them something even bigger: a lesson in living life itself. […]
Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food services pioneer Ferdinand “Fritz” Knoebel, has given the University of Denver (DU) $17.5 million, among the largest gifts in its history.
Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food services pioneer Ferdinand “Fritz” Knoebel, has given the University of Denver $17.5 million — among the largest gifts in DU’s history. DU will use the gift to establish the Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging and to support the School of Hotel, Restaurant […]
The Colorado Rockies will honor the 2010 NCAA Champion University of Denver ski team in a pregame ceremony on May 25 at Coors Field. Led by four-time NCAA individual champion Antje Maempel and NCAA men’s giant slalom champion Leif Kristian Haugen, the Pioneers claimed their third-straight and 21st overall NCAA […]