St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne: Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe By Scott Montgomery Peter Lang Press, 2009 The cult of St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgin Martyrs of Cologne was the most widespread relic cult in […]
Dan Baack, assistant professor of marketing in the Daniels College of Business, had a paper, “Strategic Brand Association Maps: Developing Brand Insight,” accepted for forthcoming publication in the Journal of Product and Brand Management. Sturm College of Law Professor George “Rock” Pring was quoted in a May 31, 2010, […]
DU’s Media, Film and Journalism Studies Department is hosting its annual film festival. The “In Short DU Film/Video Showcase” will debut six student films at 7 p.m. June 2 at Davis Auditorium in DU’s Sturm Hall. The films are: Karaoke Kid, Knife, Somewhere Between Hoi-An and Nails, The Terrorist, Whiskey […]
As graduation nears, most seniors have the same thing on their minds: getting a job. And with interviews being an important part of job hunting, the Suitts Center for Graduate Career Services in Daniels College of Business is offering a new Web-based interview program called InterviewStream to help students be […]
Some students “start from a higher place.” Some enter the military planning to “aim high.” Brett Machovina did both. The Air Force lieutenant colonel will graduate with his PhD in geography from the University of Denver on June 4. He’s an active member of the military while earning his advanced […]
A bid to block the University of Denver from demolishing the crumbling east building in the Boettcher Center complex cleared an early hurdle June 1. The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission passed the matter to the Denver City Council with a recommendation to designate the building a historic landmark. DU officials […]
According to D.J. Close, it’s not only what you learn in college, it’s what you do. Close, who graduates from DU on June 5 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and minors in Chinese, leadership and communications, should know what he is talking about. Over the past four years, […]
University of Denver Magazine: Dr. Rice, rumor has it that you have a new book coming out—the first installment in a two-volume memoir. Could you give us a sneak preview? Condoleezza Rice: I do have a new book coming out in October—a family memoir really. I decided that while it’s […]
Alumna Condoleezza Rice opens up about DU, 9/11, the George Bush legacy and more.
The University of Denver will award diplomas to 1,010 students at the undergraduate Commencement ceremony on June 5. Dr. Patricia Gabow will deliver the Commencement address. She serves as CEO of Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Gabow is nationally recognized for her work to increase access to basic health care for […]
Somehow, Lauren Golder became fascinated with the international anarchist movement in the 1890s. Golder, an honors student who graduates from DU on June 5 with a major in history and a minor in philosophy, chose the subject as her focus for her senior thesis in history. The problem: Golder found […]
It’s Thursday afternoon at DU’s Fisher Early Learning Center, and naptime is just ending. Groggy toddlers wake up to crackers, bottles and a familiar presence in their classroom: “Grandma” Margaret Hall. The Volunteers of America (VOA) foster grandparent program came to Hall’s senior citizen residence in January to recruit volunteers […]
Tyrone Mills, associate director for campus safety, is well-known across the University of Denver campus. Nearly 40 years of employment with one institution will get you that. But there was a time when Mills was so well-known that he could enter a hockey game and students would start shouting his […]
Nora Ellen (Schneider) Heitmann (BA communication, political science ’00) was named one of Colorado’s 25 most powerful salespeople by Colorado Biz Magazine in February 2009. At the company where she works, Forward Logistics Group (FLG), she is consistently the No. 1-ranked salesperson, accruing more than $2.5 million annually. And she’s […]
Cindy Courville (MA ’80, PhD ’88) says that sometimes she has to pinch herself as a reminder that it’s all real. “I have this image of myself in my head, and I’m all grown up, still growing up, but I am this little girl from Opelousas, Louisiana, who made it […]