Allan Roth thinks kids can teach adults something about investing. The key to wise investing really comes down to simplicity, says the DU adjunct professor and author of How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street (Wiley, 2009). Roth’s book follows the story of his son Kevin, who learned simple investing […]
Only three women in U.S. history have served as secretary of state. Two of them spoke before a record crowd at DU’s annual Korbel Dinner on Friday. Madeleine Albright, 64th U.S. secretary of state, and Condoleezza Rice (BA ’74, PhD ’81), 66th U.S. secretary of state, appeared together to discuss […]
The University of Denver is included on Forbes magazine’s 2010 list of America’s Best Colleges. DU ranked 207th out of the 610 schools that were included in the magazine’s third annual college rankings, released last week. The rankings were prepared by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), in […]
DU’s University College is offering “A Taste of Languages” for individuals interested in learning or refining a foreign language. The event is Aug. 31 from 6–8 p.m. in Sturm Hall. The program features 30-minute lessons in select languages accompanied by dishes from their traditional cuisines. Languages include: Arabic, Chinese, French, […]
Crimson and Gold, a new bar and restaurant targeted for south University Boulevard, has won permission to sell booze with its burgers. Owners of the new restaurant at 2017 S. University Blvd. reached an agreement with the University of Denver that cleared away DU’s opposition to liquor and music licenses […]
Making real, positive change in the way state government operates will take a real, definitive change in the culture of state government, a state official told the University of Denver Strategic Issues Program panel Aug. 26. Karen Beye, executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Resources, told panelists state […]
Many of the questions asked of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her visit to DU on Thursday came from students trying to talk like lawyers. The justice’s answers sounded like a lawyer talking to students — simple, straightforward and from the heart. She spoke about how duties as […]
Like many poets, inspiration for Dan Beachy-Quick (BA English ’95) can hit at any time: while researching the 19th century in America, reading Moby Dick for the 10th time, taking a walk or watching his newborn daughter. “What I’ve been reading often drives me to write, or just being in […]
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies honored former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, MillerCoors CEO Leo Kiely and his wife Reverend Susan Kiely, and J. Landis Martin, founder and managing director of Platte River Ventures.
Peter Adler, a DU sociology and criminology professor, and his wife, Patti, a sociology professor at the University of Colorado, received the George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime achievement at the American Sociological Association meeting in Atlanta on Aug. 16. “Winning the Mead Award is beyond my wildest dreams,” Adler […]
Nearly a decade has passed since the events of Sept. 11, 2001, changed lives in many ways. During the 2010–11 academic year, DU’s Bridges to the Future series will explore why the terrorist attacks happened and how Americans are being challenged to rethink their values. The theme for the 2010–11 […]
Philip Tedeschi, clinical director of the Graduate School of Social Work’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection, knows exactly how much animals mean to people. “We have, in this country, probably 70 million people who have dogs. There’s no health care plan that has that many people in it. We have more […]
Condi controversy I am very disturbed to learn that Condoleezza Rice will give the keynote address at the 13th annual Korbel Dinner and receive the 2010 Josef Korbel Outstanding Alumni Award [“Facing Forward, Looking Back,” summer 2010]. There are several other distinguished graduates from the Josef Korbel School of International […]
Our students have a knack for making me feel inadequate. They needn’t even try. Take sophomore real estate major and U.S. Army veteran Neil Duncan, who lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan. As I sat behind a desk this summer, rearranging commas and moving a mountain of paperwork, Neil […]
Last Tuesday, the DU men’s basketball team traveled 5,010 miles on a family outing — to Spain. “We’re all brothers. One team,” says senior forward Andrew Hooper. “It’s nice to have your family going there with you.” Nice? If Hooper thinks the trip to Spain will be a lot of steamy […]