“Medical students are very bright to get into medical school. But they’re totally ignorant of medical literature.” This provocative statement comes from one who should know. Lucretia McClure (MA ’64) learned her trade at the University of Denver’s School of Librarianship (now the Library and Information Science Program) and is […]
A full plate and busy schedule are nothing new for Joel Portman. Through DU’s undergraduate/graduate dual degree program, he completed his bachelor’s degree in international studies in June 2010 and will receive his MBA in June 2011. Originally from St. Louis, Portman has dabbled in a little bit of everything […]
This sandal woven from yucca fibers more than 5,000 years ago is among the artifacts discovered by DU archaeologists at the Franktown Cave in southeast Colorado. The University of Denver Museum of Anthropology received a $6,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in January to organize some of […]
Professor Frank Ascione has discovered a disturbing link between domestic violence and animal abuse.
Tips for maintaining a healthy relationship 1. Recognize that great relationships take effort. 2. Make your relationship a priority. 3. Go out on a date once a week. 4. Learn a new hobby together. 5. Make time each day to talk as friends. 6. Compliment and thank each other. 7. […]
The solution to America’s transportation problems could be 100 years in the past.
The Past is Never Dead By Harry MacLean (JD ’67) Basic Civitas Books, 2009 In this nonfiction legal drama, MacLean offers a detailed account of the trial of Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale, who was arrested in 2007 for assisting in the torture and murder of two black […]
Harry MacLean (JD ’67) wrote The Past is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption (Basic Civitas Books, 2009) with history and the present day in mind. Contemporary racial conflicts heavily influenced his nonfiction legal drama, which carefully examines concepts of justice and humanity […]
I arrive in Los Angeles for my mom’s 78th birthday, her first birthday in 55 years without my dad. The first 30 minutes in the house are odd and difficult — I’m looking for my dad asleep on the couch, his simple hospital bed in the corner of the dining […]
It started with a name, but it’s become a business. In 2008, University of Denver alumna Traci Tisserat (BA ’05) and friend and roommate Shawna Sambrano came up with the idea to start a business and call it “TraSh Bagz.” That was the easy part. The hard part was coming […]
As she was writing her latest children’s book, Cats’ Night Out (Simon & Schuster, 2010), Caroline Stutson (BA ’62) didn’t give much thought to the poor fellow who would end up illustrating the thing. “In my mind I had all these cats with flip-flops and all these costumes, and I […]
Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies By Lavita Nadkarni, Jennifer Erickson Cornish, Barry Schreir, Lynett Henderson Metzger and Emil Rodolfa Wiley, 2010 Lavita Nadkarni is an associate professor in DU’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology and director of its Forensic Studies Program. The handbook provides an overview of the knowledge, […]
Today he’s a seven-time Emmy winner who’s well-known for his work on TV shows and commercials, but Robert Smith (BA ’85) didn’t always want a career in show business. He started at DU as a music major but changed his mind and decided to study film and video instead. He […]
Reid Husmer (BA international business ’96) despises clutter. When he feels his life is disorganized, he cleans. He boasts that his home has achieved a bare minimum of efficiency — TV, couch, kitchen table, bed. His 7-year-old son’s room, though, is a different story. “I get to the point with […]
Early snow September 1959 Although heavy snowfall is not uncommon in Colorado, the storm that hit the DU campus on Sept. 29, 1959, was. This storm, the first to occur in the month of September in 25 years according to the 1960 Kynewisbok, not only accumulated 10 inches but […]