In 2010, Dallas-born and University of Denver-educated pianist Cedar Walton received the prestigious Jazz Masters Fellowship from the National Endowment for Arts. That award, established in 1982, is “the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists” who, like Walton, “have reached the highest pinnacles of their art.” For […]
Law Professor Rock Pring presented “Challenges in Creating and Improving Environmental Courts and Tribunals” at the University of Chile in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 27. Andrew Welch, a third year law student, wrote an article about full-body screenings and TSA procedures that will be published in the Transportation Law Journal. He […]
As new moms, Sunny Heydorn (JD ’02) and Jayme (Ship) Ritchie (JD ’04, LLM ’04) found out firsthand just how expensive baby gear — strollers, cribs, car seats — really is. And they realized just how quickly kids grow out of things, often leaving perfectly good items behind. So, inspired […]
Science Hall completed December 1912 Although it was the fourth building to pierce the skyline on the University Park campus — already home to University Hall, Chamberlin Observatory, and the Carnegie Library — Science Hall was the first University of Denver edifice devoted exclusively to the study of science. […]
Buffy in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with the Vampire Slayer Edited by Jodie Kreider and Meghan Winchell McFarland & Co., 2010 Buffy in the Classroom explores the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught through both interdisciplinary and discipline-based approaches. Essays describe how Buffy can be […]
The Summit: Faith Beyond Everest’s Death Zone By Eric Alexander New Leaf Publishing Group, 2010 In 2001, DU alumnus Eric Alexander (BA ’92) successfully led blind climber Erik Weihenmayer to the summit of Mount Everest. The Summit details that climb and chronicles Alexander’s adventures guiding people with disabilities as […]
Professor Suisheng Zhao is documenting China’s return to global prominence.
He is inspired by intersections, by the marriage of communication, technology and creativity. She is drawn by color and abstraction and the expression of artistic passion. Together, Trygve and Victoria Myhren are a mixed-media portrait in innovative arts philanthropy. Within Denver arts circles, they’re celebrated for their support of cutting-edge […]
I’m from New Jersey — there, I said it. To clarify, I’m not a part of the mob, my hair doesn’t look like Snooki’s — at least not intentionally — and I don’t call it New Joisey (and neither does anyone else who lives there, by the way). Although I’ve […]
If the University of Denver’s Club Figure Skating gets any hotter, it’ll need to take up swimming. Last year the team placed fifth in the nation, but that feat was far out of the spotlight. The club is just that: a club, and not a sanctioned varsity DU sport. But […]
To Sterling Nelson, classical music doesn’t mean Beethoven and Bach — it means Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Fats Waller. And as founder and music director of the Evergreen Jazz Festival, Nelson (BSBA ’56, MBA ’71) has made it his mission to share the uniquely American art form with as […]
Several years ago, at my financial adviser’s suggestion, I stopped donating to DU. As long as I’m still paying student loans, she reasoned, I’m my own charity. It was sound advice, but now I’m choosing to ignore it. I’ve made a donation to support the University’s new fundraising campaign — […]
For years, Janet Lee (MA library science ’78) had two separate interests: libraries (her profession) and Ethiopia (her Peace Corps past). When she discovered how to combine her expertise in library science and her passion for Ethiopia, Lee found her ultimate role as a powerful advocate for Ethiopia Reads, a […]
When the Von Stroh family sits down for a holiday dinner, they can hold their own University of Denver alumni meeting — or an academic conference. Since patriarch Gordon Von Stroh joined the University as a professor of administration in 1967, his wife, Patrice, and their three children have earned […]
It’s been described by President Barack Obama as a way to meet a “core ethical and moral obligation” and couched as a matter of social justice among advocacy groups who believe access to quality health care is a basic human right. But morals and ethics aside, is health care reform […]