Due to inclement weather, the University will be closed the afternoon and evening of Jan. 31 and all day and evening on Feb. 1, 2011. Denver is under a Winter Weather Advisory until midnight tonight, and a wind chill advisory has been issued. Forecasts call for snow to taper off […]
Lamine Touré, an African sabar drum master, will teach and perform at the Lamont School of Music as part of DU’s Black History month programming. Touré, who was born into a family of percussionists in Senegal, will hold dance and drumming master classes with students Jan. 31–Feb. 4. The week […]
More than 200 University of Denver students and community members grilled a panel of experts on technology and innovation Jan. 28 as MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan rolled into Denver on his national Steel on Wheels tour. Ratigan took the stage at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts calling for […]
The University of Denver will host an NCAA regional gymnastics meet on April 2 at Magness Arena. The University also hosted NCAA regionals in 2002, 2004 and 2007. The DU gymnastics team advanced to the national championship meet after competing well at the 2007 regional hosted at the DU. “It […]
Attendance at DU men’s basketball games continues to rise. Average attendance is up 55 percent from last season after 11 home dates heading into this Saturday’s Sun Belt Conference showdown against 2010 SBC conference champion and NCAA tournament participant North Texas. The Pioneers are averaging 3,064 fans per game this […]
Staff changes are occurring in University Advancement that are designed to further strengthen DU’s fundraising efforts as ASCEND: The Campaign for the University of Denver continues. Chancellor Robert Coombe announced today that Ed Harris, vice chancellor of University Advancement, is moving into the newly created position of chief development officer […]
Philip Harris’ degrees in computer science and Russian from the University of Denver will allow the 24-year-old to launch a career in flight planning and operations for the International Space Station — splitting time between Moscow and NASA Mission Control in Houston while he works on flight control software and […]
When Ed Stein (BFA ’69) walked into Roger Kotoske’s introductory art course, he immediately felt intimidated. “I realized fast I wasn’t very good at what I did,” Stein says. “There were all kinds of things that kids knew that I didn’t. In spite of all that, [Kotoske] was an inspiring […]
Lynn Gangone, dean of the Women’s College, will be featured on an education-focused panel of experts discussing the issue of a gap between female and male educational achievement. Over the past couple of decades, women have begun to outnumber men on college campuses by a ratio of about 60-to-40. Women […]
Former University of Denver All-American Paul Stastny has been added to the 2011 NHL All-Star Game roster. Stastny joins Colorado Avalanche teammate Matt Duchene at the 58th NHL All-Star Game, which will start a 2 p.m. MST on Jan. 30 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. Stastny, 25, will […]
Praising what he called “grassroots educational reform,” President Barack Obama recognized DU alumna Kristin Waters (PhD ’06) during his State of the Union speech last night. Obama commended Waters for spearheading a metamorphosis that resulted in the turnaround of one of the state’s “worst” schools — with intense gang rivalries […]
A lively DU tradition will break up the winter doldrums and give students a chance to celebrate the season on campus and at Winter Park Resort. DU’s annual Winter Carnival — organized by the DU Programming Board (DUPB) — will be held from Feb. 4–13. “Winter Carnival is one of […]
Joe Monteith says the lowest and highest points in his life both involve entering institutions. The lowest was the day he stepped foot in the U.S. federal prison in Fremont County, Colo., also known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies. The highest point was the day he learned […]
Plans are under way for DU’s Penrose Library to get a new look and feel. The project is called the Academic Commons and is intended to support the needs of library patrons in the 21st century. “When Penrose Library was built in the early 1970s, library spaces were designed to […]
The University of Denver has named Amy King as its new Director of Human Resources. King, who has been with the department for a decade and most recently served as associate director, will fill the vacancy left by Dick Gartrell, who announced his retirement last year after 11 years at […]