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Program aims to keep parents involved
Incoming college students have many questions: What will my roommate be like? Will I be able to find my classrooms? How did I end up with a class that lasts until 5:50 p.m. on Fridays? Friends, counselors and professors help them navigate their way. But what about parents? How do […]
‘Warhol in Colorado’ on display at the Myhren Gallery
DU’s Myhren Gallery will present “Warhol In Colorado” — an exhibition featuring screen prints, photographs, films, record album covers, posters and other works by and about Andy Warhol — Jan. 20 –March 13. The exhibition is built around 158 Warhol Polaroid photos and silver prints gifted to the gallery by […]
Alums chronicle Tuskegee Airmen as part of documentary
Shane Carrick and Bobby Deline became fast friends when they earned their bachelor’s degrees in communications from DU a couple years ago. But after graduation they went their separate ways: Deline started a local production company and Carrick worked in television production before deciding to teach English to fifth-graders in […]
Theater professor shares New York experience with students
Allison Horsley, an assistant professor of theater at DU, recently finished work on Buddy’s Tavern during its developmental workshop in New York. It’s one of many ways Horsley keeps her dramaturgy skills up-to-date and offers her students real-life teaching moments. “We learn by doing, and for me, being inside the […]
Athletics, performing arts centers to adopt new online ticketing system
This summer, Ticketmaster will issue its last ticket to DU sports and arts patrons. The University will switch from the online ticket service provider to a new system, Paciolan on July 1. The switch should mean lower service fees and a better showcase for DU Athletics and Newman Center for the Performing […]
Memorial service announced for Murray Armstrong
The University of Denver and the Denver Hockey Alumni Association (DHAA) will hold a memorial service for legendary hockey head coach Murray “The Chief” Armstrong. Armstrong, who coached DU to five NCAA national championships, died Dec. 8, 2010. He was 94. The “Hail to The Chief” service will take place […]
Lamont Symphony Orchestra to commemorate 9/11
The Lamont Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Lawrence Golan will present a concert in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of September 11th. The concert is a collaboration of the Lamont School of Music and the Bridges to the Future lecture series as part of the series’ continuing programming […]
Sophomore encourages Denver to recognize dating violence
Statistics show one in three women will experience dating violence at some point in their lives. For DU sophomore Jenni Talcott, that wasn’t just a startling statistic, it was her reality. “In high school I was involved in a highly abusive relationship. That year of abuse turned my world upside […]
Research updates February 2011
Lydia Gil Keff, a lecturer in the department of languages and literatures, delivered the keynote address at the Jewish Latin-American Fiction Symposium Jan. 23. She also presented the paper “Memorializing Disappearance in Nora Strejilevich’s A Single Numberless Death.” Economics Associate Professor Peter Sai-wing Ho’s book Rethinking Trade and Commercial Policy […]
Alum Ed Stein reinvents his Denver comic strip for a national audience
Fans of Denver Square, the Mile High City-themed comic strip that ran for 12 years in the Rocky Mountain News, might be wondering just what looks so familiar about Freshly Squeezed, a new comic that started running Oct. 11 in the Denver Post. The answer is that both strips are […]