Noted public intellectual Noam Chomsky will speak about U.S. foreign policy at 7 p.m. April 21 at DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. Chomsky, a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a talk entitled “Dilemmas in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The event is free. Register online for tickets, […]
The life of a lacrosse defenseman is a rugged existence. Throughout any match, punishing attackers barrel in at full speed and rock-hard projectiles constantly whiz past your head. Add to the mix a continuous assault of opposing sticks slapping at your arms, wrists, and hands, and it is clear the […]
Today is the day ice cream lovers have waited for all year — the annual free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. From noon–8 p.m., people can line up for a free ice cream cone at Ben & Jerry’s locations around the world — including the one at Evans Avenue […]
From the beginning, part of Alarm Will Sound’s musical mission was creating “event” concerts with elements of theater and overarching themes. With “1969,” the 20-piece, New York-based chamber orchestra has come the closest yet to realizing that initial vision, says artistic director and conductor Alan Pierson. “Music, especially contemporary music, […]
The 16th annual DU Women’s Conference on April 8 focused on the theme “Change and Transformation: One Woman at a Time.” While workshops and presentations reinforced the theme, it was the conference’s keynote speaker who really brought the point home. DU Professor Emerita Margaret Whitt said she was a young […]
DU’s Center for World Languages and Cultures will host its first symposium, “Last Whispers: The Fate of Endangered Languages and Cultures,” April 4–6. One language becomes extinct every 14 days, and more than half of the world’s languages — approximately 3,000 — will die in the 21st century, says Kathy […]
A finance student at the Daniels College of Business has started an unofficial newspaper targeting business students. The Pioneer Business Review will be available on campus beginning April 7. It is the brainchild of Spencer Arnold, who began developing the newspaper during winter quarter. “The original purpose [of the Pioneer […]
Members of the DU community can find out what’s so special about the buildings they walk by every day during the 7th annual Doors Open Denver, a two-day event that gives the public free access to some of the city’s most interesting and historic buildings. “Denver is a city that […]
Bringing to life the trauma soldiers experience at war isn’t easy, but it’s what fine art photographer Jennifer Karady has done in her exhibition In Country: Soldier’s Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan. For the project, Karady interviewed American soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Karady asked each veteran to […]
DU will host the 55th annual Pioneer Hockey Awards Evening on April 22 at the Cable Center. Fans are invited to attend as the Pioneers celebrate their 2010–11 hockey season. A reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and silent auction begins at 6 p.m. and the awards program with dessert begins […]
Aspiring professional photographers need to hit the ground running, photographer and alumnus Aaron Huey told a class of young shutterbugs on April 5. “When you get out of here there are no minor leagues. You’re in direct competition with me and every other photographer you’ve ever heard of,” said Huey […]
Wednesday night at the Cable Center, James O’Toole — Daniels Chair of Business Ethics — introduced the evening’s speaker, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, as “the man who invented coffee.” “Remember back to those terrible days when if we wanted a cup of joe, we had to go to our local […]
Peer into the final years of grand-scale Italian opera and its final master Giacomo Puccini when the Lamont Opera Theatre and the Lamont Opera Program present two, one-act Puccini operas, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, April 14–17 at DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts. “Suor Angelica is a beautiful, […]
Challenges in Health and Development: From Global to Community Development By Sandy Johnson Springer-Verlag New York, 2010 At the turn of the 21st century, human health and economic growth are inextricably linked components of international development. Challenges in Health and Development is a primer on the changing configurations of population […]
Man’s Companions By Joanna Ruocco Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010 For the characters in Man’s Companions — a collection of 31 linked short stories — the self is a degraded version of someone else. Fantasy is stymied by performance anxiety. Delayed gratification phones in a last-minute cancellation. At the heart of […]