Student sit-in April 1968 On April 30, 1968, DU students gathered in the Office of the Registrar to demand the inclusion of several controversial amendments, known as the “Student Bill of Rights,” to the AUSA constitution. Days earlier, Chancellor Maurice Mitchell had warned students against such measures, saying “this […]
Steve Schweitzer’s new book, A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, (Pixachrome Publishing 2010) is more than a how-to for fly-fishing — the book also is designed as a destination guide. The book covers everything a visiting fly-fisher needs to plan a trip in Rocky Mountain National Park, […]
DU’s Center for World Languages and Cultures and the Department of Languages and Literatures have teamed up to establish the Summer Language Institute. Roughly translated, that means students will for the first time be able to dive into an immersive language learning experience during summer quarter. The Institute is designed […]
The science laboratories in the former Boettcher East building are gone now, but the site of the building demolished last year will still host several experiments over the coming years. Working in collaboration, DU’s facilities management, the office of the University architect and the University arborist will be working with […]
Countries of origin for DU international students 1. China 2. Saudi Arabia 3. India 4. Kuwait 5. Libya 6. Taiwan 7. Canada 8. South Korea 9. Norway 10. Iran and Japan (tied) Compiled by Mary Boevers, director of international students and scholars. The ranking is based on fall 2010 enrollment.
The University of Denver has submitted an application to host a presidential or vice presidential debate in fall 2012.
The University of Denver has submitted an application to host a presidential or vice presidential debate in fall 2012. It marks the first time DU has competed for one of the nationally televised events that occur just before the November election. Last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that […]
Freshman Jorie Hall claimed a share of the balance beam title and joined junior Brianna Springer to qualify for the NCAA national championships at the 2011 NCAA North Central Regional Championships at DU’s Magness Arena on April 2. Hall tied with Bekah Gher from Boise State University on the balance […]
Professor Laura Rovner has been wrangling with prison officials in Colorado over solitary confinement practices for years. In April, she takes that fight to Washington, D.C. Rovner is scheduled to speak April 6 in a United States Congressional Office Building at a briefing titled “The Abuses of Solitary Confinement in […]
Registration for DU’s second TEDxDU event will open April 5. TEDxDU features more than 15 speakers in a fast-paced afternoon of ideas, inspiration, and performance themed around the idea of radical collaboration. Speakers include former Ambassador Christopher Hill, TED speaker and animal welfare activist Temple Grandin, collaborative musician John Common […]
Joanna Ruocco, a PhD candidate in creative writing, has just been awarded FC2’s Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for “Another Governess/The Least Blacksmith-A Diptych.” The prize includes publication by FC2 and $15,000. Art Professor Lawrence Argent will join award-winning architect Curtis Fentress and designer Michael McCoy in a discussion of […]
It was a new year of competition but the same result for Isabella Contolini as the 7th grader bested all comers April 1 at the University of Denver to win the Colorado state title in the National Geographic Geography Bee. Contolini, 13, of Lakewood, Colo., won the event last year […]
Audrey Horning, an archaeology professor, or “reader” as they’re known across the pond, at England’s University of Leicester, will give two talks April 4–5. Horning — the Western Cultural Resource Management Inc. Distinguished Scholar in Historical Archaeology and Marsico Visiting Scholar — will give her first talk at noon on […]
The University of Denver will host an NCAA Gymnastics Regional Championship this weekend. The Denver regional, which begins at 6 p.m. on April 2 in DU’s Magness Arena, will feature six teams and six individuals competing for a chance to advance to the NCAA championships on April 15–17 in Cleveland. […]
Hear how a remarkable group of women defied societal norms and expectations in order to pursue their passion for archaeology by attending the 5th annual Penrose Library Author’s Lecture on April 5. Amanda Adams, author of Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure (Greystone Books, […]