Whether you do it for exercise, transportation or the thrill of flying downhill at top speed, if you’re a student with a longboard, Charlie Irish wants to talk to you. “You see longboarders all over campus. They really are everywhere,” says Irish, founder of the student longboard club. “I’d see all […]
Most of DU’s incoming first-year students are 18 years old, which means they were likely born in 1993. Sharing their birth year are a trio of kid TV actors: Angus Jones of “Two and a Half Men,” Taylor Momsen of “Gossip Girl” and Miranda Cosgrove of “iCarly.” Top movies in […]
Single game tickets for the 2011-12 Denver Pioneer hockey team go on sale Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m.
Students, faculty and staff to commemorate the 10th anniversary with campus-wide events.
The University of Denver is partnering with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to bring the company’s WeCar car-sharing program to campus starting Sept. 8, offering the University of Denver community an efficient, affordable, sustainable transportation alternative. Partnering with WeCar by Enterprise caps off months of work initiated by the DU Sustainability Council, which […]
Responding to student usage — or lack thereof — there will be changes coming this academic year to DU’s shuttle service. Shuttle director Megan Enloe says a review of ridership for the vans that make regular circuits around campus showed that usage dropped off dramatically last year. Running the routes […]
Former U.S. Secretary of State and DU alumna Condoleezza Rice (BA ’74, PhD ’81) served as National Security Advisor from 2001–05. In this video, she recalls the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. DU Today has posted a video of Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies, and Jacaranda Palmateer, director of DU’s counseling services. For […]
Jenna Bainbridge auditioned at schools across the country and found the best fit practically in her backyard. Bainbridge — a sophomore from Castle Rock, Colo., majoring in voice performance with an emphasis in musical theater — received a DU Provost Scholarship, a music scholarship from DU’s Lamont School and a […]
Megan McDowell’s life has never been the same since Sept. 11, 2001 — it has been transformed into a life full of giving, receiving and gratitude. The tragic events of 9/11 inspired the grief counselor and mother of three to start Heartworks — a nonprofit for women to cultivate spiritual […]
Kathryne Grove has joined the University of Denver as director of the Office of Equal Opportunity/ADA Compliance. The office — formerly known as the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity — exists to assure that the University complies with its own policies on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and to promote […]
DU’s Seppi Stiegler will be honored as the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame’s 2011 male collegiate skier of the year. Stiegler became the fifth Pioneer to win the NCAA giant slalom individual title in 2011, earning All-American honors. He also won two giant slalom races during the regular season […]
Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies, had a long career as a diplomat. In this video, he recalls the events of Sept. 11, 2001. At the time, Hill was serving as the U.S. ambassador to Poland. DU Today has posted videos of DU alumna and former U.S. […]
1. The global war on terror to capture and kill transnational terrorists and support U.S. allies with counterterrorism assistance 2. Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, with approximately 6,000 U.S. casualties and more than $1 trillion spent 3. A new federal government agency—the Department of Homeland Security—with an annual […]
As students return to campus for fall quarter, they’ll find Penrose Library in the Driscoll Ballroom. “Penrose@Driscoll,” as it’s called, will serve DU’s faculty and students until the Academic Commons project at the library is completed. Patrons will visit the Driscoll Ballroom for the bulk of their library needs. The […]
Jesus Sierra loves documentaries so much that he tries to watch a new one every day. And his passion for what he calls “horrible movies” is such that two summers ago he watched every National Lampoon movie ever made. Not just the ones you’ve heard of, like Vacation and Animal […]