An intensive, strategic push to improve the Colorado bar exam passage rates of DU Sturm College of Law graduates is paying off. The results from the July 2011 bar exam are in, and DU law students posted a 90 percent passage rate for first-time takers. That’s before appeals, which could […]
Dean Dormady (MBA ’10) was a chubby kid who got picked on by his classmates. Carolyn Francis (MBA ’10) gained 60 pounds when she got pregnant with her first child. Together, they might have been voted most unlikely to get off the couch, much less start a fitness-oriented company. But […]
DU’s creative writing PhD program recently took first place in 2012 rankings by Poets & Writers magazine. This is the first year that the Poets &Writers has published two lists: one for MFA programs and one for PhD programs. DU offers a doctorate in creative writing, while many creative writing […]
October 2010 Alumni win award for Tuskegee Airmen documentary It took communication majors Shane Carrick (BA ’08) and Bobby Deline (BA ’07) a few tries to find the right subject for their documentary film, but when they met Lt. Col. James Harvey they knew they had their man. Harvey, who […]
It was a mere inch — perhaps even just a fraction of an inch — that haunted Kellan Christensen for years. As Christensen watched what would become the penultimate shot of the DU men’s soccer team’s 2007 season sail through the air, the stakes became evident. A true strike would […]
Chancellor Robert Coombe said the University of Denver is in an excellent position to move forward as he outlined five strategic goals for the coming year at the annual Convocation event Oct. 5. Chief among those goals is continuing to recruit outstanding students and helping those students cover the costs […]
DU’s Department of Media, Film and Journalism and the Estlow Center for New Media are hosting “Journalism in the Public Interest,” a one-day event that offers journalists and interested community members insight into a variety of topics affecting the media today. Three citizen journalists from Cameroon, Cambodia, and Colombia will […]
All-time leaders in goal scoring for men’s ice hockey Player Years at DU Total Rick Berens 1987-91 94 Ed Beers 1978-82 93 Dwight Mathiasen 1983-86 90 Jerry Walker 1959-61 87 Jason Elders 1991-95 79 Dallas Gaume 1982-86 78 Peter McNab 1970-73 78 Antti Laaksonen 1993-97 75 Ed Hays 1969-73 74 […]
There is little question the memories come with a whiff of sadness every time Gordon Cooper recalls his remarkable football career at the University of Denver. Those memories, after all, are all Cooper and the former Pioneers gridiron greats have to cherish besides the grainy, fading photos of a program […]
Adrienne Russell has been exploring how the rise of the internet has been remaking journalism since the mid-1990s, a time when the news business was booming and a “website” was a corner of the pressroom no one visited. Russell, associate professor of digital media studies and co-director of DU’s Institute […]
The Pioneers cheer squad features 13 Pioneers.
The report, Rethinking Colorado’s Government, represents a year of study by a non-partisan panel of 20 accomplished business, professional and community leaders drawn from across the state.
Dr. Aubrey Fine will present research on the role animals play in the lives of children with ADHD and associated disorders.
The University of Denver Strategic Issues Program in a new report finds that Colorado — like many other states — suffers from a cyclical and structural fiscal imbalance that undermines the state’s fiscal stability over the long term. The Strategic Issues Program (SIP) panel says that while Colorado’s budget situation […]
The University of Denver Strategic Issues Program today releases its report on Colorado’s long-running fiscal crisis.