Athletics, debates and rankings were among the most important topics to DU Today readers in 2011. Here are the top 10 most-read stories for the year. 1. Men’s lacrosse team makes NCAA Final Four 2. DU moves up in U.S. News rankings 3. DU to host Colorado’s first-ever presidential […]
A leading global publication covering legal issues in the field of energy and natural resources law will now come with a Denver perspective. The Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, a product of the International Bar Association, has a new home at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of […]
One is a graduate student, a seasoned cyclist in her second decade of racing with experience and wisdom to pass on to younger members of the DU Cycling Club. The other is an undergraduate — a racer for just two years — now eyeing a cycling future with more hope […]
Sharon House Orlopp grew up knowing about hatred and intolerance. Her parents — who were from very different religious and socioeconomic backgrounds — faced animosity even within their own families. “Both sets of my grandparents were not happy that my parents married,” says the University of Denver alumna (BA ’81), […]
Sarah Watamura, associate professor of psychology, has studied stress in young children for years. Now she’s hoping new research will help prevent stress in children. Watamura received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department of Administration for Children and Families. The grant funds […]
It’s not often that undergraduate students get their work featured in peer-reviewed journals, but Jonathan Kim wasn’t an ordinary undergraduate student at DU. Kim, (BA ’10), pursued a double major in public policy and political science and was part of DU’s Honors Program. To graduate with honors in political science, […]
Sarah Watamura, associate professor of psychology, has studied stress in young children for years. Now she’s hoping new research will help prevent stress in children. Watamura received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department of Administration for Children and Families. The grant funds […]
Sturm College of Law to edit Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law
Focus to be on primary health care services for medically underserved in Colorado
Kevin Lynch gave up a car, but not wheels. Lynch, a lecturer at DU’s Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic, doesn’t have a car. Instead, he commutes the six miles each way to and from work on a Denver B-cycle, those ubiquitous red bikes that users check out and […]
Mark Condon is focused on making putting greens even greener. Condon (MA ’84) is the general manager of Red Rocks Country Club, a private golf club located in Morrison, Colo., near the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. During Condon’s tenure, the club has incorporated many innovations in sustainability. “It is a […]
50 Years ago… DU wins its third NCAA hockey championship 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of DU’s third NCAA national championship in hockey. The Pioneers also had won the NCAA championship the season before. The team also won the 1961 WCHA regular-season and tournament titles. In the 1961 NCAA […]
Following a road game at the University of Colorado on Thursday night, the University of Denver women’s basketball team welcomes the Oregon Ducks to Magness Arena on Sunday for a 1:30 p.m. MT contest with the Pac-12 contenders. This will be the second overall meeting between the Ducks and the […]
When Marcia (Moritz) Gallagher (BA psychology ’73) received an offer for a full academic scholarship to the University of Denver, she accepted — even though she had never visited campus. Because she had no parental support for her DU education, the need-based academic scholarship gave Gallagher an educational opportunity that […]
DU’s Bridge Project is hosting an Adopt-a-Family program to connect families in Denver’s public housing with resources they need this holiday season. Each year, the Adopt-a-Family program benefits one of the Bridge Project’s four public housing sites. This year, families in the South Lincoln community whose children are involved with […]