Archive for February, 2012

Game of the week: Gymnastics quad meet Saturday

Game of the week: Gymnastics quad meet Saturday

The No. 19-ranked University of Denver gymnastics squad hosts its first of two quad meets this season, welcoming No. 13 Missouri, No. 24 West Virginia and Western Michigan to Hamilton Gymnasium at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Pioneers enter the meet with a regional qualifying score (RQS) of 195.270, the figure […]

Grad student designs video games to help refugees and immigrants learn about America

Grad student designs video games to help refugees and immigrants learn about America

No one was surprised when Theresa Munanga signed up for the Peace Corps. She’d volunteered since she was 14, offering her time to organizations like the Girl Scouts, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the YWCA and an HIV/AIDS group. “My two passions in life are volunteering and computer programming,” says the […]

Far from Ireland, golfer Sarah Faller gets into the swing of things at DU

Far from Ireland, golfer Sarah Faller gets into the swing of things at DU

Sarah Faller always remained steadfast in her goal to play collegiate golf in the United States. Landing at the University of Denver, however, probably was a long shot, given a couple of Faller’s initial impressions of the Mile High City. A native of Galway, Ireland, a historic locale on the […]

DU ties to Oscar night

DU ties to Oscar night

The most fabulous night in the world of film may have taken place in Hollywood, but there was still a University of Denver connection.

Korbel grad Jim Bruce recalls his CIA days

Korbel grad Jim Bruce recalls his CIA days

Before you can visit Jim Bruce at his office, you have to answer what may seem an odd question: “Will classified material be discussed?” Bruce is a political scientist with the RAND Corp., a wide-ranging contractor with many clients, including intelligence agencies. His focus — as it was during his […]

Sidelined by cancer, lacrosse player makes delayed DU debut

Sidelined by cancer, lacrosse player makes delayed DU debut

Drew Babb is champing at the bit to return his life to a state of normalcy. So far, his lacrosse career at the University of Denver could best be described as one big pain in the neck. And unfortunately, it was far from a laughing matter. After defeating Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]

DU announces 2012 Founders Day honorees

DU announces 2012 Founders Day honorees

The University of Denver has announced the recipients of the 2012 Founders Day Awards, which recognize accomplishments of alumni, faculty and staff. The 2012 awards will be handed out at a gala reception March 8 at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The Evans […]

University College launches new media and Internet marketing graduate program

University College, DU’s school of continuing professional studies, will launch a graduate specialty program in new media and Internet marketing this spring. Students can choose to pursue a master’s degree or an advanced graduate certificate in the specialty. The program is intended for professionals who already have a foundational, educational […]

DU bookstore turns the page

The University of Denver Bookstore opens a new chapter next month as the University outsources operations to a private company with access to a network of educational materials, the latest technology and national reputation. To get ready, the campus bookstore will be closed Feb. 24 through March 5. During that […]

Music and theater students stage edgy ‘Urinetown’

A drought leads to a catastrophic water shortage. To regulate water consumption, the government bans the use of private toilets. Citizens must line up to use pay toilets owned and operated by Urine Good Company, a corrupt corporation. That’s the premise of the aptly named Urinetown, an edgy parody/musical playing […]

Men’s lacrosse kicks off season with Face-Off Classic

Men’s lacrosse kicks off season with Face-Off Classic

The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team opens its home slate by hosting the annual DU Face-Off Classic at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on Feb. 25 and 26. The Pioneers welcome the Michigan Wolverines at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The teams will meet for the first time in both schools’ histories, […]

Vending Miser keeping an eye on DU soda machines

Vending Miser keeping an eye on DU soda machines

The soda vending machines at the University of Denver just got a little smarter. For years, scores of those machines have stayed on, brightly lit and chugging away throughout the night, in dark hallways while the rest of the world was sleeping. Not exactly the most energy-efficient way of operating. […]

Lamont Featured Performance: Alumnus Marcus Ostermiller performs to raise money for scholarship fund

Lamont Featured Performance: Alumnus Marcus Ostermiller performs to raise money for scholarship fund

Joshua Gomes was working toward a double degree in pre-medicine and pre-law at the University of Denver when AIDS took his life. The Joshua Gomes Memorial Scholarship Fund aims to lay a path for hope for young adults with HIV/AIDS by providing academic scholarships to universities of their choice. DU […]

Former high school tennis rivals on the same side of the net at DU

Former high school tennis rivals on the same side of the net at DU

Throughout competitive sports, there are stories of adversaries becoming friends. After all, no one else knows the pain of defeat and the joy of victory better. In college football, the relationship between head coaches Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Bo Schembechler of Michigan is the stuff of lore. In […]

DU to hold annual Ash Wednesday services

DU will mark Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Lenten season with four services Feb. 22 at Evans Chapel. DU Chaplain Gary Brower will lead nondenominational services at 7:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Brother John Ignatius, a local priest, will lead Roman Catholic services at noon and 9 p.m. […]