Archive for February, 2012

1970 grads reunite as Jackson Hole execs

1970 grads reunite as Jackson Hole execs

Though they both earned BSBA degrees from DU in 1970, the top executives at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Jerry Blann and Jay Kemmerer, never met on campus during their undergraduate years. Blann was an All-American on the ski team that won three national championships during his four years at DU. […]

DU students bound for Honduras to deliver medical assistance

Thirty students in DU’s Global Medical Brigade program will travel to Honduras March 18–25 to help operate a mobile medical and dental clinic in the town of Danlí. A chapter of Global Brigades, the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization, the DU student group was founded in […]

Lamont Symphony takes on classical’s greatest hits

Lamont Symphony takes on classical’s greatest hits

The Lamont Symphony Orchestra will perform two of the best-known pieces of orchestral music of all time in a concert Feb. 9. “The concert will be like the classical music equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster,” says Lawrence Golan, the orchestra’s music director and conductor. The program features Beethoven’s famous Fifth […]

Furniture fair lets campus community pick fixtures for new Academic Commons

Help create the look and feel of DU’s new Academic Commons at a furniture fair on Feb. 7 and 8 in the lowest level of the Ritchie Center. Students, faculty and staff are invited to test out lounge chairs and sofas, booths, ottomans, task chairs, side tables and computer tables […]

Bridges speaker: U.S. must connect with other countries, ‘non-state actors’

Bridges speaker: U.S. must connect with other countries, ‘non-state actors’

An audience at DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts considered billiard balls and LEGO sets Thursday evening as Bridges to the Future featured speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter talked about changes in international relations spanning the Kennedy presidency to the modern day. The Princeton University professor of politics and international affairs […]

Morgridge, NSM faculty get $300,000 grant to help math and science teachers

When it comes to teaching math and science to elementary and middle school children, even classroom pros can struggle to help students understand the complex concepts that characterize these disciplines. Thanks to the efforts of Associate Professor Kent Seidel and Assistant Professor Nicole Russell, both of DU’s Morgridge College of […]

Winter storm closes DU on Feb. 3

Winter storm closes DU on Feb. 3

Due to inclement weather, the University will be closed on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Denver is under a Winter Weather Advisory until midnight tonight. According to 9News.com, “many areas in and around Denver will wake up to 5 to 10 inches of snow on Friday morning, with another 5 to […]

Saturday’s ESPN broadcast a mark of progress for men’s basketball team

The atmosphere will be a little different — a little more intense, regardless of what University of Denver men’s basketball coach Joe Scott preaches. The unyielding glare from the added glut of cameras will be difficult to miss. As will the familiar faces of the talking heads who will be […]

DU’s “Bridges to the Future” Explores Foreign Policy

Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, to discuss pressing global issues on Feb. 2

Law students sue to block Christo’s ‘Over the River’ project

Students in the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on Feb. 1 filed suit in federal court to block “Over the River,” an industrial-scale art project by the well-known artist Christo that was approved in November by the Bureau of Land Management. The project […]

Law students sue to block Christo’s ‘Over the River’ project

Law students sue to block Christo’s ‘Over the River’ project

Students in the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on Feb. 1 filed suit in federal court to block “Over the River,” an industrial-scale art project by the well-known artist Christo that was approved in November by the Bureau of Land Management. The project […]

University of Denver Law Students Sue to Block “Over the River”

DU’s Environmental Law Clinic cites environmental concerns for project by the artist Christo

Psychology instructor part of Nepal’s first public lesbian wedding

Psychology instructor part of Nepal’s first public lesbian wedding

It’s not so unusual that Courtney Mitchell, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, would want to return to the country for her wedding. But Mitchell and her partner, Sarah Welton, made history in June when they became the first lesbian couple to publicly wed in Nepal. “What […]

ESPN telecast highlights a big weekend for Pioneer Athletics

The Feb. 4  DU men’s basketball game against Middle Tennessee will be broadcast live on ESPN2 as ESPN’s Sun Belt Conference Wildcard game. The game time has been changed to 2 p.m. from the originally scheduled 4 p.m. tip. Dave Flemming will call the play-by-play, and Sean Farnham will serve […]

Lamont Featured Performance: Clarinet Professor Jeremy Reynolds and pianist Heidi Brende Leathwood

Lamont Featured Performance: Clarinet Professor Jeremy Reynolds and pianist Heidi Brende Leathwood

Clarinet Professor Jeremy Reynolds is exploring new territory with pianist Heidi Brende Leathwood in a recital on February 2. Together, the two will perform a program that opens doors to intriguing and fascinating music. “This concert is filled with lyrical, technical and acrobatic playing that challenges us in exciting ways,” […]