It may surprise Max Ben-Hamoo’s former classmates to learn that he recently launched a bottled-water company, given his opinions about the industry when he was an undergrad at the University of Denver. “I was strongly against bottled water,” Ben-Hamoo says. “I didn’t allow my friends to drink it because of […]
The University of Denver will host the 19th annual Overseas Association for College Admissions Counseling (OACAC) Summer Conference July 10–12. More than 700 high school and college admissions counselors from around the world will attend the event, which is the largest conference ever hosted by the University. The counselors — […]
Speaking April 27 at the University of Denver, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said armed opposition groups in Syria used protesters there as “human shields” as they attacked government institutions at the start of the ongoing crisis. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin spoke with reporters at the University before delivering […]
As a former dancer, Bob Mesko is familiar with the rigors of the art form. But before he auditioned for Saturday night’s AXIS Dance Company performance at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Mesko had to consider his body’s limitations. That’s because Mesko, director of development in the Office […]
University of Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni now have the opportunity to sign up to volunteer at lectures, seminars and forums that are part of the Presidential Debate Event Series. DU will host the first of the three 2012 presidential debates on Oct. 3. Times, dates and requirements for […]
Alan Gilbert, a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International studies, will be at the Tattered Cover Book Store on Colfax Avenue Friday night to read from his new book, Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence (University of Chicago Press, 2012). According to […]
When medical marijuana burst into the mainstream in Colorado, author Greg Campbell says his reaction was “a big shrug of the shoulders.” “I don’t smoke marijuana, I don’t need medical marijuana, so I was right in the middle,” says Campell, author of Pot, Inc: Inside Medical Marijuana, America’s Most Outlaw […]
It’s finally safe for Kerry Cremeans to wear crimson. Cremeans, the new head coach of the University of Denver women’s basketball team, told reporters at a press conference Wednesday that at her previous job — associate head coach at Auburn University in Alabama — the shade was forbidden due to […]
Ray Suarez brought his unique political perspective to the DU campus on April 24, when he spoke as part of the Bridges to the Future lecture series. Suarez authored the book The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America, and as an analyst with “PBS NewsHour,” he brings a […]
Author and journalist Ray Suarez thought that after three decades covering politics and American society, he knew how to gauge the country’s sentiment. When it came to handicapping the leading topics in this year’s presidential election, Suarez told an audience at DU April 24 that he counted on a tough […]
The Mendelssohn Trio (Ron Francois, violin; Barbara Thiem, cello; Theodor Lichtmann, piano), together with guest Margaret Miller, viola, will perform classic works in a recital this Friday. The trio formed in 1988 and has toured Europe twice, with another tour scheduled for this summer. The group was named for Thiem’s […]
Nadia Kaneva usually starts the first day of her graduate-level Brands and Identities class with a simple exercise. She asks her students to write down the names of people they’ve interacted with so far that day. Then she asks them to list the names of brands they’ve encountered. “I could […]
Nearly 150 black male high school students from across Denver came to the University of Denver campus April 6 for a daylong leadership and empowerment workshop. The third annual Black Male Initiative Summit, “I Am the Master of My Fate—Inviting Young Black Males to Lead,” was sponsored by DU’s Center […]
When Ryan LaPlante got the call, the bright lights of the big stage could not have been farther away. As a freshman goalie for the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team, LaPlante was very nearly redshirted this year, and he was not on the traveling squad when the Pioneers hit […]
Jen Newman says it was the best day of her life. It was April 26, 2011. She was about to clock in for her evening shift at a Chick-fil-A in Federal Heights, Colo., when her phone rang. “It was my high school counselor calling to tell me I’d just won […]