If an oil company drills in the middle of the wilderness, maybe nobody hears it. But, experts say, it’s a different story when gas and oil rigs start chasing rich deposits under Colorado cities and towns, poking around neighborhoods and even under City Hall. An April 12 panel at the […]
Craig Bach, DU’s assistant director of alumni information technology, died Feb. 24. He was 48. Bach spent 10 days at Denver’s Exempla Saint Joseph hospital prior to his death. Bach worked at DU for more than five years as part of the Alumni Relations and University Advancement teams. “His talents […]
Andy Benson, the head pro at the Highlands Ranch Golf Club since it opened in 1998, has been honing swings as usual this spring, albeit with one subtle change. He has become a full-time employee of the University of Denver, prompting many of his friends to give Benson a good-natured […]
Gregory Anderson, dean of DU’s Morgridge College of Education, and the school’s senior policy fellow, Barbara O’Brien, will take part in a nationally televised panel discussion Sunday on “Building Blocks of Success: Grade-Level Reading and Colorado’s Future.” The panel discussion — to be held at the new History Colorado Center […]
Matthew Taylor, associate professor in the Department of Geography, will talk about his work in Guatemala at 5 p.m. April 16 in a lecture titled Research and Teaching in the Land of Trees and Volcanoes. Taylor’s lecture is the first in a new series of presentations, lectures and illustrated talks […]
University of Denver Sturm College of Law Professor J. Robert “Jay” Brown Jr. was named April 10 to the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee, a 21-member body created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Brown will be one of only two law […]
University of Denver psychology Professor Wyndol Furman has won the 2012 John P. Hill Memorial Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence. The award — given to one person every two years — recognizes research scientists “whose overall program of work has had a significant impact on our understanding […]
A new student newspaper is available to the DU community starting this week, but the Pioneer Business Review fills a different niche than DU’s 113-year-old student paper, the Clarion. As the name suggests, the Pioneer Business Review has a business focus and is produced with support from the Undergraduate Business […]
The No. 8/10 University of Denver men’s lacrosse team ends its three-game home stand with a visit from No. 4 Loyola in a sold-out game starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Pioneers will look to stay perfect in their series with the Greyhounds, as DU holds a 2–0 all-time record against Loyola. The […]
In a question-and-answer session held before more than 100 DU students, faculty and various local and international dignitaries, Republic of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci talked Monday about how his nation wants to play a bigger role on the world stage. Former Ambassador Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Josef Korbel […]
The Lamont School of Music is expanding its horizons with a new world music concert and lecture series. The mission of the new initiative — titled “Expanding Horizons” — is to bring greater understanding and appreciation of world cultures and performing arts to DU and the Denver community through performances, […]
Kyle Ewing is not one to take the easiest path, or the most obvious. In 2009 he flew to Tanzania to study venture capitalism with the Thousand Hills Venture Capital Fund. He was wrapping up his MBA and tacked a week onto his trip so he could climb Mount Kilimanjaro, […]
It’s been 48 years since Josef Korbel help found DU’s Graduate School of International Studies, but his legacy lives on in the global accomplishments of his daughter, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Albright comes to DU on April 13 for “A Conversation on Diplomacy” with former U.S. Ambassador Christopher […]
American pianist Jerome Rose has performed with many of the world’s most distinguished orchestras and conductors and appears on tour in three continents each year. He has recorded numerous albums, including his most recent DVD release, Jerome Rose Plays Brahms Live in Concert. Rose is professor of piano at Mannes […]
Some of the most wrenching stories about the last hours of the Titanic are accounts of the ship’s band playing as passengers scrambled for a limited number of lifeboats. The band was still playing even as the great ship sank into the Atlantic at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912. […]