Even though she enjoyed her time growing up outside of Boston, Mass., Stephanie Lowe has for many years felt a pull from across the Atlantic. More specifically that pull, she has since learned, was coming from Germany. “I remember when I was in middle school and high school, my family […]
Standing inside the giant cube that’s at the heart of Laleh Mehran’s new site-specific installation at the Denver Art Museum, you may feel like a ruler looking down on his subjects, or like a character in AMC’s zombie show “The Walking Dead,” about to be devoured. With its motion-sensitive video […]
A child’s plastic barrette. A jar of pumpkin seeds. An enameled tin cup. An empty ink jar. A glass candy container. Three marbles. These are among the telling artifacts on display at Connecting the Pieces: Dialogues on the Amache Archaeology Collection, a new exhibit at DU’s Museum of Anthropology. The […]
Can a presidential candidate tweet his way to victory? Not yet, maybe, but it’s undeniable that social media and social networking have altered the way political campaigns are conducted and covered by the press. “New Media Influence on Campaign Politics,” a May 11 panel discussion at the University of Denver, […]
University of Denver psychology Professor Wyndol Furman is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, presented by the International Society of Behavioral Development (ISSBD). The award, which is given out every other year, honors a single individual who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research, […]
In 1966, the Colorado Woman’s College offered a year-abroad program. Six adventurous young women signed up to travel to Madrid, Spain, where they lived with local families, attended classes and went on field trips. After graduating in 1967, the women, who had been such good friends in college, lost touch. […]
When Denver nonprofit Smart-Girl, known for mentoring adolescent girls, decided to expand its services to boys, it faced a problem. How do you publicize the launch of a new program if you have a tiny staff and no budget for promotion? The answer came in the form of a partnership […]
The University of Denver Division of Athletics and Recreation has achieved an unprecedented 100 percent participation rate among its student-athletes and staff in annual giving during the 2011–12 calendar year. A total of 326 student-athletes donated to the Pioneers Reinvesting in Denver Excellence (PRIDE) Fund, while 128 full-time DU athletics […]
The 10th annual Profiles of Excellence Awards Thursday will recognize the outstanding accomplishments of members of the DU community who contributed to inclusive excellence through exemplary leadership. Members of the DU community are invited to attend the awards ceremony and graduation celebration, which runs from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Cable […]
Political science major Andrew Struttmann has been selected to attend the prestigious Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship conference, held June 16–23 in Lexington, Ken. Each year, full scholarships are provided to 51 college seniors from across the nation to attend the Henry Clay Center Student Congress. This intensive five-day program […]
With Commencement right around the corner, many soon-to-be graduates may be wondering what the job market has in store for them. According to Sue Hinkin, executive director of the DU Career Center, the market is improving, albeit slowly. “We’re definitely starting to come back, but it’s probably the slowest comeback […]
Colorado Supreme Court Justice Brian Boatright shared a deeply personal and painful story with some 300 graduating University of Denver Sturm College of Law students at DU’s May 19 Commencement. Life can deliver painful bouts of adversity and disappointment, he said, but overcoming those obstacles builds moral character and opens […]
When Fred Hadley (BS engineering ’52) was a senior, he walked around the University of Denver campus with his 16mm camera shooting nearly 38 minutes of black and white footage. About 10 months ago, a friend helped him convert it from film to digital, and they put it on the […]
Rebecca Love Kourlis, director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver, is the recipient of the 2012 John Marshall Award, presented by the American Bar Association Justice Center. The center established the John Marshall Award to recognize those dedicated to […]
Drabness inspired Terry Meyer in late summer 2010. As a volunteer Pilates instructor in one of the women’s prisons of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, she would walk by the women’s minimum facility, where prisoners soon to be released were jabbing at trash with spiked sticks. Meyer (BA ’75), […]