Five University of Denver students have won Fulbright Scholarships to study or teach abroad in the 2012–13 academic year. This is the largest number of DU students to win Fulbright scholarships in more than 10 years. The DU winners include: Stephanie Lowe, an undergraduate with a major in German, was […]
Following a career-game from sophomore midfielder Jeremy Noble, the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team upset the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 16-14 in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament action Saturday night at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill (read full game coverage here). The Pioneers will travel to Annapolis, Md., on […]
Many immigrants who come to the United States have a tough time finding employment because of language barriers and a lack of job skills. Cheri Young, associate professor in the University of Denver’s Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, has incorporated service learning into the classroom by asking her students […]
While much talk of diversity and inclusion at the University of Denver takes place on the administrative level, the heart of the matter lies not in policy, but in individual action, said Chancellor Robert Coombe. “Oftentimes when my colleagues and I think about diversity and inclusion, it’s in these collective […]
Following a career-game from sophomore midfielder Jeremy Noble, the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team upset the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 16-14 in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament action Saturday night at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill (read full game coverage here). The Pioneers will travel to Annapolis, Md., on […]
When Robert Dewey walked free May 1, after serving 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, it was a victory for justice. It also was a victory for the Colorado Justice Review Project, a federally funded collaboration between the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the Denver District […]
EDITORS NOTE: Due to a chance of rain, this event has been moved to Gates Fieldhouse, 2201 East Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80208 DU’s second annual spring powwow will be held May 19. Native nations from throughout the United States will be represented at the powwow, “New Beginnings,” to be […]
By day, pianist, composer and conductor Jon Parker (BA ’08) is a master’s degree student in musicology and a graduate teaching assistant at the Lamont School of Music. By night, the award-winning musician is a jazz bandleader and piano player at the Hillstone Restaurant in Cherry Creek. Several weekends a […]
A team of graduate students from the Daniels College of Business took first place in this year’s Aspen Institute’s Business & Society International MBA Case Competition, held April 13 in New York. The Daniels College team initially competed against more than 1,000 students representing 25 of the world’s leading business […]
Gregg Stracks (PsyD ’04) of Boston died Jan. 10, after a five-year battle with ocular melanoma (OM). He was 40 years old. Stracks was diagnosed with OM in 2006 at age 34. He underwent treatment, but the cancer metastasized to his liver, and he was told he had six months […]
When Steve Fisher was first hired to work at DU — shortly after graduating from Case Western Reserve University with a dual master’s in history and library science — he knew next to nothing about life in the Mile High City. “I had never been west of the Mississippi at […]
On Saturday, May 19, 100 African-American middle and high school girls from Cherry Creek Schools will descend upon the University of Denver for a crash course in possibilities. They’ll learn about the curious world of insects, the hazards of climate change and the mysteries of fractals. They’ll sample some disciplines […]
Cole Moriarty drove 40 hours last August in his 2007 Chevy Trailblazer from his home in western Massachusetts to start his freshman year at the University of Denver. But his real journey to get to DU took about four years. When Moriarty was a sophomore in high school, he was […]
When DU alumna Luciann Lajoie (BA ’00) moved back to Denver four years ago, she signed up on an online dating site. Then she signed up on another. And another. Lajoie’s adventures in — and addiction to — online dating are told in her hilarious and touching one-woman show, “Date*,” […]
It took only a glimpse at DU’s recruiting materials for James Conway to know he’d found his future alma mater. “When I was looking through the college catalogs, I saw the mass comm school, and there was a picture of a guy standing behind a camera, and I said, ‘That’s […]