When Dorothy McNeese walked across the stage at the University of Denver Commencement ceremony on June 8, it was a moment decades in the making. At 78, McNeese is believed to be the oldest graduate of DU’s University College. McNeese graduated high school in 1951, married, had children and devoted […]
If the University of Denver ever decides to build a student spa, there are three undergraduate students who would make excellent consultants. Molly Tomkins, Jing Wan and Lian Duan, from the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, took first place at the fourth annual Global Spa & Wellness Summit student […]
The University of Denver helped Colorado Public Radio (CPR) kick off its latest fundraising drive in style, aiding the station in raising more than $80,000 over the first six hours of the nine-day effort. The pledge drive began June 6 with a University challenge grant: $10,000 if CPR received 1,000 […]
From the back porch of her childhood home in Arvada, Colo., Kristen Iversen (PhD English ’96) could see the water tower at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. The plant—built in 1952 on a swath of ranchland along the Front Range between Denver and Boulder—manufactured plutonium triggers for atomic bombs. […]
In 1942, John Capozzola passed up acceptances to the University of Chicago Law School, the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, a joint Tufts-Harvard program and the Fletcher School of International Law to attend DU as an Alfred P. Sloan fellow. It was one of the best decisions he ever made, […]
Roger Birnbaum had two words of advice Saturday for the 952 students who attended DU’s 2012 undergraduate Commencement ceremony at Magness Arena. “I’m in.” “This is the big lesson in my life, and it comes down to two words—‘I’m in,’” Birnbaum, co-chairman and chief executive officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and […]
William Dean Singleton, founder of one of the largest news organizations in America, had some good news for departing graduate students: They will have work in the years ahead. The bad news? That work includes cleaning up what Singleton said was the mess his generation has made of things. “You’re […]
Everett Anton “Tony” Singer (BA ’70) doesn’t consider his job work. Retired co-owner of the print business Four Seasons Litho Inc., Singer is the creator of VintageAutoPosters.com. “My company combines the three things I love: aesthetics, printing and cars,” he says. “I channeled my creative juices into my printing business […]
An overflow crowd came to the International House on the University of Denver campus Wednesday to remember the life of Masoud Bahramisharif, a graduate engineering student killed in a hit-and-run accident on May 31. Bahramisharif’s friends and colleagues remembered him as a positive, energetic person who enjoyed working in the […]
Mike Kemp hasn’t officially graduated yet, but he’s already running out of shelf space for all the awards he’s taken home. Kemp, who earned a dual undergraduate degree last year in international business and economics from the University of Denver and will get his MBA from the Daniels College of […]
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays, DU is hosting a three-day conference June 26–28. “Centenary Symposium 2012: Discovery of Cosmic Rays” will feature more than 50 scientists discussing developments in the field over the past 100 years, as well as a consolidation and summary of […]
The French poet Charles Baudelaire once said, “Inspiration comes of working every day.” If that’s true, Jillian Neilson will have no problem with inspiration as she embarks on her career in art. “I’ve never had less than two jobs at any given time for the past nine years,” says the […]
The Department of Media, Film & Journalism studies will host its annual “InShort DU Film/ Video Showcase” at 7 p.m. Thursday. The event—which is free and open to the public—will be held in Davis Auditorium in Sturm Hall. The event features five 10-minute narrative films, each produced by a team […]
For some DU undergraduates, social justice isn’t just a topic you study: It’s a way of life. Social Justice is one of five Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) at DU in which students live on the same residence hall floor, attend classes together in a particular area of interest, and […]
Reflecting on memories ranging from her days as a “wayward and lost music major” at the University of Denver to the dark days after 9/11, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice enthralled a crowd at her alma mater April 2 in conversation with her former employee, Ambassador Christopher Hill. Rice […]