When Jamie Stanton learned he’d won the University of Denver’s Willy Schaeffler Scholarship, he was on his way to do something you might not expect a young man with just one leg to do. “I was in my car picking up a friend to go wakeboarding,” says Stanton. Actually, Stanton […]
The University of Denver celebrated a longtime collaboration with Denver attorney John Moye on Aug. 23, naming the new campus home of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System in his honor. The newly dedicated John Moye Hall sits along DU’s Driscoll Green, adjacent to the Sturm […]
While Oct. 3 marks the first time that the University of Denver—or, indeed, Colorado—has hosted a presidential debate, it is hardly the University’s first encounter with the nation’s highest elected office. Over the years, the University has been visited a number of times by sitting, future and former U.S. presidents. […]
To teach first-year students about the machinations of campaign politics this fall, computer science Professor Scott Leutenegger intends to speak to the freshmen in a language he knows they will understand. He’s having them create their own video games. “You have this medium that kids want to engage with—they’re all […]
Standing inside the giant cube that’s at the heart of Laleh Mehran’s temporary, 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 […]
The Pioneers will lack some of the firepower they boasted last year, as the team’s top two scorers, Drew Shore and Jason Zucker, opted to forgo their college eligibility to sign pro contracts. However, the cupboard is hardly bare for coach George Gwozdecky’s crew. Junior Nick Shore emerged as a […]
The bad news for head coach Joe Scott is that the Pioneers will have to make up for the graduation of Brian Stafford, who started all 124 games during his career (a school record) before finishing fourth on the program’s all-time scoring list. The good news? DU returns three starters […]
Curious though she was, new head coach Kerry Cremeans didn’t immediately review video of her new team and players in action from last season. Cremeans wanted a fresh, untainted perspective once she finally got the Pioneers into the gym. And what has she learned about her DU squad? Although the […]
Coach Jesse Mahoney has hit the ground running since he was hired in January, and he hopes that theme remains in effect during his inaugural season with the Pioneers. Mahoney, who helped lead Colorado State University to the NCAA Tournament during each of his seven seasons as an assistant with […]
The Pioneers will look to press the reset button after a discouraging 2011–12 season. A year of high expectations spiraled into a 5–11–3 disappointment that included losses in five of the Pioneers’ final six games. DU scored only 26 goals all season, and head coach Bobby Muuss has spent much […]
Jeff Hooker has compiled a 270–101–33 record as he enters his 21st season as DU’s head coach. The Pioneers have won at least 13 games in each of the past six seasons, and yet few of Hooker’s many talented teams have entered a season with as much firepower as the […]
Balancing campus activities, schoolwork and fun can be a challenging task, but one DU student tackles all three and makes it look easy. Junior Sam Estenson, the Undergraduate Student Government president, is involved in a multitude of activities at the University. Originally from the small town of Northfield, Minn., Estenson […]
The first debate of the 2012 presidential election marks a turning point for the country, and for the University of Denver. DU students have taken a keen interest in the debate and the presidential election and are getting involved in various activities, no matter their political stance. Six student committees […]
In the upcoming back-to-school issue of its preLaw magazine, The National Jurist has named the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law as one of the 20 most innovative law schools in the country. Sturm was recognized for its “medical school model,” in which clinics, externship and other hands-on opportunities […]
The first time state Rep. Crisanta Duran met Barack Obama was in 2007 at the University of Denver, when she was asked to introduce Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, at an Obama campaign rally. “That is one of the memories I cherish most,” Duran (BA ’02) […]