In 2011, Provost Gregg Kvistad charged a task force of faculty members and administrators with creating — and testing — new ways to improve learning at every level of the University. The initiative is called Renew DU. Q: What is driving Renew DU? A: There are a few drivers […]
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), […]
James Conway (BA ’71) has worked in film and television for more than 30 years, so it’s only fitting that he set his debut novel, the mystery thriller Dead and Not So Buried, in the world of show business. Inspired by legendary mystery writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond […]
Sharon House Orlopp grew up knowing about hatred and intolerance. Her parents — who were from very different religious and socioeconomic backgrounds — faced animosity even within their own families. “Both sets of my grandparents were not happy that my parents married,” says the University of Denver alumna (BA ’81), […]
Eleven University of Denver students got their hands dirty studying agriculture, food production and more as part of a summer quarter class called Urban Farming. Through site visits, guest speakers and in-depth discussions, students learned about food production, the local-food movement and how food travels from farm to table. They […]
Bestselling author Karen Salmansohn said, “Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret, or fear.” This is the motto by which University of Denver senior Laura Hendrickson lives her life. Hendrickson, who hails from the small town of Los Gatos, Calif., says she fell […]
Photographer Jim Doolittle (MBA ’95) created this 360-degree view of campus by stitching together 12 separate photographs in Photoshop. Doolittle, senior vice president of business development for Colorado-based marketing agency Digital Globe Services, got serious about photography nine years ago and now moonlights shooting landscapes, portraits, long exposures, fashion and […]
Editor’s note: When the University of Denver debuted its new logo and branding platform in August, we asked subscribers to our email newsletter for alumni to share the ways in which the University has been a catalyst for their purposeful lives. I am a graduate of the Women’s College […]
There’s a lot of official University history available for perusal at the new Digital DU website: archival photographs, meeting minutes, media guides. But for those who want a more authentic glimpse at what was going on at the University during any given year, the site’s collection of digitized yearbooks is […]
According to Alan Gilbert, there were two revolutions in America in the mid-1770s — one for American independence from the British and the other for the emancipation of slaves. In his new book, Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence (University of Chicago Press, 2012), […]
Junior Jessica Morton, an electrical engineering major, is an active voting member of the University of Denver Sustainability Council. She started the outdoor recycling program her freshman year. Q: What is the Sustainability Council? A: The Sustainability Council is a group of faculty, staff and students who are dedicated […]
The University of Denver Magazine has received two awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Exit polls of Colorado voters on Election Day were consistent with the post-debate poll conducted by the University of Denver in early October — following the first Presidential Debate on Oct. 3.
The University of Denver women’s soccer team got a goal in the first half and two more in the second to upend Colorado College 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Saturday afternoon at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. DU’s victory is the Pioneers second […]
With an estimated $6 billion spent on campaigning in the recently completed 2012 election cycle and with Colorado voters demanding change, the University of Denver Strategic Issues Program (SIP) announced Nov. 9 it will study the role of money in American politics. SIP Director Jim Griesemer announced the program’s focus […]