The Executive and Alumni Mentoring program in the Daniels College of Business is booming. More than 60 business mentors and 200 MBA students are participating in the program this year — the best numbers ever. “Mentoring is a way of giving back and to help a young generation get better […]

While 18-year-old U.S. alpine skiing sensation Mikaela Shiffrin is off traversing the slopes of some destination along the World Cup tour, her older brother Taylor Shiffrin is back in the pair’s home state of Colorado, training as well. He also is doing a little accounting and physics homework on the […]

When Ed Estlow came to the University of Denver in 1939, it was the beginning of a relationship that would last more than 75 years. A standout athlete and scholar during his time at DU, and later chair of the Board of Trustees and founder of the University’s Edward W. […]

Forty-seven University of Denver student-athletes were honored for their academic performance last week. Eighteen student-athletes from men’s soccer, volleyball and women’s soccer were named to the Fall Academic Distinguished Honors list for having a 3.60 GPA in the fall quarter; while an additional 29 student-athletes were named to the Fall […]

Margot Lacey (BA ’77) began her years at the University of Denver on her 18th birthday: a day that remains an enduring memory of a college experience where she made lifelong friends, met her future husband and was set on an academic path that led to a career in psychology. […]

Twenty years ago this April, as today’s undergraduates were cutting their first teeth and pronouncing their first words, a private jet carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi was shot down near Rwanda’s capitol city of Kigali. In combustible Rwanda, where tensions between the predominant ethnic groups — the Hutus […]

Irene Gut Opdyke was only a teenager when she made the decision to save 12 lives despite the risk to herself. During World War II, the Polish nurse hid 12 Jewish friends in the basement of a Nazi major’s house. She was a simple housekeeper there, but her courage and […]

Senior finance major Kristen Hamilton made University of Denver history Friday, becoming the first DU women’s soccer player to be drafted to the National Women’s Soccer League. The Western New York Flash picked Hamilton up in the fourth round as the 36th pick of the draft. “It’s an absolute honor […]

University of Denver senior Zach Bolden was selected by the Chicago Fire with the 61st overall pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday. “This is an absolute dream for me to be selected by the Chicago Fire,” Bolden says. “I can’t thank the University of Denver enough. Everyone at […]

The University of Denver swimming and diving teams were victorious by 40-plus point margins over Wyoming Saturday at El Pomar Natatorium on campus, and three team members – swimmers Tanner Krall and Amanda Sanders and diver Ross Edfort – were named Summit League players of the week. After falling to […]

When Jimmy and Linda Yip lost their 19-year-old son, Nathan, to an automobile accident in 2001, they carried on his dream of helping underprivileged youth by forming a foundation in his name. “I had just named [the Yips] the godparents to my son six months prior, so I went through […]

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Denver’s University College has received a $1 million grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation for its sustained success in creating lifelong educational opportunities for the Denver community. Founded by Bernard Osher in 1977, OLLI has adult learning programs around the […]

University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe has informed the Board of Trustees that he will retire from the University on or about June 30, 2014. Coombe has served the University for 33 years since joining as a member of the faculty. He was provost from 2001 and 2005 and became […]

The two sculptures couldn’t be more diverse or distant — multiple interlocking lips on the grounds of a Los Angeles hospital and a panda peering over a building in China. For all their differences, both public art projects share a common thread: The work of University of Denver art Professor […]

Artistic treasures from the University of Denver’s collection are on display at DU’s Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in “A Decade of Gifts and Discoveries” — an exhibition featuring artworks rediscovered or donated to the University in the past 10 years. Featured artists include Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the […]