It was in a writing class during the spring of his first year at DU that Paul Sherman was first exposed to the idea of food justice. His instructor showed her students a documentary on the Food Recovery Network (FRN), a nationwide organization dedicated to fighting food waste and hunger […]

University of Denver gymnast Nina McGee finished her record-breaking career in the most fitting way possible: winning DU’s first NCAA gymnastics title. The Denver senior scored a 9.950 on floor, the highest score on the event across both of Friday’s semifinals at the NCAA National Championships, earning her the place […]

First held in May 2013, the annual DU Day of Action is the brainchild of DU alumnus Julio Alas (BA ’08, MA ’11). Alas worked at the time as a kindergarten teacher at a school with a large population of students of color and many future first-generation college students. He […]

The University of Denver is home to dozens of unique clubs, including the Global Medical and Dental Brigades. Over spring break in March, members of the club ventured to rural Nicaragua to provide water and medical relief to communities in need. This was the chapter’s fifth spring break trip visiting […]

While the University of Denver men’s hockey team celebrated its victory against Ferris State to qualify for the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time since 2005, it was all hands on deck for DU’s regional chapters and the Advancement team to organize semifinals watch parties across the country. On […]

More than 300 University of Denver faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends gathered Tuesday at the Cable Center near campus for a “fireside chat” featuring Chancellor Rebecca Chopp and Mary Sue Coleman, president emerita of the University of Michigan and a member of DU’s Board of Trustees. The conversation, titled […]

DU’s Lamont Opera Theatre presents its spring opera, Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte,” April 14–17 at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The opera illustrates the hilarious complications that follow fiancee-swapping, as two disguised young sailors try to test their soon-to-be brides’ fidelity. The cast, crew and orchestra consist of […]

The University of Denver hockey team lost to the University of North Dakota on Thursday night, falling 4-2 in the NCAA Semifinal at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. Defensemen Will Butcher and Matt VanVoorhis provided the offense for the Pioneers, erasing a two-goal deficit in the third period, while starting […]

The University of Denver has been awarded a silver rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (AASHE STARS). AASHE STARS is a comprehensive, transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. “It is evident in […]

University of Denver hockey players Gabe Levin and Danton Heinen received prestigious awards on Wednesday during Frozen Four Media Day in Tampa, Fla. Denver battles the North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Amalie Arena in Tampa at 6:30 p.m. MDT on Thursday, April 7. Levin won the Elite 90 Award, given to the […]

As a historical archaeologist in DU’s department of anthropology, Bonnie Clark uses documents and artifacts to study the fabric of everyday life. Her current research involves investigating and preserving the tangible history of Amache, Colorado’s World War II-era Japanese-American internment camp. “Amache is a reminder of the high human cost […]

For the past 10 years, the University of Denver has partnered with the Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association’s Higher Visions for Education (HVE) program. Each week, a group of adult students with Down syndrome can be found in DU’s Cherrington Hall learning about a variety of topics; from nutrition and […]

The University of Denver hockey team is heading back to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time since 2005, when the Pioneers captured the program’s seventh national title. The Pioneers beat Boston University 7-2 on March 26 before defeating Ferris State University by a score of 6-3 the following […]

The University of Denver has appointed Bruce Smith as dean of its Sturm College of Law, effective July 1, 2016. Smith comes to DU from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he has served as a tenured professor since 2006, as Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar since 2009, […]

University of Denver gymnast Nina McGee qualified to her second consecutive NCAA national championship after finishing second in the all-around at Saturday’s NCAA regionals in Minneapolis. This will be the 17th straight season that at least one DU gymnast has advanced to the NCAA National Championships. McGee also claimed the […]