On a snowy afternoon in April, 75 students from DU’s business, engineering and computer science and emergent digital practices programs gathered with Arrow Electronics senior officials to compete in the Ideation Challenge. Cross-functional teams of DU students showcased their collaborative design skills by tackling a real business challenge Arrow is […]
Imagine a day when you’re driving down Broadway, hitting nothing but green lights en route to a Starbucks drive-through. Imagine a day when your refrigerator indicates that you’re low on milk, while a grocery list auto-populates on your phone and the backyard sprinklers turn off automatically as it begins to […]
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 […]
The University of Denver was recently recognized in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review’s list of 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck. The edition features the nation’s best colleges and universities based on academic quality, financial aid and sending graduates on to rewarding […]
In recognition of Ron Rizzuto’s 40 years of teaching and research at Daniels College of Business, the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation today provided a $2 million gift to establish an endowed chair in his name. The Ron Rizzuto Chair for Excellence in International Executive Education will support Rizzuto’s […]
According to Jack Strauss, Miller Chair of Applied Economics at the Daniels College of Business, allowing Colorado grocery and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine would create 22,000 jobs and save the average household $750 on beer and wine costs over three years. Under current state law, large […]
Friday was a celebratory day for the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science and the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, as students, faculty, staff and donors gathered for the placement of a 60,000-pound dome atop a new 110,000-square-foot engineering and computer science building. The structure is scheduled […]
An array of city officials, nonprofit representatives, Regional Transportation District board members, environmental experts, energy engineers, city planners and citizens gathered in Davis Auditorium on the University of Denver campus Dec. 3 for the first ever Sustainable Denver Summit. The University of Denver partnered closely with the city’s Office of […]
As global leaders gather in Paris for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference, the University of Denver is preparing to host Mayor Michael Hancock’s inaugural Sustainable Denver Summit on Dec. 3. The summit seeks to mobilize local leaders to partner with the City and County of Denver in achieving the […]
In an era of polarized politics, finger-pointing and gridlock, U.S. citizens are becoming increasingly frustrated with the performance of their legislatures, both at the federal and state levels — and many people feel powerless to hold these institutions accountable. It is this troubling trend — declining public trust in a […]
On a cool fall evening in October, more than 30 undergraduate DU business students received coaching in one of the least-taught but most-important business skills: how to dress appropriately for interviewing and for holding down the all-important first job. The fifth annual “Dress Code” fashion show, hosted by the Daniels […]