Without challenges, life would be easy and boring. So says Austin Nelson, a DU senior business major who knows a thing or two about challenges. Nelson, 21, was born severely hearing impaired, and that has impacted his balance. Yet, he’s taken up a sport that hinges almost entirely on balance […]
It never hurts to have a cop as a neighbor. DU-area residents have one in Tracie Keesee, the new Denver Police Department District 3 commander. She grew up on Evans just minutes from the campus, so she knows the University area as well as she knows her badge number. And what’s […]
Once again, DU finds itself on a national sports stage—this time in men’s lacrosse. In May the team wrapped up its best season ever, which culminated in a first-round showing in the NCAA tournament—the Pioneers’ first-ever national bid. “The players were hungry to take the next step and make the […]
Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams told a crowd of more than 300 DU students, faculty, staff and visiting teenagers from around the globe today that it’s not just the job of young people to bring about peace in the world. “We all have to find our own ways in our […]
The largest-ever U.S. gathering of Nobel Peace Prize winners will convene at DU Sept. 15–17. Ten laureates—including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—will be on DU’s campus to talk with 3,000 teenagers from 32 countries about how the teens can instill peace in their own communities. On Sept. 15, […]
Couples looking for ways to strengthen their relationships will have a new place to go at DU beginning Sept 26. A clinic for couples is opening its doors in DU’s psychology department to offer counseling services. “We’ll provide state-of-the-art, research-based couples therapy to Denver-area couples to help them improve communication […]
Once again, DU finds itself on a national sports stage — this time in men’s lacrosse. In May the team wrapped up its best season ever, which culminated in a first-round showing in the NCAA tournament — the Pioneers’ first-ever national bid. “The players were hungry to take the next […]
Joanna Burciaga hasn’t stepped foot into her first college class, but she’s already learned valuable lessons thanks to the Daniels Fund Scholarship program she attended at DU in mid July. “The whole week has made me really excited about college. But, I’ve also learned a lot that I’ll use for […]
A group of Pioneers alumni are redefining “goal oriented” and doing so in an unusual way. They are scoring goals for the Outlaws, Denver’s new professional lacrosse team. The Outlaws’ 26-man roster includes four former Pioneers players: attacker Matt Brown, BSBA ’05; defenseman Tom Ethington, BSBA ’02; midfielder Mike Law, […]
If you pricked one of Paul Stastny’s veins, it’s a good bet that along with blood, you’d find some ice flowing in there. There has to be. What else can explain his phenomenal first year playing DU hockey? As a first-year forward last season, Stastny took home rookie-of-the-year honors from […]