If the University of Denver’s Club Figure Skating gets any hotter, it’ll need to take up swimming. Last year the team placed fifth in the nation, but that feat was far out of the spotlight. The club is just that: a club, and not a sanctioned varsity DU sport. But […]

Barbara Walz (MS ’94) and Lee Boughey (MS ’04) have a fair amount in common: they both work at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a nonprofit wholesale electricity supplier in Westminster; they’re both enamored by the energy industry; and they both hold master’s degrees in environmental policy and management from […]

If you get an e-mail from Conrad Kehn (BM ’96, MM ’00) you’ll see a quote from pianist and poet Cecil Taylor that reads, “You practice so that you can invent. Discipline? No! The joy of practicing leads you to the celebration of the creation.” The quote helps you understand […]

In sports, when a team of 25 has 11 freshmen and five sophomores, you invariably hear the phrase rebuilding year kicked around. And yes, you could call the University of Denver Pioneers women’s soccer team a lot of things: young, small, even inexperienced. But another term that’s fitting like a […]

This summer, in the shadow of soccer’s World Cup, lacrosse held its own version of a world cup, a relatively small blip on the sports media radar screen. But for one University of Denver athlete, it was still an unforgettable event. “It was an amazing experience,” says Todd Baxter, one […]

It’s like the old joke: Someone is “outstanding” in his field. But really, Larry Conyers is often out standing in a field, trying to figure out what’s underneath him. It seems fair to say Conyers, a University of Denver anthropology professor, is outstanding in his field. He’s written three books […]

Doris Finnie-Shade (BA ’41) remembered paying her tuition when she was a student at the University of Denver in the late 1930s — $75 per quarter.  “But that kind of money was just as hard to come by as $25,000 or whatever it is today,” said Finnie-Shade, one of about […]

When Kelley Hennigan was 12 years old she had a secret — one that, if kept, could have killed her. Hennigan’s story began when she was 5 years old, growing up near Houston. It was at that young age that she fell in love. “I loved gymnastics immediately. It stuck […]

Hockey goalies hate goals — with a passion. But there’s one goal Marc Cheverie has embraced and couldn’t be happier he let in … to his life — earning his bachelor’s degree. Cheverie, one of the best players to ever stand watch in front of the net for the University […]

When Kelley Hennigan was 12 years old she had a secret—one that, if kept, could have killed her. Hennigan’s story began when she was 5 years old, growing up near Houston, Texas. It was at that young age that she fell in love. “I loved gymnastics immediately. It stuck from […]

Of course with the name Carol, Carol Jickling Lens would grow up to play the carillon, the musical instrument atop the Ritchie Center.  Call it fate, karma, whatever. The name Carol was destiny. “I was a December baby and my grandmother sent a telegram (Jickling Lens still has it) suggesting […]

The last time you may have seen Brooke Meyer (BSBA ’08), she was probably swishing baskets for the University of Denver’s women’s basketball team. The next time you see her, she’ll be on stage singing and dancing. The former Pioneer standout has traded in her high tops for ballet slippers. […]

The University of Denver will host innovators, scientists, philosophers, activists, entrepreneurs and even a couple of rock stars who’ll share stories and passion for social change from 1–5:30 p.m. May 13 at DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The event will also be simulcast in Craig Hall and the […]

If you’d seen Elizabeth Montgomery (MA music performance ’92) as a young child, the last career you would have picked for her was singer. Most days, she couldn’t even blow up a balloon.  Montgomery was born with a serious lung illness that plagued her early years. In fact, her doctors […]

Rich Preston (BSBA ’74) started playing hockey at age 4. Add it all up and he’s pushing nearly six decades on the ice playing the game or a step off the ice coaching the game. And this summer, he continued that tradition in impressive form. He was named head coach […]