Harry MacLean (JD ’67) wrote The Past is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption (Basic Civitas Books, 2009) with history and the present day in mind. Contemporary racial conflicts heavily influenced his nonfiction legal drama, which carefully examines concepts of justice and humanity […]
And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family By Annie Dawid (PhD English ’89) BookSurge Publishing, 2009 Annie Dawid’s latest book traces her ancestral roots through a collection of short stories from the perspective of her paternal relatives. The collection begins in the early 20th century with […]
Ben Bentley wants to make a career out of changing people’s lives. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree from Birmingham Southern College, Bentley worked as Americorps volunteer teaching reading to low-income students in Birmingham, Ala., Public Schools. Bentley, a master’s student in public policy, admits his work with Americorps was one […]
It’s Thursday afternoon at DU’s Fisher Early Learning Center, and naptime is just ending. Groggy toddlers wake up to crackers, bottles and a familiar presence in their classroom: “Grandma” Margaret Hall. The Volunteers of America (VOA) foster grandparent program came to Hall’s senior citizen residence in January to recruit volunteers […]
And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family (BookSurge Publishing, 2009), the latest book from Annie Dawid (PhD English ’89), traces the author’s ancestral roots through a collection of short stories from the perspective of Dawid’s paternal relatives. The collection begins in the early 20th century with a […]
Athletics are a family affair for sophomore finance major Brian Stafford. His father played football and his mother ran track and field at the University of California-Berkeley, and his grandfather helped the school win an NCAA title in basketball. His older brother currently plays basketball at Azusa Pacific University. With […]
Study-abroad students capture their experiences in photos.
DU Professor Jeanne Abrams recently served as the history consultant and a scriptwriter for the eight-part documentary, A History of Jewish American Achievement. The film was released in March and features 40 Jewish Americans who played vital roles in the development of America. The timeline begins with the first Jewish […]
As Gretchen Peters gazed at a vast purple poppy field in Afghanistan, she realized she had uncovered a little-known facet of the United States’ understanding of terrorism. The poppies were processed into heroin and opium, and that heroin and opium was the major source of income for the Taliban and […]
Professor emeritus Marshall Haith recently won the American Psychological Association’s Mentor Award for Developmental Psychology. The award is given to educators whose PhD and postdoctoral students have achieved successful careers in psychology. Haith’s former students now hold teaching positions at Stanford, Boston College and the University of Michigan. One student […]
The DU community can take a break from the end-of-semester stress and enjoy free events sponsored by the DU Programs Board as part of the University’s annual May Days week from May 24–28. Each day will feature food, games and prizes, including free May Day shirts. The schedule will be […]
In 1981, several staff members on Capitol Hill decided to break from the House and Senate and form their own group called Capitol Steps. But instead of debating immigration or health care, Capitol Steps’ only policy was to make people laugh at Congress. The political staff-turned-comedy team has now released […]
If a roommate bought an essay online, put their name on it and submitted it as original work, would you turn them in? Under a proposed change to DU’s Honor Code, students would be expected to report any Honor Code violations to the Office of Citizenship & Community Standards. But […]
Attendees to DU’s Hunger Banquet may leave the event a little hungry. Or at least, that’s what organizers want them to do. Upon arrival, guests will be assigned a socio-economic class for the night. They will then receive a meal indicative of their class to illustrate the range of the […]
Remember last year, when you could eat at one of 250 restaurants in the Denver area and have a portion of your meal’s cost donated to Project Angel Heart? Good news: You can do it again this year. Project Angel Heart’s Dining Out for Life event will be April 29. […]