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Lamont ensemble shines at Monterey Jazz Festival

Lamont ensemble shines at Monterey Jazz Festival

With two performances to overflow audiences at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival — and standing ovations from each — the Lamont Jazz Orchestra (LJO) gave notice to the music world in September that DU is home to some of the finest college jazz musicians on the planet. Made up of […]

Recovery center to help in substance-abuse battle

DU is getting real about substance abuse among students. In a move to provide more support for students recovering from substance-use disorders, the University opened a Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) at the start of fall quarter. The new center, located at 1931 S. York St., serves as a home base […]

$5 million gift establishes new leadership academy

During Alumni Weekend in May, DU announced a $5 million gift from Joe and Sharon Saunders to establish the Saunders Leadership Academy. It is one of the largest endowed gifts in support of scholarships to the University in its history. The initiative includes traditional financial aid support, personal and pre-professional […]

assistant coach and alumnus David Carle (BSBA ’12) was promoted to head coach of the men’s hockey team in May. Photo courtesy of DU Athletics

Assistant coach Carle promoted to head hockey position

The Pioneers kept it in the family when it came time to choose a new hockey coach. In May, assistant coach and alumnus David Carle (BSBA ’12) was promoted to head coach of the men’s hockey team. Carle, the ninth head coach in the history of the program, replaced Jim […]

A championship season for men’s and women’s lacrosse

A championship season for men’s and women’s lacrosse

For the first time since 2014, both the women’s and men’s lacrosse teams went to the NCAA tournament in the same season. The men’s team defeated seventh-seeded Notre Dame in the first round on May 13 but came up short against Albany in the quarterfinals. It was a similar story […]

Welcoming a new VC for athletics and recreation

Welcoming a new VC for athletics and recreation

Karlton Creech, former athletic director at the University of Maine, was hired in February as DU’s new vice chancellor for athletics, recreation and Ritchie Center operations. He assumed his new position on May 1. Creech, who replaces outgoing athletics director Peg Bradley-Doppes, has spent more than two decades in sports […]

Former RIT provost takes top academic position at DU

Former RIT provost takes top academic position at DU

Jeremy Haefner, formerly of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York, was hired as DU’s new provost and executive vice chancellor in January. He will take over for outgoing provost Gregg Kvistad on July 15. As provost, Haefner will oversee all of DU’s academic units. He is tasked […]

The Joseph and Loretta Law Institute of Arts and Technology plans to make the most current breakthroughs in artistic technology accessible to students and the public through seminars, workshops, visiting fellows and scholars, performances and education. Photo courtesy of Dennis Law

$20 million gift funds new institute for global art and technology

A $20 million gift from Denver arts supporter and former surgeon Dennis Law and his mother, Loretta Law, will fund the creation of the new Joseph and Loretta Law Institute of Arts and Technology at DU. The gift includes seed capital and long-term funding that will make the University of […]

Ryan Keeney, a recent graduate student in the Department of Geography and the Environment, created an interactive digital map of every streetcar line that ever existed within the modern boundaries of the city and county of Denver, from the system’s inception in 1872 to its demise in 1950. Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library Digital Collections

Geography grad student explores Denver’s streetcar legacy

Alumni who took classes back in the days when the University was nicknamed “Tramway Tech” know that Denver once boasted a world-class public transportation system in the form of streetcars. In fact, many of the city’s buzzing commercial strips and distinctive neighborhoods — Colfax, Broadway, South Pearl — were once […]

“If we can get people out to watch us just one time, they’ll come back,” says new women's basketball head coach Jim Turgeon. Photo: Wayne Armstrong

New coach means a new era for women’s basketball

Jim Turgeon admits that men’s basketball programs usually get most of the attention at universities. But for him, there’s nothing more exciting than women’s basketball. “I think [on the women’s side] the game is played the way it’s supposed to be: below the rim,” says the new head coach of […]

In hopes that students there will dedicate their lives to vital international causes, Grant Wilkins and his second wife, Marlene, created the Grant and Marlene Wilkins Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

Alumnus Grant Wilkins crusades against polio

Grant Wilkins (BA ’47) has dedicated his life to eradicating polio. For more than two decades he has traveled the globe, sharing his story in an effort to raise money for PolioPlus, a Rotary International Program aimed at eliminating the disease. He also distributes vaccines in the countries he visits. […]

DU has, in recent years, become known for its research on family health, peace and stability, and aging. Illustration: Sally Vitsky

Good Work: Inside DU research that is supporting families, helping seniors and creating a safer world

From engineering to psychology, biology to social work, mathematics to law, University of Denver faculty members bring in millions of dollars each year to conduct research on behalf of federal, state and local governments, as well as corporations and foundations. The money is a boon not just to faculty members, […]

Using ground-penetrating radar, anthropology professor explores the world underground

Using ground-penetrating radar, anthropology professor explores the world underground

Ten miles inland from the coast of the Connecticut River, the landscape is punctuated by a picturesque horse ranch complete with leafy shade trees, white picket fences and expanses of bright green grass. But DU archaeologist Larry Conyers can show you an entirely different picture of the farm … underground. […]

Big names in business, politics and law make up the first class of DU Distinguished Alumni

Big names in business, politics and law make up the first class of DU Distinguished Alumni

When Crisanta Duran (BA ’02, public affairs and Spanish) decided to run for office at age 29, her dual bachelor’s degrees became powerful tools. “Being able to speak with people in their native language was very, very helpful” says the sixth-generation Coloradan who in November became the first Latina to […]

Stella Peterson found a network of support at the University of Denver’s Latino Leadership Institute, a program designed to elevate Colorado Latino leaders into positions of influence across sectors and industries.  Photo: Wayne Armstrong

DU helps foster a new generation of Latino leaders

By almost anyone’s account, Stella Peterson’s story was one of success. A first-generation college graduate, entrepreneur, triathlete and mother of two, Peterson already had an impressive resumé. But she wanted more—primarily to expand her network and to make contact with other Latinos in Colorado’s business world. “I wanted to connect […]