The University of Denver on Friday welcomed more than a dozen leaders from higher education institutions across the state of Colorado — both public and private, serving traditional and non-traditional students — to help celebrate the inauguration of DU’s 18th chancellor, Rebecca Chopp. The day included breakfast and lunch panel […]

Have you ever wondered whether Colorado’s craft brewing industry is environmentally sustainable? Senior hospitality major Abreana Bardossas has, and this summer she received funding from the University to complete research on that very topic. Bardossas is one of 50 undergraduate students who were awarded summer research grants this year to […]

“Honestly, there’s no cooler way to be introduced to DU than writing about ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’” says second-year English major Jocelyn Rockhold. In fall 2014, during her first week at the University of Denver, Rockhold took Gender, Feminism, Power & Pop Culture: Decoding “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” a first-year […]

Priscilla and Maria Ivette Chavez, twin sisters from Thornton, Colo., have faced numerous challenges together in their lives. Growing up with a single mom who had been diagnosed with cancer, the sisters helped take care of their younger siblings while attending school and preparing for graduation. Now, after being awarded […]

From science and technology to education and health care to arts and entertainment, Colorado’s colleges and universities make invaluable contributions to the state’s economy. Yet their impact doesn’t stop there. As this quick survey shows, higher education touches virtually every aspect of life in the Centennial State.

The University of Denver caps off a year of accolades with a spot among the top 100 national universities included on the U.S. News and World Report list of “Best Colleges 2016.” The University is ranked 86 on the magazine’s list of national universities, up from No. 88 last year. “The rise in the University’s […]

Even after graduating from University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2009, Jason Crow has not stopped his quest for learning. “I think education is not a short period of time where you graduate and leave and do other things. Education is something that lasts a lifetime,” says the […]

For Clayton and Christine Powers, setting up a scholarship at the University of Denver was really about paying it forward. “I got some support from the state of Michigan. Without that money I could not have attended private school,” says Christine (MSW ’72), who received her undergraduate degree at Hope […]

The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team has added 14 freshmen and one transfer to its 2016 roster, head coach Bill Tierney announced on Wednesday. In Denver’s 2016 class, 11 of the 15 are from California or Colorado, with the other four hailing from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut. The […]

A new center at the University of Denver is encouraging faculty and students from across campus to come together to study an issue that will directly affect millions of Americans over the coming decades. Funded in part by a $10 million naming gift from Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service […]

Chopp and Miriam Tapia Salinas (MA ’12), DU’s executive director for diversity enrollment and community partnerships, sat down with the University of Denver Magazine to discuss that issue, reflect on their own experiences as first-generation college students, and examine the role of higher education in our rapidly changing economy.

For coach Bill Tierney, the secret to getting his University of Denver men’s lacrosse team to stay focused and relaxed before the program’s first national championship game was to do nothing at all. On May 25, Tierney’s Pioneers faced off against the University of Maryland Terrapins at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial […]

For the seventh time in eight years, the University of Denver is the best. As the recipients yet again of the Learfield Sports Division I AAA Directors’ Cup, DU has once again been recognized as the top non-football school in the country. The honor comes not long after a Pioneers […]

A new University of Denver study suggests that stress — one of the most natural reactions a mother can have while walking around with a tiny human inside her womb — can be harmful to babies, possibly wiring the fetal brains for worry and anxiety permanently.

The past year was a big one for University of Denver athletics. In addition to capturing its first-ever NCAA men’s lacrosse championship, Denver once again claimed the Learfield Sports DI-AAA Directors’ Cup, finishing ahead of all non-football schools. It was the seventh time in eight years that DU has brought […]