Articles written by: Theresa Ahrens

Initiative will fund construction of new student center, residence hall

Initiative will fund construction of new student center, residence hall

A re-imagined Driscoll Student Center, a residence hall dedicated to first-year students and a new career center for students and alumni all are in the planning stages, thanks to an April decision by the Board of Trustees to raise money for new construction to improve the student experience at DU. […]

Experts talk cybersecurity at DU-hosted summit

Everything is hackable. That’s just one of the sentiments brought forth during today’s Cybersecurity Summit hosted by the University of Denver and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). The international summit connected approximately 250 attendees from academia, government and business while examining critical topics on cybersecurity, from policy to […]

Engineering school offers fast-track master’s degree in cybersecurity

The field of cybersecurity is growing at an extraordinary rate, but there are not enough cybersecurity professionals to meet the demand. In Colorado alone, there currently are 12,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs. Nationally, there are expected to be 1.5 million unfilled positions by 2019. Understanding the mounting need to fill these […]

Alumnus and Denver entrepreneur Erik Mitisek returns to DU as executive director of new entrepreneurship center

Alumnus and Denver entrepreneur Erik Mitisek returns to DU as executive director of new entrepreneurship center

University of Denver Chancellor Rebecca Chopp today announced that DU alumnus and local entrepreneur Erik Mitisek (BS ’99) will return to the University as executive director of the new Project X-ITE, effective April 1. Project X-ITE, which launched in late 2015, serves as an interdisciplinary hub for projects at the […]

Diversity Summit panel takes on growth of Islamophobia

“Extremism and Islamophobia in Perspective” was one of dozens of workshops presented today as part of the 2016 Diversity Summit at the University of Denver. DU faculty members Nader Hashemi, Seth Masket and Andrea Stanton made up the panel focusing on “U.S. and Extremism.” They were joined by Joanne Cummings, […]

DU undergraduate named to the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars

University of Denver senior Cameron Hickert, a double major in physics and international studies, has been named to the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars. Hickert, who also serves as president of DU’s Undergraduate Student Government, is one of 111 recipients selected from a pool of 3,000 applicants worldwide and the […]