It’s mid February, and for the first time in more than a decade, I’ve returned to the city that hosts my alma mater. I have a crowded agenda, but I make time to visit “Nostalgia U.” I loved everything about that campus—its stately trees, old buildings and smorgasbord of students. […]
Joy Burns, long-time chair of the University of Denver Board of Trustees, will receive the Distinguished Service to the University Award at the 2008 Founders Day Gala on March 14. In addition to her 27 years as a trustee, Burns has supported the University as a sports fan, arts patron and […]
Law alumna Carrie Ann Lucas challenged a retail giant in a groundbreaking disabilities access case—and won.
Psychology Professor Jan Keenan has set out to answer a pressing question: To what extent are reading comprehension disabilities attributable to our genes and to what extent are they traced to our environment? The answer to that question will undoubtedly have significant repercussions for parents, educators and students themselves. Keenan’s […]
Karen Riley, an assistant professor at DU’s Morgridge College of Education, is working to extrapolate remediation strategies from the latest and best medical knowledge about fragile X syndrome. “Fragile X is the leading inherited cause of mental retardation. Down syndrome is the leading genetic cause,” Riley explains, noting that the […]
Alumna Maria Guajardo sees a potential success story hidden in every child.
Since its spring 2003 debut, the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts has earned accolades by the thousands. It has chalked up unqualified raves for its acoustics, aesthetics and innovative programming. And like a newly discovered soprano at the dawn of divadom, the Newman Center is poised […]
Libraries are having to retool virtually everything they do to adapt to the digital age.
Colorado architect Guion Cabell “Cab” Childress IV, whose celebrated body of work culminated with a number of landmark DU buildings, died Nov. 17 at Meadow’s Edge, his home in Castle Rock. Childress served as University architect from 1994–1999 and as architect emeritus until his death at age 74. He will […]
Chancellor Robert Coombe has his eyes fixed on the future.
Bassist Charlie Burrell broke the orchestral color barrier and became a legend in his own time.
In the grand parental tradition of cultivating aspirations, I’m always assuring my daughter that, given some effort on her part, she can be anything she wants. An architect. An entrepreneur. A marine scientist. Secretary of state. (Gum-smacking mall rat, I caution her, is out of the question.) Upon further reflection, […]
As chancellor emeritus, Dan Ritchie is continuing a relentless pursuit of excellence in all that he does.
Following a spate of alcohol-related deaths at other schools, DU is working to curb student drinking.
Master potter Mark Zamantakis has spent a lifetime in pursuit of the ultimate form.