“We do not torture.” In the years before Sept. 11, 2001, most Americans could read that statement, bypass the box marked “False” and check the one labeled “True.” And then came Abu Ghraib. “Abu Ghraib disrupted everything,” says Jared Del Rosso, assistant professor of sociology and author of the recently […]

“The students from South have the opportunity to learn how to use media to make a difference in their community, and the University of Denver students have the opportunity to work with a very diverse community that represents the future demographics of the Denver area and beyond.”

In addition to his teaching, Ali Besharat, an assistant professor of marketing at the Daniels College of Business, studies consumer behavior. Combining his interest in consumer decision making and marketing communications and branding, Besharat’s work has been widely published in academic journals and popular media outlets, from the Journal of […]

  At the University of Denver’s Human Dynamics Lab — part of the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science — researchers are combining science and sports to create a new way to look at human movement and the role it plays in injury and recovery. See more […]

“No soy de aquí, ni soy de allá. (I’m not from here, nor from there).” The above sentence is a common phrase uttered by second-generation Latinos living in the United States. These individuals often feel that that they fit in with neither American society nor the country of their parents. […]

University College student Mark Butler is one of 10 students around the nation — and the first from the University of Denver — to be awarded a scholarship from the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, a group dedicated to adult learners in continuing higher education. For the 2015–16 awards, Alpha […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping began his recent visit to the United States with a stop in Seattle, where a Sept. 22 dinner in his honor drew more than 700 businesspeople and dignitaries from China and the U.S. Among those in attendance was Suisheng Zhao, director of the Center for China-U.S. […]

With articles such as “Who’s Copying Us Now? The Politico Edition,” “Are Political Scientists Smug? Maybe” and “What Hillary Clinton Should Learn from Donald Trump: Nothing,” the political blog Mischiefs of Faction puts a savvy, self-aware spin on its investigation of American political parties. The blog aims to make the […]

The Aurora theater shooting trial that wrapped up last month in Denver brought a myriad of questions, from media outlets around the globe, about mental illness and the insanity defense. One of the most-cited experts in the case was Neil Gowensmith, a clinical assistant professor in DU’s Graduate School of […]

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 […]

With the U.S. Congress scheduled to vote on the Iran nuclear deal by Sept. 17, proponents and opponents are squaring off over the deal’s merits and shortcomings, mostly from a geopolitical perspective. But what does the deal mean for the people of Iran? What does it mean for the country’s […]

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.

Kristen Powell knows firsthand the lasting impact that leadership and community involvement can have on one’s worldview. It was through her various leadership activities and participation in the DU community that the junior sociology major discovered her passion for social justice. “Leadership is important because it demands individuals to look […]