University of Denver faculty members who incorporate community-based service learning into their classrooms have an opportunity to receive funding through the Service-Learning Faculty Scholars and Faculty Fellows programs. The programs are administered by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) and are funded by a $50,000 gift from DU […]
University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe announced today the formation of a Strategic Issues Panel to study the Colorado Constitution, a document some say hamstrings the state legislature and has the potential to wreak havoc with state budgets. Colorado’s Constitution contains conflicting provisions and is one of the easiest-to-amend constitutions […]
Students 1, Federal Government O. Not bad for a team of University of Denver Sturm College of Law students who went up against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Third-year students Donald Bounds, Jack Hobaugh and Michelle Young worked with assistant professor Laura Rovner through the 2006 – 07 school year, developing […]
In the late 1990s, DU’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) developed the Visual Art Gallery Application (VAGA), a tool for using digital images in the classroom. It’s replaced outdated slides and projectors and has changed the way learning happens at DU. Earlier this year, the center released the second-generation application, […]
For gamblers who think they know all they need to know about a horse they’re wagering on, University of Denver graduate Dustin Gilbert has a word of warning: Don’t bet on it. Betting on the storied sport of horse racing has always been a gamble, but for savvy players who […]
When triathlete Nicole Thibert returned to training following her pregnancy, she realized that a lot had changed with both her body and her mind. The psychology doctoral candidate realized that there were very few resources for female athletes who were returning to competitive sports following the birth of a child. […]
The American Bar Association is honoring the University of Denver Sturm College of Law with the organization’s highest award for achievement in environmental law, emphasizing DU’s place among the nation’s top-ranked institutions in the field. The association, with more than 400,000 members nationwide, is presenting its annual Award for Distinguished […]
The mental and emotional challenges faced by members of the armed forces have been the topic of much recent attention. Unfortunately, the challenges can carry over into a soldier’s home life and impact his or her marriage. The U.S. Army, in partnership with the DU’s Center for Marital and Family Studies, […]
Morgridge College of Education Dean Ginger Maloney will resign at the end of the 2007 – 08 academic year, Provost Gregg Kvistad announced yesterday. In explaining her decision, Maloney said: “I have no specific plans for what might be next for me personally, but I know that this decision is […]
DU’s Morgridge College of Education and the Clayton Foundation have launched a new graduate certificate program to train early childhood education leaders. The Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program, funded with a $360,000 grant from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation in Denver, is one of the first programs in the country specifically […]
A team of University of Denver researchers is attracting some real money for their work in a virtual world. Research Professors Robert Amme and Zeev Shayer, of DU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, working with Research Associate Jeff Corbin, are preparing to spend a $200,000 grant from the federal Nuclear […]
Delivering class lectures and the seemingly unending stack of papers waiting to be graded are enough to bog down a typical college professor. Unlike most, mass communication Assistant Professor Lynn Schofield Clark has found time to write a plethora of books, including her latest, Religion, Media, and the Marketplace (Rutgers, 2007). […]
The University of Denver recently offered students from across the country a taste of college life, a start on their college careers and an intensive jump start on a future in mathematics, computers and science through the Making of a Scientist program. Julanna Gilbert, a DU chemistry professor and director of […]
Mountains of paperwork at DU’s Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will soon be replaced by bits and bytes as the university prepares to cut the paper out of required government regulated paperwork. After a year of study, negotiation and development, OSP started rolling out its new computerized compliance system on June […]
When the law didn’t seem to meet the needs of clients coming into the Sturm College of Law’s clinic, Visiting Professor Wendy Hickey’s students did something about it. They set out to change the law. Hickey’s DU law clinic classes spent a year researching and then pressing for a new state […]