Norman Watt has spent almost 30 years at the University of Denver as a professor of clinical psychology. Outside the classroom, his endeavors over the last 10 years have taken his life in a new direction. This month, Watt will relinquish his tenure at the University to pursue his research. Watt […]
From viral marketing on facebook.com to hosting volleyball tournaments on Campus Green, students in Sandra Young’s Sports Marketing class are bursting with ideas to draw attention to collegiate and professional sports teams. Young developed two unique assignments for the graduate and undergraduate students in her spring quarter class, designed to […]
When Denver enacted a new law against panhandling, Megan Gall decided to test it with new technology. Gall, a master’s candidate in Geographic Information Science (GIS) from Charleston, W.Va., became one of the first researchers in the U.S. to use computer-assisted mapping to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-panhandling laws. Working together […]
Long before passing the Bar exam, a team of recent University of Denver Sturm College of Law graduates gained experience arguing in a legal arena many attorneys never visit. In a cavernous federal courtroom, the freshly minted grads went toe-to-toe with the U.S. government the week of May 28. Under a […]
The Harper Humanities Garden was the site of an archeological dig this spring. Larry Conyers, an associate professor in DU’s Anthropology Department, led students in using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) along with old-fashioned shovels to examine the site. Conyers realized the garden behind the Mary Reed Building held interest 12 years ago when he […]
Social work Assistant Professor Eugene Walls expects more than a few tears in his newest class. And Walls says that’s OK. In his spring-quarter course Disrupting Privilege Through Anti-Oppressive Practice, Walls challenges students at DU’s Graduate School of Social Work to confront personal biases and prejudices and recognize and address those […]
Not many kids know Brian Wolff (MA ’05) but what he’s doing as a fourth-year PhD candidate in DU’s clinical psychology program may help prevent depression and anxiety later in their lives. Wolff has spent much of his adult life learning how stress affects children living in poverty. In his master’s […]
Ian Welch never planned to get into biomechanics, and he certainly never expected to go into business. It’s funny how things work out. With Associate Professor Corinne Lengsfeld and Dean Rahmat Shoureshi of DU’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, the grad student helped develop a new product, and DU […]
James Williams has been named the new dean of the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW). He starts his new job on June 15. “DU’s Graduate School of Social Work is poised to make great strides in social work during the next decade,” says Provost Gregg Kvistad. “GSSW […]
University of Denver students capped off months of work with their second straight Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge victory on April 26. They impressed a panel of judges with an all-encompassing plan for redeveloping the former Denver home of University Hospital. The facility, formally known as the University of Colorado […]
Three decades ago, three professors in the University of Denver’s psychology department founded the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) to focus on preparing students for clinical practice. Launched in 1976, it was the third program of its kind in the country. GSPP will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday, […]
Two University of Denver professors are attracting national media attention for their contributions to a blog chronicling the Joe Nacchio trial, which is now in deliberations. Sturm College of Law Professor Jay Brown and Kevin O’Brien, an associate professor of ethics in the Daniels College of Business, and their students have […]
A team of second-year Japanese language students from DU won the 10th annual Japan Bowl championship held at DU on March 31. Three DU students — Larry Gaugh, a junior Asian studies major, Man Man Yung, a freshman hospitality major, and Meiqin Rui, a non-degree seeking student — beat CSU […]
For the second year in a row, the University of Denver sent two members of the DU Debate Team to the National Debate Tournament. This year, the event was held from March 28–April 2 in Dallas. Before last year’s tournament, DU had not competed in nationals since the 1980s. And […]
Linda Bensel-Meyers, associate professor of English, faced criticism and harassment at her last job. Before she joined the DU faculty in 2003, she was at the University of Tennessee for 14 years, where she exposed academic fraud and favoritism in UT football players’ competitive eligibility. Bensel-Meyers has not only left […]