Philosophy and religion have reputations for being deep subjects. But they’re not nearly as deep as the SEA Semester program. Deep as in the ocean kind of deep. The semester-long study-abroad program lets students get their feet wet in piloting, celestial navigation, practical seamanship, oceanographic sampling techniques and marine lab procedures […]
The University of Denver’s Publishing Institute is accepting applications through March 23 for its month-long intensive program, July 8–Aug. 3. Led by Director Elizabeth Geiser and Director of Operations Jill Smith, the Publishing Institute provides students with a background in every aspect of publishing. Students learn about a variety of publishing […]
Psychology professors Martha Wadsworth and Howard Markman have been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct eight-week marriage workshops for low-income families and then study the short- and long-term results. “We want to determine if strengthening couples’ relationships will have a positive, […]
Samantha Sussman may have learned the most significant lesson of her life last year when she spent time studying in Israel. “Living in Israel you recognize what’s really important in life and not to sweat the small stuff,” says Sussman, a senior international studies major from Philadelphia who spent the […]
The Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) launched the Center for 21st Century Global Governance Feb. 22. The new center will undertake research on ways countries can more effectively cooperate to address the challenges facing the world in areas of security, development, democracy and human rights. With research partners abroad, GSIS […]
Video tutorials beamed to child care workers’ iPods is one of the newest weapons in the College of Education’s invigorated war to promote words. The source of the Podcasts is the soon-to-be-formed Institute for Early Learning and Literacy, which will produce 10-minute iPod segments on how to encourage and extend […]
One might not expect a 6-foot, 4-inch, 220-pound rugby player to spend hours in a lab developing cutting-edge genetic detection techniques. But senior molecular biology major and self-described computer geek Colin Erdman is no ordinary jock. Erdman has developed a computer program that could revolutionize forensic investigation. His program, which […]
A reporter who has covered nine presidents, from J.F.K. to G.W. Bush, will appear via teleconference at the University of Denver’s Cable Center studio on Feb. 8. Helen Thomas, who has spent 57 years as a White House correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International, will discuss the press and […]
This year, the University of Denver moved up 10 spots to No. 9 on the top 25 list for small schools producing Peace Corps volunteers. Currently, 20 DU alumni serve as Peace Corps volunteers. In the second annual graduate school rankings, the University of Denver was ranked No. 3 with 18 […]
Years from now, robots the size of soda cans will crawl through the rubble after a disaster to find trapped people. The robots will search for survivors by sensing carbon dioxide and oxygen. They’ll measure the respiration, oxygenation, temperature and pulse of the people they find and then transmit that […]
University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe announced Wednesday that former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has been appointed a senior fellow in DU’s Institute for Public Policy Studies, where he will teach and write. (Watch the video announcement.) “Governor Owens’ long service to the state of Colorado has allowed him to gain […]
Leah Berry’s research project took her a long way from home last fall — all the way to the United Republic of Tanzania, a country on Africa’s east coast. Berry, an international studies graduate student, was looking into environmental conflicts associated with refugee camps. For a dozen years, Tanzania has […]
Evelyn Glennie is perhaps the busiest musician in the world. She gives more than 100 performances a year worldwide, stars in BBC television programs, designs jewelry, gives motivational talks, lobbies for more motorcycle parking — and still finds time to mentor the next generation of musicians. Percussion students at the […]
The University of Denver’s fundraising campaign for the College of Education, slated to raise $35 million — $25 million for a new building and $10 million for the college’s endowment — has received a boon with a $10 million gift from philanthropists Carrie and John Morgridge. In addition to funding building […]
Peter Van Arsdale, senior lecturer with the Graduate School of International Studies, uses phrases like “By George!” and “tickled pink.” You’d never guess that this optimistic, charming man has seen some of the most impoverished people in the world. But he has. And he keeps finding ways to see and […]