The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) has founded a multidisciplinary Institute for Human-Animal Connection to address the relationships, both positive and negative, between animals and people. It is the first such program to be based at a U.S. social-work school. The institute’s mission, according to co-director and social work […]
Pioneer Leadership Program students are learning that building relationships is an important step in affecting community change. In the required Models of Community Change course, they are asked to identify areas of tension or conflict — such as a shortage of clean water — then go into a community and […]
Here’s a topic that students can get into: How to live life with passion and purpose. It’s more than just a topic for one University College course — it’s the bottom line of the syllabus for the 3-credit Applied Communication course, aptly called High Performance Living. “That’s the academic title of […]
When DU astronomers Toshiya Ueta and Robert Stencel pointed the Spitzer Space Telescope at a dying star named R Hydrae in the constellation Hydra, they expected to see a spherical shell of low-temperature gas and dust ejected from the star by its stellar wind. Instead, they found a curved shell […]
Students entering the MBA program at the Daniels College of Business in 2007 will encounter a revolutionary curriculum that includes 20 credit hours dedicated to saving the world. The new “MBA Compass” curriculum will constitute a full 25 percent of MBA program requirements, complementing the traditional MBA core and elective coursework. […]
Christopher Edwards’ resume paints the profile of a successful businessman who has founded, run and saved countless companies. It shows a breadth of knowledge in multiple industries — from medical equipment and pharmaceuticals to telecommunications and finance. It details published titles and multiple volunteer commitments. It does not, however, reveal […]
To explore how the experiences of blacks and American Indians relate to one another, students in English Assistant Professor Christopher Teuton’s Cross-Cultural Conversations course are thinking outside the classroom. The five students in Teuton’s fall-quarter class are required to do community service at the Newcomer Center of South High School, […]
For nearly 60 years, aspiring writers in the University of Denver undergraduate community have found a creative outlet in the Foothills Literary Magazine. Founded in 1946 by the Department of English, Foothills is an annual collection of poetry, prose, photographs and drawings by undergraduates and a portal into the publishing world. The […]
In We Are What We Eat, history Associate Professor Carol Helstosky is teaching students the relevance of food to economics, national identity and culture. And rather than simply plowing through reading assignments and taking copious lecture notes, students are personally contributing to the historiography by digging into the archives and […]
From an unheated, bunker-like office in the basement of the International House, Bob Golten is working to change the world. Golten directs DU’s Center for International Human Rights Advocacy, overseeing the Asylum Project and teaching advocacy courses that match students with international nongovernmental organizations working to improve human rights. A 1954 […]
DU Astronomy Professor Robert Stencel had a hand in making your “Planets of the Solar System” poster obsolete. In August, Stencel presented his observations of an interacting binary star system at the International Astronomical Union meeting in Prague; but the big news to come out of the gathering was the […]
On Oct. 23, the University of Denver announced the creation of the Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue, a new program that will focus on energy, water and environmental issues facing the U.S. and China. “Internationalization is one of the great strengths of the University of Denver,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said […]
It’s 11 tons of scholarship waiting to be examined, including hundreds of cartons of books, magazines, newsletters, vinyl recordings, photographs, audiotapes, videocassettes—even 16 millimeter films and dance costumes — all sitting on shelves in Penrose Library and the Mary Reed Building. It’s a knee-slapping, toe-tapping window on Middle America in […]
Thirty people standing on a windy Arapahoe County hillside covered their ears and fixed their eyes on a mocked-up passenger jet 250 yards away. Suddenly, two plumes of orange flame shot out of one of the seats, throwing debris 30 feet into the air. Seconds later a shock wave hit […]
The award, “Honoring Excellence in Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Education and Research,” was presented Sept. 27 to Institute Director David Goldfischer and Institute Senior Fellow Margaret Sanders. “The University of Denver was among the first to recognize that new educational programs would become a vital part of national and international […]