Late this summer, the Daniels Fund announced a $3 million gift to fund a faculty chair in business ethics for theDaniels College of Business at the University of Denver. DU will enhance the $3 million gift with $2 million to support programs in business ethics. “We are honored to have […]
In its 10th year, the Vibrant, Intellectually Vigorous Adults (VIVA) program, designed for learners age 55 and older, has reached record enrollment this quarter with 625 students in 31 courses. VIVA Director Vonnie Wheeler says all of the fall classes are full and most have waiting lists. VIVA is offered […]
Associate Professor Brian Kiteley kicks off the 2006–07 Humanities Institute Faculty Lecture Series on Oct. 12 with “I Save My Writing for Writing: A Discussion of Teaching Fiction Writing and Writing Fiction.” Kiteley directs the English department’s creative writing program. The lecture—4 p.m. in Sturm Hall room 286—will include a […]
At 29, Brad Dickerhofe has already opened and closed his own small business. But he has yet to finish his undergraduate degree. “Finishing college has always been a personal goal of mine,” Dickerhofe says. “I don’t want the lack of a degree to stand in my way.” Dickerhofe is among […]
For decades, parents who wanted to raise brilliant readers were told to read to their children daily. Reading, many parents believed, was an entirely nurtured skill. Psychology Professor Jan Keenan, recipient of the University of Denver’s 2006 Distinguished Scholar Award, says her research shows that nature also plays into a […]
The Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver tied Yale University for the No. 3 ranking for producing students with strong ethical standards, according to The Wall Street Journal’s/Harris Interactive 2006 rankings of graduate business schools released Sept. 19. Daniels was ranked No. 12 on the list of the […]
Founded just three years ago, the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) continues to grow and evolve. It is, in a sense, re-engineering engineering education. Teamwork and internationalization are the driving forces behind the latest SECS innovation. The school recently entered a partnership with several overseas universities to create a […]
Adjunct Professor Lynn Holland is accustomed to speaking forcefully about heads of state in her Contemporary Politics class. She isn’t quite as used to speaking to them. So when Aleksander Kwasniewski, the former president of Poland, showed up with his bodyguard on Sept. 14 for some candid talk about Europe […]
Students in English Associate Professor Scott Howard’s Censorship, Free Speech and Literature course will use banned books this fall to take a timely look at issues of intellectual freedom. Howard’s students will interact with the literature and with advocates of Banned Books Week, Sept. 23–30. Each student will select a […]
Students and faculty at the University of Denver are attempting to use the power of video games to spread social consciousness by means of “humane gaming.” A group of undergraduate and graduate students from the digital media, computer science and electronic media arts design departments have been working on Squeezed, […]
Center for Judaic Studies (CJS) director and history associate professor David Shneer had plans to go to Israel this summer. Those plans, made before Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, didn’t change when bombs and missiles started flying over the border between Israel and Lebanon. Shneer went to Israel in July […]
The University of Denver’s Publishing Institute recently wrapped up its 31st year with a record 100 students enrolled in the month-long intensive program. This summer, as in the past, some of the publishing industry’s top executives came to Denver as faculty. Along with lectures, the institute provides hands-on editing and […]
Tong’s career choice remains a mystery to many Chinese because, for many years, their government denied the existence of social problems and the need for social work. But now a unique partnership between the Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) and Beijing’s China Youth University for the Political Sciences (CYUP) […]
The future of technology is hard to forecast, but scientists seem to agree on one prediction: Nanotechnology—the science of building materials and machines atom by atom—will play a major part in it. DU is taking steps to become a big player in the small technology. In the summer of 2005, […]
U.S.News & World Report’s annual college rankings for undergraduate education, released this week, place the University of Denver among the nation’s top 100 doctoral universities. The University of Denver ranked No. 88, compared to No. 85 last year. DU tied with tied with Auburn University, Howard University, and the universities […]