For most Americans, commuting to work means getting into a car and driving a few miles. For Karin Polak, MA international administration ’99, going back and forth to work has taken on a new dimension. In the past few months alone, Polak has commuted to Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon and Egypt. […]

Kenya’s countryside is a mesh of lush forests and wild vegetation broken up by family and commercial farms of sugar cane, tea and coffee. Just outside of Nairobi is Kiamara Estate Coffee, the 900-acre family farm of Rose Karugu, MBA ’01. “You have to sell your coffee to the government, […]

For almost 14 years, Michael Carson, BA political science ’85, has been involved in African social and economic community advancement. He first landed in Africa as a business adviser and teacher with the Peace Corps. From 1992–2003 he worked with Africare, an American nonprofit relief and development organization, as program […]

Imagine arriving home from work to find that the government has seized your home and that your spouse and children have been assaulted by militant troops. For whatever reason—your name, skin color or religious beliefs—you are no longer welcomed in your country. Where would you go? Who would you turn […]

For more than 30 years, alumnus Richard Lapchick has made civil rights his mission.

It is both a legacy and a burden to be at the epicenter of a social movement. Alumna Carolyn Cassady, a DU theatre and fine arts master’s student in 1946–47, is the last surviving member of the original Beat clan. She has spent a lifetime recounting the colorful life and […]

Andy Taylor learned the rental-car business by washing cars. In fact, he may be the only CEO in the industry who has scrubbed the cars in his company’s fleet. The company is Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and since its inception, the DU grad has helped it become the largest in North America. […]

Pioneers share memories of Olympic glory

DU researchers and alumni continue to make enduring contributions to the investigation of our universe.