A graduate of Northglenn High School in north Denver, Rory Moore considers his University of Denver education a ticket to a better life. Moore’s father didn’t live at home, and his mother suffers from short-term memory loss, so he and his sister were essentially raised by their grandparents. From a […]
Denver real estate developer John Madden has donated a collection of 120 artworks valued at $10 million to the University of Denver. The new Madden Collection at the University of Denver includes artworks by artists ranging from pioneering Western painters Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran to American masters Thomas Hart […]
Beginning in 1982 as a small program with little staff, the University of Denver’s Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) has grown into an internationally recognized service with more than 200 students enrolled each year. LEP is a fee-based program that provides academic support to DU students with learning disabilities. “What sets […]
At the first-ever Founders Formal on March 3, about 400 undergraduate students came together to make merry and enjoy the music of the Denver-based Jakarta Band. All photos by Wayne Armstrong
A two-day celebration of the University of Denver’s founding in 1864 came to a close Thursday night with the Founders Formal — a student dance on campus — and the Founders Gala, a festive event at the Sheraton Denver Downtown that honored longtime DU supporters Robert and Judi Newman, Donald […]
The University of Denver’s Student Life department, which provides non-academic services, support resources and opportunities for DU students, was one of 19 such departments at universities around the country to be named to the list of the “Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs” by the Center for Higher […]
Psychology faculty and students often work collaboratively with communities in Denver and across the state to conduct research on everything from health disparities and early childhood development to violence and its impact. For example, Assistant Professor Omar Gudino and the Services for At-Risk Youth & Families (SAYF) Lab are working […]
Loretta DeWitt, known as “Lori” to her fellow students, has a cheerful demeanor and has been praised by her professors as “engaged and determined.” So determined, in fact, that when her graduation day came, DeWitt had amassed more than 100 credits when only 30 were required. It’s a number that […]
Mona Awad, a second-year student in DU’s PhD creative writing program, has achieved a feat many young writers only dream about, signing with publishing giant Penguin for her debut novel, “13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl,” coming out Feb. 23. Already the book is garnering online buzz: Elle […]
Chelsea Clinton and actress America Ferrara spoke at an organizing event for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign on Thursday, Sept. 18, in DU’s Anderson Academic Commons. Free and open to the public, the event was attended by DU students, faculty, staff and members of the Denver community. Ferrara opened by […]
The University of Denver is ranked No. 2 among graduate schools on the Peace Corps’ 2016 list of Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities. This is the fifth consecutive year that DU has ranked among the top five graduate schools. The Josef Korbel School of International Studies’ participation in the Peace […]
The University of Denver was recently recognized in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review’s list of 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck. The edition features the nation’s best colleges and universities based on academic quality, financial aid and sending graduates on to rewarding […]
Autumn Murphy spent her childhood on Taos Pueblo Reservation in Taos, N.M., where opportunity is limited and higher education is often unheard of. Despite her circumstances, Murphy never stopped pursuing her dreams of going to college. “I knew for sure that not taking a chance to take my future to […]
Due in mailboxes in mid-February, the University of Denver Magazine winter 2016 issue is available online now. The issue includes stories on two alumni who founded Denver Startup Week, DU’s living and learning communities, and DU’s new strategic plan and how it is changing the student experience.
The past five years have seen a tremendous amount of change in higher education, and the next 10 years promise to bring even more. By the year 2025, college students will be just as likely to be first-generation college students as not, and chances are, they’ll need skills for jobs that haven’t even been invented yet.