Once a month, a group of roughly 10 DU students and staff gather in the Centennial Towers ballroom to play croquet. The sound of mallets smashing balls across the fake grass raises the curiosity of many passersby — many of who watch and ask questions. What is going on? Why […]
The Oct. 28 Faculty and Staff Awards Luncheon (RSVP) pays tribute to research that benefits the public good, teaching that transforms the lives of students, and an engaged, dedicated staff that supports the institution’s efforts to excel. This year’s crop of awardees includes faculty members from all over campus — […]
In winter 2014, CWC announced its intention to change its model from a traditional stand-alone college for women. Academic programs and curriculum at the college will continue through the 2015–16 academic year, after which CWC will transition to a new educational support model still in development.
Alumni and faculty writers — including historical novelist Sandra Dallas and Kristen Iversen, author of the Colorado Book Award-winning “Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats” — will take part in “Book Chat at the Book Stack,” one of several new additions to this year’s […]
The 2015 Denver Startup Week (DSW), the nation’s largest gathering of business and tech entrepreneurs, featured a stronghold of successful alumni from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. The event ran from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 in various venues downtown and in Denver’s RiNo district. Erik Mitisek […]
Mary Sue Coleman, a member of the University of Denver board of trustees, was named this week as the new president of the Association of American Universities (AAU), effective June 1, 2016. Coleman, a national leader on higher education and science issues, served as chair of the association in 2011-12. […]
More than 10,000 local business and tech entrepreneurs descended on downtown Denver this week for Denver Startup Week, an annual free event that offers classes, panels, workshops, keynotes and networking events to the local entrepreneurial community. The University of Denver Magazine sat down with Barbara Kreisman, associate dean of executive […]
Selected from a pool of 15,000 applicants and numbering 1,430 students, the class represents one of the University’s most ethnically and geographically diverse to date. It also is one of the most academically accomplished classes in DU history.
Anne DePrince, professor, chair of psychology and director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) at the University of Denver, has received the 2015 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award from Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,100 colleges and universities committed to campus-based civic engagement […]
As part of the Sept. 18 inauguration ceremonies installing her as the University of Denver’s 18th chancellor, Rebecca Chopp invited Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and higher education leaders from across the state to discuss access, changing student demographics, rising costs and the value of higher education in Colorado. Moderated by […]
Thursday was an exciting day for the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, as students, faculty, staff and donors witnessed the ceremonial placement of a 23,000-pound spire atop the new Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex, which is scheduled for completion in February 2016. The spire, which will […]
As a Denver high school student, Dianna Flamenco wasn’t sure whom she could turn to. She needed guidance and she wanted more for herself, but she didn’t know how to do it, or exactly what she wanted to do. As a resident of Denver public housing, Flamenco was eligible […]
In an address capping ceremonies installing her as the University of Denver’s 18th chancellor, Rebecca Chopp called on Coloradans to imagine a renewed relationship between higher education and democracy and previewed DU Impact 2025, the institution’s ambitious strategic plan, scheduled for a formal release in early 2016. “There is a […]
Chancellor Rebecca Chopp will describe a vision for the future of University of Denver during her inaugural address today, as she shares a draft of a strategic plan that the campus community will help to refine over the next two months. “This draft of our strategic plan outlines a vision […]
On Sept. 18, Rebecca Chopp will be inaugurated as the University of Denver’s 18th chancellor. The daylong series of inauguration events culminates with Chopp’s installation ceremony at 2:30 p.m. in Magness Arena, but earlier in the day, a pair of panel discussions will focus on two key issues: the effect […]