University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe announced Wednesday that former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has been appointed a senior fellow in DU’s Institute for Public Policy Studies, where he will teach and write. (Watch the video announcement.) “Governor Owens’ long service to the state of Colorado has allowed him to gain […]
A special election is under way in Denver and the deadline for voting is Jan. 30. The election is by mail-only ballot. It asks voters if they wish to eliminate the Denver Election Commission and make the clerk and recorder an elected position responsible for conducting elections in Denver. To vote […]
More than 35 Denver-area entrepreneurs assembled at the Daniels College of Business Jan. 18 to enter the MicrosoftIdeaWins Ultimate Challenge and to get business advice from the pros. Prizes include $100,000, a year’s free rent at a Manhattan storefront and software tools. Microsoft is searching the country for the most creative […]
The University of Denver’s fundraising campaign for the College of Education, slated to raise $35 million — $25 million for a new building and $10 million for the college’s endowment — has received a boon with a $10 million gift from philanthropists Carrie and John Morgridge. In addition to funding building […]
A rectangular sign on a fenced construction zone on Evans Avenue just south of the Ricketson Law Building doesn’t say much, but its presence says a lot. The sign tells passersby that the site is the future home of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. What it doesn’t point out is that […]
A new resource offers emotional support and referral information for victims of sexual assault in the University of Denver community. Trained advocates help survivors, families and friends cope with the physical and psychological aftermath of a sexual assault through the Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate (SASA) Network, which was launched Jan. […]
A version of the popular reading program, One Book, One Denver, is now at DU. Penrose Library and the Marsico Book Club designed the annual Marsico Book Club Author Lecture Series for DU students, staff and faculty members. Participants will read the same book, participate in discussion groups and attend […]
With much of campus still blanketed with snow from two late December snowstorms and another 3–8 inches predicted to fall through Monday, DU is working double-time to remove snow and ice left by the earlier storms. DU has obtained permission to plow some city streets around campus, and 28 employees […]
Nevil Shed, whose college basketball career became a symbol in the struggle for civil rights and an inspiration for a 2006 feature film Glory Road, showed up at DU on Jan. 8 with his arm in a sling and his heart in his words. The 6-foot 8-inch Shed, whose experience winning […]
When playwright Suzan-Lori Parks sat down to work on her next play on Nov. 13, 2002, she didn’t know it was the start of a yearlong writing journey. She finished the play that day. A play in one day — it’s been done. But what she started the next day, […]
Women continue to trail men in pay and rank at U.S. universities, including the University of Denver, according to a recently released study by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The report shows that nationally, women across the faculty ranks make, on average, 80.7 percent of what men make and […]
The University of Denver’s students, staff and faculty will have the opportunity to participate in several events scheduled through Jan. 15 to honor the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The University will commemorate the civil rights movement and King’s life through “History, Education, Action: Care-ing the Dream,” […]
Nagel Hall, DU’s newest residence hall, took a key step forward last month with the selection of Gerald H. Phipps Inc. as general contractor for the nearly $40 million building. Groundbreaking and the start of construction are expected this month, with completion slated for June 2008. “It’s extraordinarily well-designed,” says […]
What is “green”: A new or renovated building is environmentally responsible, or “green”, if it achieves distinction under a program known as LEED. An acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED is a system created by the U.S. Green Building Council, a group of 6,300 corporations, governmental agencies […]
DU’s Fisher Early Learning Center is changing the way it admits students. The dreaded waitlist that often bulged to 400 names has been replaced with a lottery system that aims to level the playing field for families not currently enrolled. Only those families already on the 2006 Fisher waitlist will have […]