It was a wedding that introduced Walter Sorrentino, BSBA ’80, to his lifelong love of music. “When I was in the second grade I was seated next to the drummer at my cousin’s wedding. I thought that was the coolest thing to play those drums.” Forty years later, the Denver […]
Many of today’s parents struggle to balance their need to stay involved in their children’s lives at college and their kids’ need for them to let go. Like universities nationwide, DU is trying to help.
Investing can be a risky business, but portfolio manager Janna Sampson reduces uncertainty by selecting slow, steady, even “stodgy” stocks. Sampson, BA economics and political science ’79, studied industrial economics in the 1980s, learning to examine firms’ long-term economics to forecast how they might weather downturns. Now as director of […]
A life can best be defined by not what one says, but by what one does. For Emilie Bender, BA education ’67, her life’s work speaks volumes. Since January, Bender has worked as the outreach program director for obesity prevention and community nutrition, a new initiative at the Indiana State […]
For alumnus Yale Huffman, the most precious blessing of blindness is insight.
Jeannette (McGrath) Albersheim’s weekly 15-mile pilgrimage from her Silver Spring, Md., home to the Washington National Cathedral isn’t for worship service. Albersheim, BA political science ’39, volunteers at the cathedral—and has for 29 years. Attracting 700,000 visitors annually, the cathedral (officially the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul) […]
Meet Shannon Valerio: DU alumna, faculty member in University College’s American Indian Studies program, manager of DU’s computer help desk, director of mobile computing and the nation’s fastest woman on skates. Last year, at the age of 36, Valerio (BA anthropology ’92, MA anthropology ’95) won all seven national inline […]
“Picture yourself succeeding,” encouraged Jennifer Rector’s mom before childhood soccer tournaments, high school band performances and auditions. Those words clearly reverberated this spring as Rector took the stage for her junior trumpet recital at the Lamont School of Music. And they continue to propel her to excellence in every undertaking. […]
If you visit management Prof. Nancy Sampson’s office, you’ll quickly learn what she’s passionate about. Posters and photos of every Pioneers athletic team fill her bulletin board to overflowing. Photographs of students nearly outnumber the books on her shelves. “I wouldn’t be here without the students,” says Sampson, BSBA ’65. […]
A new course introduced students to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, opening their eyes to a world they never expected.
It’s been nearly 30 years since they lived together in DU’s Johnson-McFarlane Hall, but a dozen alumni remain close despite distance and the demands of families and careers. These “Numb Alums” stay in touch by phone and e-mail and reunite regularly to reminisce about old times and make new memories. […]
The light outside the studio door glows red, illuminating the words ON AIR. Inside the darkened room, a headphoned young man deftly pulls the microphone forward and announces, “Good morning Colorado, and welcome to the Troubleshooter Sunday Show. My name is Chris Kane, and I am your Sunday Troubleshooter.” Eighteen […]
A few years ago, cell phones were considered a luxury. Today, they are thought of as a necessity and can be seen virtually everywhere. Students make calls between classes, fans text-message during hockey games and most DU Newman Center performances begin with an admonishment for patrons to silence their ringers. […]
Ned Sperry, MBA ’86, JD ’86, remembers playing softball as an undergrad in Boulder and seeing players in their 30s with their wives and kids watching. “I couldn’t believe people kept playing softball at that age,” Sperry says. But when Sperry was in his first year of law school at […]
Yemi Nicholson’s lean, towering frame emerges slowly from DU’s basketball locker room, his head barely clearing the door jam. A small smile spreads as his friendly, boyish face stares down with a calming sincerity. He extends a massive brown hand that’s warm, soft and the size of a baseball glove. […]