When the class of 2014 arrives at DU in the fall, its members will participate in a new general education program—the common curriculum—designed to help students integrate and apply knowledge from across disciplines. All DU undergraduate students will be required to complete 52–60 credits in the curriculum. That’s down from […]
Empowered by a 2000 Colorado constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in the state and emboldened by a liberal presidential administration, entrepreneurs are opening medical-marijuana dispensaries at a record rate across the Front Range. As founder and executive director of nonprofit medical marijuana advocacy group Sensible Colorado, Brian Vicente (JD ’04) […]
There’s more than one way to tell a story, and Zak Kadison wants control over all of them. Through his company, Blacklight Transmedia, Kadison (BSBA ’03) is pioneering a new approach to the business of show, developing original stories that can be told across multiple platforms: movies, video games and […]
I’m long overdue in introducing the newest member of the University of Denver Magazine editorial team. Greg Glasgow joined the magazine in June 2009 after a decade as the arts and entertainment editor at the Boulder Daily Camera. As assistant managing editor of the University of Denver Magazine, he writes […]
Athletics are a family affair for sophomore finance major Brian Stafford. His father played football and his mother ran track and field at the University of California-Berkeley, and his grandfather helped the school win an NCAA title in basketball. His older brother currently plays basketball at Azusa Pacific University. With […]
In a way, Mike St. John’s work on behalf of the University of Denver mirrors his professional life. Over the course of his career, St. John (BSBA ’81) has created and launched successful businesses in many different industries and discovered a passion for fields he never expected. He remains committed […]
Meyer Saltzman (BA accounting ’58) knows that one man can’t change the education and health care systems enough to make life better for everyone. Instead, for most of his life, he has worked to change people’s lives through education and health care, one person at a time. “If you can […]
For more than a century, there has been a mystery. For decades, there have been hypotheses. For years, University of Denver astronomy Professor Robert Stencel has sought answers. But there hasn’t been an image. Until now. Stencel and DU PhD student Brian Kloppenborg are co-authors of a paper that appeared […]
Study-abroad students capture their experiences in photos.
Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System will be initiative’s home base.
Essayist Janalee Card Chmel on turning 40 and an unexpected new arrival
Family values Regarding your article “Full House” [winter 2009], I disagree that it is evident or a foregone conclusion that the gay and lesbian lifestyle is without long-term societal impact. The article does not address some of society’s concerns that the lifestyle is biologically unhealthy, for example. There are also […]
Steve Shaffer has found his heaven on Earth. His personal piece of paradise is WOLF — a rescue organization and sanctuary near Fort Collins, Colo., that is home to 30 captive-bred wolves and wolf dogs. WOLF’s 180 acres of pine and aspen forest are a sanctuary for Shaffer, too. For […]
William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County—the Southern setting for classic novels such as Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury—is a fictional place, but as fictional places go it’s one of literature’s most enduring locales. Faulkner based Yoknapatawpha on the northeast corner of Mississippi where he lived […]
It’s common for college athletic programs to provide the best coaches, trainers, nutritionists and health science experts to their student-athletes. Now, DU student-athletes also have access to a full-time sport and performance psychologist. DU is one of about 12 programs in the country to offer the service to its students. […]