On the sidelines at his son’s football game, Geoffrey Bateman is filled with a watery-eyed sense of nostalgia and wonder. Zian, 8, is completely in his element as a “Crusher,” barreling into other little boys. They look like stocky, miniature men in their full pads and helmets. Geoffrey can’t help […]
From maze-like fortresses buried in caves behind enemy lines to a traffic-choked intersection at rush hour, researchers at the University of Denver imagine robots boldly going where no human should want — or need — to go. Quietly emerging as a DU specialty, the study of robotics is garnering interest […]
The text Sue Gersick got from her daughter, Ellie Schafer, last March was deceptively innocent. “POTUS just came in and wished me happy birthday!!!” Gersick shot back: “POTUS? Who’s POTUS?” “PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!” Then the pictures arrived. There was the nation’s 44th POTUS, wedged into a cramped outer […]
There are plot twists in the books of Denver-based author Sandra Dallas that surprise even her. “The thing I’m writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have this daughter,” says Dallas, who earned a BA in journalism from […]
Lisa Johnson (BA psychology, communications ’80) came close to getting an NBA championship ring last year. But the Denver Nuggets fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals during the 2008–09 season. Johnson wishes the team would have advanced to the finals, and she certainly would have […]
Celebrating Stuart Thank you for publishing Margaret Whitt’s remembrance of Stuart James [Essay, fall 2009]. I attended the first class he ever taught at DU, in the fall of 1957 at the old downtown campus. During that class he mentioned flying the B-17 Flying Fortress, and after class I told […]
Even as a student at DU, Rory Vaden talked to people incessantly about how to be successful. The key, he said, was self-discipline. To be successful, you had to do the things other people weren’t willing to do. His college roommate—and a fellow member of the Pioneer Leadership Program—heard the […]
When I started my freshman year at DU 18 years ago, I wasn’t concerned about debt. I was just happy to be going to college at a good school. So what if I would graduate with some student loans? I saw them as an investment in my future. By the […]
An airplane flies over a row of suburban houses. Parents have a conversation while watching their children play baseball. A woman stands inside a bedroom, peering through a window to the sunny street outside. They’re scenes of mundane, everyday life, but as depicted by painter Joel Sheesley (MFA ’74), […]
For a different view of many of DU’s iconic buildings, one need just visit the on-campus studio of Chen Hao, a Chinese painter and visiting scholar who came to the University to share his expertise in urban landscape with students and faculty. Chen grew up studying his country’s traditional method […]
Many young people experience a crisis of faith while attending college. Once they find themselves on their own, some kids seem to falter when exposed to conflicting value systems and less overall supervision. As parents, we don’t want them to lose their way after we have spent years nurturing their […]
Most of the DU community is familiar with Chamberlin Observatory near campus, but DU astronomy students and faculty get even closer to the stars at the Meyer-Womble Observatory, located on Mount Evans near Idaho Springs. Near the mountain’s peak at 14,148 feet, the observatory offers the second-highest vantage point […]
Stuart James placed his briefcase on the desk. Maybe he would open it right then, or maybe not. He looked at the class, called someone by name and asked a question. The question might be something like this: “‘Space is license.’ Who said that? What do you think it means?” […]
Angelo Camillo has earned the right to be a food snob. The Italian native and professor at DU’s School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management has worked in hotels and restaurants around the world, including the German Presidential Palace, where he served dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth and Presidents Ronald […]
Given the recession, many will assume enrollment at private universities is down. That may not be the case for DU. How did the University stay ahead of the curve?