The Pioneers women’s soccer team made history on Friday when it defeated Kentucky 2-0 in its first NCAA Women’s College Cup win. It was DU’s sixth straight shutout and 15th consecutive win. “It’s an unbelievable feeling,” says junior midfielder Jenna Billingsley. “It’s great to continue DU’s soccer tradition.” The Pioneers […]
Figure-skating champion and new University of Denver student Michelle Kwan has become the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (BA ’74, PhD ’81) made the announcement Nov. 9 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Rice tapped Kwan to help promote understanding of America […]
A significant morale boost and $20,000 in potential energy savings were enough to persuade University of Denver trustees to essentially close campus for two extra days this December. Beginning this year fully benefited employees will get two more paid, floating holidays added to the three days already on the books […]
Law Professor Roberto Corrada says he’s gone from “happy, to happier, to even happier still” in his career. But he had to give up a couple of dreams before discovering his passion. When he was 7 years old, Corrada wanted to be an astronaut, but poor eyesight got in the […]
Trustees have approved a 3.6 percent salary merit-increase pool for eligible faculty and staff for 2007. Of that pool, 3 percent will be for merit-based raises at the department level, and 0.6 percent is reserved for executive level raises for employees who demonstrate “truly extraordinary contributions” to the University’s mission, […]
DU’s portrait includes more faces of color than ever before. Of 1,142 first-year, first-time students enrolled this fall, 17.8 percent are students of color — up from 13.2 percent last year. Of 92 new faculty members, 17.4 percent are people of color. “Diversity is one of our most important objectives […]
Violina Mitovska, 20, was destined for higher education — her first word was “book” and her favorite make-believe character was a university student. Those childhood dreams are coming true with the help of the 2006 Vision Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship to DU’s Women’s College sponsored jointly by the college and the […]
To cast a vote in this year’s general election, Denver County voters can go to any one of 50 voting centers throughout the city on Election Day, Nov. 7. Voters are no longer required to vote at specific locations. The closest voting center to DU is the Denver Police Department […]
From an unheated, bunker-like office in the basement of the International House, Bob Golten is working to change the world. Golten directs DU’s Center for International Human Rights Advocacy, overseeing the Asylum Project and teaching advocacy courses that match students with international nongovernmental organizations working to improve human rights. A 1954 […]
The Spirit of Frederick Douglass is coming to the Newman Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. The play draws from the speeches and letters of Douglass (1818–95), who rose from the bonds of slavery to become one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement. Accompanying […]
University of Denver Architect Mark Rodgers wants DU to continue as the “copper-top university” even though the price of the metal has gone through the roof. In 1999, the year the Ritchie Center was completed, the cost of copper was about $1,200 per ton — making the 440 tons of […]
For students wondering what to do with their lives, a road trip could help provide the answers. On Nov. 1, Roadtrip Nation, a national movement empowering college students to hit the road and research careers, will visit the University of Denver to tell students about the grants and opportunities available. […]
In the world of knitting, Cheryl (Goughnour) Oberle is a rock star. The author of Folk Shawls and Folk Vests—standards in most knitters’ libraries—Oberle (BA ’77) is a meticulous designer of knitwear patterns, an exacting and time-consuming art that involves a deep understanding of fiber, mathematics and technique. Oberle designs […]
DU Astronomy Professor Robert Stencel had a hand in making your “Planets of the Solar System” poster obsolete. In August, Stencel presented his observations of an interacting binary star system at the International Astronomical Union meeting in Prague; but the big news to come out of the gathering was the […]
City and University officials gathered Oct. 27 for the 2006 Provost’s Conference to discuss ways Denver and DU can work together. Provost Gregg Kvistad said the aim of the conference was “to identify, intensify and broaden real strategic partnerships between the City of Denver and the University of Denver. Both […]