The two frontrunners in the race to be Colorado’s next governor will participate in one of the last debates of the campaign at 8 p.m. Oct. 31 in DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The free event will be presented by 9News, the University of Denver and the Denver Post. 9News […]
The Lamont School of Music’s chamber ensemble-in-residence, the Playground, will perform the eclectic music of Henry Cowell at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The group’s 15 members include several former Lamont students and current faculty members. They play a variety of instruments — piano, guitar, […]
Lambda Chi Alpha has joined with the University of Denver to construct a new residential facility for its fraternity members. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Oct. 21 at the construction site located at 2217 E. Evans Ave. The new house is scheduled for completion by fall 2007. It will replace […]
A new political movement sweeping the country with hopes of shaking up the system makes its home in Denver, and one of its founders is one of DU’s own. The goal of the Unity08 effort is to break down partisan barriers by offering a unified ticket — one Republican and […]
On Oct. 23, the University of Denver announced the creation of the Institute for Sino-American International Dialogue, a new program that will focus on energy, water and environmental issues facing the U.S. and China. “Internationalization is one of the great strengths of the University of Denver,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said […]
Nearly 100 Highline Academy 7th and 8th grade students spent the day at the University of Denver on Oct. 20. During the field trip, Highline students met with approximately 30 DU students, both undergraduates and graduates, who shared their college experiences. “DU students explained how they got to college, why […]
Henry Greenspan spent two decades talking with Holocaust survivors. Those conversations became the basis for a one-man play, REMNANTS, which Greenspan will perform at the Hebrew Educational Alliance at 7 p.m. on Oct. 30. The University of Denver’s Center for Judaic Studies, along with the Holocaust Awareness Institute and Hebrew Educational […]
DU may not have a football team, but it has already scored its first T.D. He’s Tony Daniels, the recently hired associate athletics director for diversity and community relations, and one of few people with those duties in Division 1 athletics. His mission is to champion diversity in Pioneers athletics and […]
It’s 11 tons of scholarship waiting to be examined, including hundreds of cartons of books, magazines, newsletters, vinyl recordings, photographs, audiotapes, videocassettes—even 16 millimeter films and dance costumes — all sitting on shelves in Penrose Library and the Mary Reed Building. It’s a knee-slapping, toe-tapping window on Middle America in […]
Former NFL quarterback Don McPherson was tough, strong and in control — a “real man” by societal standards. But now McPherson is challenging men to remove the façade and open up about their emotions. McPherson will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 in Sturm Hall’s Davis Auditorium after spending the […]
Five athletes were inducted into the 2006 Athletic Hall of Fame Oct. 19. Inductees included a standout tennis player, a two-time national champion skier, a national champion goaltender, DU’s first-ever women’s basketball All-American, a special individual inductee and the 1967–68 hockey team. The ceremony, held at DU’s Cable Center, brought […]
An investigation into the cause of a minor fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in an unoccupied chemistry teaching lab in Boettcher Center West on the DU campus is ongoing. The damage is estimated at less than $50,000. The building has reopened but it’s unknown how long the lab will […]
So Percussion, an up-and-coming ensemble, will bring its unique musical talents to the University of Denver Oct. 28. Members Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting and Lawson White will be in residence with the Lamont School of Music in the days leading up to the performance at the Newman Center’s […]
Thirty people standing on a windy Arapahoe County hillside covered their ears and fixed their eyes on a mocked-up passenger jet 250 yards away. Suddenly, two plumes of orange flame shot out of one of the seats, throwing debris 30 feet into the air. Seconds later a shock wave hit […]
A minor fire erupted at 4:40 p.m. today in an unoccupied chemistry teaching lab in Boettcher Center West on the DU campus. There were no classes in session in the vicinity at the time. No students were injured, but two campus safety officers suffered minor smoke inhalation and were transported […]