Erica Chenoweth, an assistant professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, has received a $20,000 ADVANCE grant, given by the National Science Foundation to promote scholarship by women. The grant will facilitate Chenoweth’s research on the impact of positive rhetoric in reducing terrorist activity. Chenoweth […]
Alison Schofield, associate professor of religious studies, is an expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient religious manuscripts originating in Jerusalem. Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1955, but it was not until the early 2000s that nearly all of the Scrolls were translated and […]
The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team will make its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance Saturday, hosting the University at Albany at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on the DU campus at 5:30 p.m. MDT. The game will air live on ESPNU and WatchESPN. “We are thrilled about the season that […]
The University of Denver women’s golf program has been selected to play in the West Regional at the Stanford Golf Course May 9–11, the NCAA announced Monday evening. Monday’s selection is Denver’s 12thstraight NCAA Regional bid. “We are looking forward to competing at Stanford for Regionals next week,” head coach […]
Led by a five-point effort from senior Cameron Flint, the top-seeded University of Denver men’s lacrosse team defeated the No. 4 seeded Fairfield University Stags 10–8 in Thursday evening at Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y. The Eastern College Athletic Conference Tournament win advances the Pioneers to the Championship game on […]
The University of Denver men’s tennis team will open the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship against No. 15 seed Florida on Friday, May 10, at a time to be announced. The Pioneers will make their third NCAA championship appearance after earning an automatic bid and their first NCAA bid since […]
At the University of Denver’s Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI), founded in 1961 to conduct pioneering biomedical and genetic research, undergraduate and graduate students partner with world-renowned scholars in a quest to unravel the mysteries of disease. For Nathan Duval, a PhD candidate in biological sciences, that quest has personal significance. […]
More than five months since she left her 34-year-long U.S. congressional career, former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) frequently finds herself answering the same question from people from all walks of life: How did it get this bad? Congress hasn’t always been quite this dysfunctional, notes Snowe, who in February 2012 […]
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, will deliver the Commencement address to the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on May 18 at Magness Arena. Bennet also will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. “We are extremely pleased that Sen. Bennet will give our commencement address,” says Martin Katz, […]
Josepha “Jossy” Eyre, founder of the Women’s Bean Project, came to campus April 23 to talk to students about her path to social work and the importance of following your passion. Eyre (MSW ’86) was on campus as part of the Masters Program, which invites successful alumni back to campus […]
Fifteen years later, Art Jones is realizing the true vision of the Spirituals Project, the nonprofit he founded in 1998 to preserve and revitalize the religious folk songs created by enslaved African-Americans. “The mission is not only to have people hear the music, but to learn the history behind it […]
The University of Denver’s annual Diversity Summit on Inclusive Excellence is expanding from one day to three in 2013, allowing even more time for participants to learn about “Championing Equity to Inspire Change.” Running May 9–11 on campus, the 12th annual event features workshops, speakers and discussion, as well as […]
This profile could have ended up very differently. It could have been about a guy who was so successful early in his career that he just spent his days in the mountains doing what he loved: fly fishing. But it was not to be. Gene Tang (BSBA ’71, MBA ’75) […]
Former Dubuque Fighting Saints head coach and general manager Jim Montgomery has been named head coach of the University of Denver men’s ice hockey team, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation Peg Bradley-Doppes announced today. Montgomery becomes the eighth head coach in DU ice hockey history — a program that began […]
For its annual spring production, Lamont Opera Theatre is moving away from the classics it has performed in recent seasons — “Faust,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Gianni Schicchi” — and veering to the contemporary with a staging of “Susannah,” a 1955 opera by American composer Carlisle Floyd. Running April 18–21 […]