Penrose Library will once again extend its hours to accommodate students studying for finals. The library will be open 24 hours a day beginning Nov. 14 through midnight Nov. 22. The BookDrop Café will be open until midnight during this time. The café will offer free drip coffee and cookies […]
University Technology Services is making broad changes to student and alumni e-mail accounts. Starting this month, DU will forward e-mail to off-campus e-mail accounts. Students and alumni will keep their firstname.lastname@du.edu mailing address but will be required to set up a “preferred” off-campus e-mail address, which will receive their campus […]
After years of growth, the University of Denver marked one of the biggest moments in its athletic history Nov. 11 as school officials announced that DU will move into the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) beginning in the 2012–13 season. “This is a day we all envisioned, we just didn’t know […]
When photojournalist Aaron Huey (BFA ’99) took the TEDxDU stage in May and called for the U.S. to honor its treaties with American Indians, his message reached a few thousand people. Now he has the potential to reach a global audience of millions. Huey’s TEDx presentation — “America’s native prisoners […]
In the late 1880s, many of Colorado’s early pioneers — including artists, civic leaders, educators, clergy and members of the Navajo and Ute Nation tribes — were invited to the Durango, Colo., home of Senator Charles Newman and his wife, Marian Chestnut Newman, for a slice of civility in the […]
What’s the difference between dining at Fourteen Seventy-Two, a new restaurant on South Pearl Street, and eating at home? Home doesn’t have bison green chili, bouillabaisse Pacifica, meatloaf with curry sauce, bacon-wrapped asparagus, plantains or homemade ice cream. But Fourteen Seventy-Two will when the new eatery opens in the spring. […]
The University of Denver goes to the head of the class when it comes to sustainability, a national survey finds. The Sustainable Endowments Institute of Cambridge, Mass., surveyed the 322 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada with endowments of more than $160 million and graded them […]
In a writing class during his freshman year at DU, Colin Wayne was asked to create a brochure for a new product. A competitive skier who spent every winter working in ski shops, he designed a brochure for some “cool looking” ski poles. His twin brother, Ben Wayne, meanwhile, was […]
Former DU library Professor Anne Mathews died Oct. 21 at the Life Care Center of Evergreen, Colo. Mathews was born in Philadelphia in 1928. She earned an AB at Wheaton College in Illinois in 1949, majoring in speech. She earned an MA in library science at DU in 1965, and […]
Comparative labor market governance, wage bargaining systems, welfare states, social pacts — to most these words almost seem a different language. But to Professor Martin Rhodes, it is the language of comparative political economy — a language in which he is fluent. A prolific researcher and writer, Rhodes thrives on […]
Use the comments section below to send your thoughts and well wishes to Jesse Martin as he recovers from neck fractures. Martin was injured during a game against North Dakota Oct. 30; he underwent surgery to stabilize a broken C2 vertebra Nov. 8. Updates: Nov. 29: ctv.ca… Injured hockey player […]
When the DU women’s basketball team ran into the gym in South Alabama for pregame warm-ups last season, fans were shocked. Coach Erik Johnson had only seven players. Fans scratched their heads, he recalls, and looked around as if to say: “Hey, coach, did you leave the rest of your […]
University of Denver senior center Jesse Martin underwent surgery Nov. 8 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., to stabilize a broken C2 vertebra in his neck. The surgery went as planned, doctors said. The surgery was performed by doctors Alex Mendez and Robert Morgan at Regions Hospital’s Center for […]
The University of Denver has been named one of America’s best values in private higher education by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. DU ranks No. 65 on Kiplinger’s 2010–11 “Best Values in Private Colleges” rankings. The University is the only school in Colorado included on the list of 100 private institutions. […]
An incarnation of Den Deli and Seafood Market will open on South Pearl Street later this month, but with a new name, new dishes paired with wine and sake, and organic Japanese vegetables from the owners’ farm. The reinvented restaurant at 1501 S. Pearl St. is the younger brother of […]