It seems unlikely that Craig Harrison (BSBA ’03) and Ryan Boykin (BA ’02) would become business partners considering their complaints about each other as roommates at the University of Denver. “Ryan has this over-the-top progressive lifestyle. Who really eats tofu and bean sprouts anyway?” Harrison says. Boykin shoots back, “Craig […]
To Stephanie Skiles, shards of porcelain scattered in the southern Colorado soil tell a story — one of ethnic heritage, identity and cultural revitalization. The anthropology master’s degree candidate has spent the last two years studying the expression of cultural identity in the historic archaeology of Camp Amache, a World […]
Eszter Vakarcs is an international student who just completed her first year at the University of Denver. But before you imagine a young woman struggling with a new culture, staring blankly at a teacher speaking English, desperately attempting to participate in college life, consider this: Vakarcs has lived on four […]
German-language newsreels about expelled Germans probably wouldn’t make it into most people’s movie watch list, but for history buff Derek Holmgren, they’re just the ticket. For his senior thesis, Holmgren, who will graduate in June with a BA in history and minors in German and political science, has been analyzing […]
For most people, it would be enough to successfully recover from the physical wounds, violent trauma and loss of a spouse caused by a deadly ambush in a foreign country. But MA candidate Pasty Spier also had to make sure it would never happen again by bringing the killers to […]
Thirty African girls were able to attend high school this year thanks largely to the efforts of one person: DU’s April Guy, who helped provide scholarships for the girls by selling bead necklaces they had made. Guy had decided to go to Africa for an internship after learning about a […]
Bob Sperling’s back yard is a tangle of grass, a mop of trees and a plain-vanilla one-car garage on the alley behind his 114-year-old Victorian home just a mile from campus in the Platt Park neighborhood. But what Sperling sees there is not a beckoning spring improvement project, but a […]
For first-year international studies major David Milavetz, collegiate debate is a game. Not the playful sort, but the kind of sport that takes 30 hours of practice a week, can be fiercely competitive and even in the face of a difficult defeat, keeps the die-hards coming back for more. Last […]
Epiphanies of injustice shaped the racial conscience of University of Denver alumnus Richard Lapchick, molding him into a champion for equality in sports and society. DU recognized Lapchick’s lifelong commitment March 9 by awarding him the 2007 Founders Day Professional Achievement Award. Lapchick’s first realization of racism dawned in 1950, […]
Gordon Von Stroh, professor of management and director of the Daniels College of Business customized MBA program, grew up on a 320-acre farm that his great-grandfather purchased in 1881 in rural Missouri. That farm is now in his uncle’s care, but will pass to Von Stroh, who plans to care […]
When Brooke Meyer was born she weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces and was just 16 inches long — 10 weeks premature. Today, she’s a 5-feet, 4-inch member of the Pioneers women’s basketball team. Even though she’s far from the biggest player on the court, she’s one of the highest scorers […]
Junior public policy and political science major Kelsey Yamasaki recently received the Truman Scholarship. Established by Congress in 1975, the scholarship provides $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. He is one of 65 scholars chosen from more than 700 nominations and 233 finalists from across […]
To understand hockey from Robin Ennis’ point of view, try closing your eyes at a game. Slap shots sound like gunshots; checks on the boards seem like cars crashing; shouts at the referee are raw and intimidating. You can guess where the puck is, but not if it’s being passed […]
Parents may not want to hear what DU psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Watamura has to tell them: Day care can challenge kids. Watamura, director of the University’s Child Health and Development Lab, has found that many children show different patterns of production of the hormone cortisol on days when they are at […]
When sophomore psychology major Jessica Lopez came to the U.S. from Caracas, Venezuela, to attend the University of Denver, she said the transition was hard. She admits to sitting in the classroom not understanding a thing her teachers said; she admits that she didn’t go outside [for fun] her entire freshman […]