Dear Readers: As I write this column in late January, the attention of the nation is becoming more and more focused on the presidential election in the fall of this year. We’ve moved from a seemingly endless string of debates among the contenders for the Republican nomination to the season […]
“Cell Phone Landscape #1. Rain Drops, Aberdeen, South Dakota,” by photography Professor Roddy MacInnes, is among the works featured in the 2012 Faculty Triennial, on display through March 11 in the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building. The show also includes work by faculty members Lawrence Argent, […]
Explosives, world travel and wars. Marc Meyers’ personal and professional adventures in these areas inspired his science fiction thriller Chechnya Jihad (Sunbelt Publications, 2010). Meyers (PhD materials science ’74), an explosives expert and a distinguished professor of materials science at the University of California, San Diego, wove elements of his […]
DU alumni, prospective students and parents around the country now can engage in academic discussions with DU professors without setting foot on campus. In November, the Office of Alumni Relations partnered with Undergraduate Admission to bring lifelong learning events to DU alumni chapter cities in conjunction with the Ammi Hyde […]
Fred Ricles was running errands last spring when the vision in one of his eyes became blurry. “It looked like somebody had splashed coffee all over my contact lens,” the Centennial, Colo., man says. Using iTriage, an iPhone application co-developed by emergency room physician Dr. Wayne Guerra (MBA ’07), Ricles […]
Rebecca (King) Dreman (JD ’77) is a former Miss Colorado who was named Miss America in 1974. But today she’s more like a boxer in a knock-down, drag-out fight — a fight for her life. In September 2010, after she felt a marshmallow-like lump in her arm, doctors gave her […]
Mark Condon is focused on making putting greens even greener. Condon (MA ’84) is the general manager of Red Rocks Country Club, a private golf club located in Morrison, Colo., near the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The club has gardens, two private lakes and 1,000 acres of private open space […]
You won’t find recipes for Beefaroni or canned lasagna in Anna Boiardi’s new cookbook, Delicious Memories (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011). Instead you’ll learn to make gourmet dishes like ravioli with ricotta and squash filling, cotechino with lentils, and baked fennel with butter and Parmesan. Boiardi (BA ’94), whose great […]
DU has its own viral video star: In 2008, Marlow Cowan (MSW ’49) and his wife, Fran, gave an impromptu concert on the piano in the Mayo Clinic atrium in Rochester, Minn., while killing time between medical tests. Their rollicking performance of “Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet” was filmed […]
Building a better DU I am a proud graduate of the University of Denver. My undergraduate degree served as an excellent base upon which I built two master’s degrees and a doctorate. For this, I shall always be grateful to DU. However, there is no way on God’s green earth […]
The Commission on Presidential Debates has selected the University of Denver as the host site for the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate. The debate will be held on Oct. 3 in Magness Arena at DU’s Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness. “The University of Denver is excited for […]
A few years ago, a group of alumni from the tight-knit Class of 1956 decided the standard 10-year reunions weren’t cutting it. Now they reconvene every five. “We were having such a good time that we said, ‘We ought to get together more often. We’re getting older. We’d better step […]
A lifelong skier who learned the sport on a tiny ski hill in Wisconsin, Aspen Skiing Co. CEO and President Mike Kaplan (MBA ’93) now runs one of the world’s top ski complexes. Aspen has four resorts offering a wide range of terrain: the beginner’s paradise at Buttermilk; the steeps […]
Carmella Lucia Fredo Lennon was a tenacious woman who made a lasting impact on many people, especially her granddaughter, Tiffani Lennon, chair of the law and society program at the University of Denver Women’s College. “I’ve never known a stronger, more powerful woman,” Tiffani Lennon says. In her grandmother’s memory, […]
Jenna Bainbridge auditioned at schools across the country and found the best fit practically in her backyard. Bainbridge—a sophomore voice major from Castle Rock, Colo.—received a DU Provost Scholarship, a scholarship from DU’s Lamont School of Music and a private scholarship. While DU made good financial sense, the University also […]