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Art professor explores digital technology in new exhibit

Art professor explores digital technology in new exhibit

Digital technology touches many aspects of our everyday lives, and it is now impacting the contemporary art world as well. One University of Denver professor is showing off his creative digital art experiences in conjunction with classic literature in a new exhibit on campus. Conor McGarrigle, a digital artist and […]

Students help shape campus sustainability efforts

Junior Jessica Morton, an electrical engineering major, is an active voting member of the University of Denver Sustainability Council. She started the outdoor recycling program her freshman year.   Q: What is the Sustainability Council?  A: The Sustainability Council is a group of faculty, staff and students who are dedicated […]

Women’s soccer team advances to second round of NCAA Tournament

Women’s soccer team advances to second round of NCAA Tournament

The University of Denver women’s soccer team got a goal in the first half and two more in the second to upend Colorado College 3-1 in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Saturday afternoon at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. DU’s victory is the Pioneers second […]

DU Strategic Issues Program to probe campaign finance

With an estimated $6 billion spent on campaigning in the recently completed 2012 election cycle and with Colorado voters demanding change, the University of Denver Strategic Issues Program (SIP) announced Nov. 9 it will study the role of money in American politics. SIP Director Jim Griesemer announced the program’s focus […]

‘Tis the season for DU holiday events

‘Tis the season for DU holiday events

Though students leave for winter break in late November, the University of Denver still is abuzz with holiday activities and Pioneer athletic events between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ten local and national groups will perform holiday shows at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts throughout November and December, and four […]

Business students explore integrity and values at Ethics Boot Camp

Today’s college students are no strangers to ethics scandals. They’ve grown up with headlines chock full of them. Think Enron. Lance Armstrong. Penn State. Such debacles, says Corey Ciocchetti, an associate professor of business ethics and legal studies in the Daniels College of Business, represent a serious problem that needs […]

Yearbooks, photos and more archived on new Digital DU site

Yearbooks, photos and more archived on new Digital DU site

There’s a lot of official University history available for perusal at the new Digital DU website: archival photographs, meeting minutes, media guides. But for those who want a more authentic glimpse at what was going on at the University during any given year, the site’s collection of digitized yearbooks is […]

BBC, Al Jazeera on guest list for University’s election-night party

For the second time this fall, international media organizations will use the University of Denver as the backdrop for their coverage and analysis of the 2012 presidential race. And regardless of what results trickle in as they broadcast live from the University’s presidential election-night watch party—5 p.m. to midnight Nov. […]

Women’s College releases results of national leadership study

It’s been nearly 50 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act and 49 years since Title VII of the Civil Rights Act barred discrimination in employment based on race or sex. While women have made significant progress in many areas of the workforce over the past five decades, […]

Alumnus Max Ben-Hamoo builds a better water bottle

Alumnus Max Ben-Hamoo builds a better water bottle

It may surprise Max Ben-Hamoo’s former classmates to learn that he recently launched a bottled-water company, given his opinions about the industry when he was an undergrad at the University of Denver. “I was strongly against bottled water,” Ben-Hamoo says. “I didn’t allow my friends to drink it because of […]

DU to host international admissions conference

The University of Denver will host the 19th annual Overseas Association for College Admissions Counseling (OACAC) Summer Conference July 10–12. More than 700 high school and college admissions counselors from around the world will attend the event, which is the largest conference ever hosted by the University. The counselors — […]

Russian ambassador: Syrian opposition forces used protesters as “human shields”

Speaking April 27 at the University of Denver, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations said armed opposition groups in Syria used protesters there as “human shields” as they attacked government institutions at the start of the ongoing crisis. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin spoke with reporters at the University before delivering […]

Presidential Debate Event Series seeks volunteers

Presidential Debate Event Series seeks volunteers

University of Denver faculty, staff, students and alumni now have the opportunity to sign up to volunteer at lectures, seminars and forums that are part of the Presidential Debate Event Series. DU will host the first of the three 2012 presidential debates on Oct. 3. Times, dates and requirements for […]

Korbel professor to read from new book Friday at Tattered Cover

Korbel professor to read from new book Friday at Tattered Cover

Alan Gilbert, a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International studies, will be at the Tattered Cover Book Store on Colfax Avenue Friday night to read from his new book, Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence (University of Chicago Press, 2012). According to […]

Medical marijuana the topic of 2012 Penrose Lecture

Medical marijuana the topic of 2012 Penrose Lecture

When medical marijuana burst into the mainstream in Colorado, author Greg Campbell says his reaction was “a big shrug of the shoulders.” “I don’t smoke marijuana, I don’t need medical marijuana, so I was right in the middle,” says Campell, author of Pot, Inc: Inside Medical Marijuana, America’s Most Outlaw […]