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Alums chronicle Tuskegee Airmen as part of documentary

Alums chronicle Tuskegee Airmen as part of documentary

Shane Carrick and Bobby Deline became fast friends when they earned their bachelor’s degrees in communications from DU a couple years ago. But after graduation they went their separate ways: Deline started a local production company and Carrick worked in television production before deciding to teach English to fifth-graders in […]

Theater professor shares New York experience with students

Allison Horsley, an assistant professor of theater at DU, recently finished work on Buddy’s Tavern during its developmental workshop in New York. It’s one of many ways Horsley keeps her dramaturgy skills up-to-date and offers her students real-life teaching moments. “We learn by doing, and for me, being inside the […]

Athletics, performing arts centers to adopt new online ticketing system

This summer, Ticketmaster will issue its last ticket to DU sports and arts patrons. The University will switch from the online ticket service provider to a new system, Paciolan on July 1. The switch should mean lower service fees and a better showcase for DU Athletics and Newman Center for the Performing […]

Memorial service announced for Murray Armstrong

Memorial service announced for Murray Armstrong

 The University of Denver and the Denver Hockey Alumni Association (DHAA) will hold a memorial service for legendary hockey head coach Murray “The Chief” Armstrong. Armstrong, who coached DU to five NCAA national championships, died Dec. 8, 2010. He was 94. The “Hail to The Chief” service will take place […]

Lamont Symphony Orchestra to commemorate 9/11

Lamont Symphony Orchestra to commemorate 9/11

The Lamont Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Lawrence Golan will present a concert in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of September 11th. The concert is a collaboration of the Lamont School of Music and the Bridges to the Future lecture series as part of the series’ continuing programming […]

Sophomore encourages Denver to recognize dating violence

Statistics show one in three women will experience dating violence at some point in their lives. For DU sophomore Jenni Talcott, that wasn’t just a startling statistic, it was her reality. “In high school I was involved in a highly abusive relationship. That year of abuse turned my world upside […]

Research updates February 2011

Lydia Gil Keff, a lecturer in the department of languages and literatures, delivered the keynote address at the Jewish Latin-American Fiction Symposium Jan. 23. She also presented the paper “Memorializing Disappearance in Nora Strejilevich’s A Single Numberless Death.” Economics Associate Professor Peter Sai-wing Ho’s book Rethinking Trade and Commercial Policy […]

Alum Ed Stein reinvents his Denver comic strip for a national audience

Alum Ed Stein reinvents his Denver comic strip for a national audience

Fans of Denver Square, the Mile High City-themed comic strip that ran for 12 years in the Rocky Mountain News, might be wondering just what looks so familiar about Freshly Squeezed, a new comic that started running Oct. 11 in the Denver Post. The answer is that both strips are […]

DU astronomer earns a view from space

DU astronomer earns a view from space

University of Denver Professor Toshiya Ueta deals in the big picture, looking at what’s not visible to human eyes from a platform cloaked in shadow high above the Earth. His quest is to understand the life cycle of stars. As an astronomer, he studies the very biggest questions of how […]

Pioneers hockey player checks in with figure skating coach

Pioneers hockey player checks in with figure skating coach

Broken teeth. Shattered jaws. Fist fights. Fair or not, we tend to think of hockey players in blustery, macho terms rather than in images of precision and grace. So it might be surprising to learn that Dustin “Dusty” Jackson — a 6-foot-3-inch, 205-pound forward for the University of Denver Pioneers […]

Boston chamber orchestra makes A Far Cry at Newman Center

Boston chamber orchestra makes A Far Cry at Newman Center

Music has long been heralded for its power to bring people together, but the Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry takes the idea of musical community to a whole new level. The collaborative group of 16 young string players performs without a conductor, connects with fans via blogs and online […]

University resumes classes

The University of Denver resumed classes and operations on Wednesday. Students, faculty and staff should sign up for the University’s Critical Incident Notification System to receive information regarding weather alerts and campus closures. The system will notify people in case of an emergency or a closure due to weather. If […]

DU expected to open Wednesday after wintry weather

DU expected to open Wednesday after wintry weather

DU is closed today after a powerful winter storm moving across the country hit Colorado on Monday with ice, snow and cold temperatures. The University closed late Monday afternoon and is expected to open again on Wednesday. All classes were cancelled and faculty and staff were told not to come […]

Winter storm closes University of Denver

Due to inclement weather, the University will be closed the afternoon and evening of Jan. 31 and all day and evening on Feb. 1, 2011. Denver is under a Winter Weather Advisory until midnight tonight, and a wind chill advisory has been issued. Forecasts call for snow to taper off […]

African drum master to teach and perform at DU for Black History Month

African drum master to teach and perform at DU for Black History Month

Lamine Touré, an African sabar drum master, will teach and perform at the Lamont School of Music as part of DU’s Black History month programming. Touré, who was born into a family of percussionists in Senegal, will hold dance and drumming master classes with students Jan. 31–Feb. 4. The week […]