In a question-and-answer session held before more than 100 DU students, faculty and various local and international dignitaries, Republic of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci talked Monday about how his nation wants to play a bigger role on the world stage. Former Ambassador Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Josef Korbel […]
The Lamont School of Music is expanding its horizons with a new world music concert and lecture series. The mission of the new initiative — titled “Expanding Horizons” — is to bring greater understanding and appreciation of world cultures and performing arts to DU and the Denver community through performances, […]
Kyle Ewing is not one to take the easiest path, or the most obvious. In 2009 he flew to Tanzania to study venture capitalism with the Thousand Hills Venture Capital Fund. He was wrapping up his MBA and tacked a week onto his trip so he could climb Mount Kilimanjaro, […]
It’s been 48 years since Josef Korbel help found DU’s Graduate School of International Studies, but his legacy lives on in the global accomplishments of his daughter, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Albright comes to DU on April 13 for “A Conversation on Diplomacy” with former U.S. Ambassador Christopher […]
American pianist Jerome Rose has performed with many of the world’s most distinguished orchestras and conductors and appears on tour in three continents each year. He has recorded numerous albums, including his most recent DVD release, Jerome Rose Plays Brahms Live in Concert. Rose is professor of piano at Mannes […]
Some of the most wrenching stories about the last hours of the Titanic are accounts of the ship’s band playing as passengers scrambled for a limited number of lifeboats. The band was still playing even as the great ship sank into the Atlantic at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912. […]
Ramón Gutiérrez, historian, award-winning author, and director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, will deliver the 2012 James Kirk Lecture — sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies — at DU on April 11. The title of his lecture is […]
The Denver women’s lacrosse team concludes its home schedule with games against Stanford on Saturday and San Diego State on Monday. DU will honor seniors Laura Connors, Ashley Harman, Melissa Maier and Becca Steinberg prior to Saturday’s game. The Pioneers are 5-14 all-time against the Cardinal, which has won the […]
Editor’s note: This event is now sold out. Novelist, nonfiction writer, poet and children’s book writer Julia Alvarez is the inaugural lecturer April 17 for the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (AHSS) Distinguished Speaker Series. Alvarez, an English professor and writer-in-residence at Middlebury College in Vermont, is a prolific author […]
University of Denver women’s basketball head coach Erik Johnson has accepted the women’s basketball head coaching position at Boston College, DU Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Peg Bradley-Doppes announced today. The Pioneers will begin a national search for a new coach immediately. “We appreciate all […]
Amdom Giday has to be in the running to get the prize for traveling the farthest to attend the University of Denver. Giday traveled about 10,000 miles, which translates to 27 hours on planes through five airports in Ethiopia, Rome, Washington, D.C., Orlando and Denver. Fortunately, he got here about […]
Living proof. That’s what you could call Micah Messenheimer (MA ’10, MLIS ’10). Living proof that there is life – and work — after studying the arts in college. But even he admits the road can be rough. “I think most students who enter the arts do it out of […]
Ever wonder exactly how a book gets from DU’s offsite storage facility to the temporary Penrose Library in the Driscoll Student Center? This video will answer all your questions.
The inaugural Lamont Clarinet Festival will bring high school clarinet students from all over Colorado to the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music on April 7. “This will hopefully serve as an annual event for all clarinetists to look forward to and act as a place to learn and […]
The Newman Center Presents series at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts celebrates the venue’s 10th anniversary with a mix of old and new. The 2012–13 season, announced Sunday, features a full slate of dance, music and opera. The season kicks off Sept. 22 with Newman Center favorite Aspen […]