Most-watched videos on DU’s YouTube channel 1. Skiing on Carnegie Green 2. Pioneer Passage 3. Why I Chose DU 4. Free Bike Library Launches 5. Finding DNA Markers in Forensic Testing 6. Graduate Commencement 2009 7. Centennial Residence Hall Tour 8. Archaeological Dig at Amache Internship 9. Around Campus 10. […]
Cats’ Night Out By Caroline Stutson Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2010 As she was writing her latest children’s book, Cats’ Night Out, Caroline Stutson (BA ’62) didn’t give much thought to the poor fellow who would end up illustrating the thing. “In my mind I had all these cats […]
Andrew Goetz of the geography department has been appointed to the editorial board of the UK-based journal Transport Reviews. He has also been invited to present a research lecture for the Transport Studies unit at Oxford University. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Alison Schofield was invited to have her recent monograph, […]
Tips for maintaining a healthy relationship 1. Recognize that great relationships take effort. 2. Make your relationship a priority. 3. Go out on a date once a week. 4. Learn a new hobby together. 5. Make time each day to talk as friends. 6. Compliment and thank each other. 7. […]
The Past is Never Dead By Harry MacLean (JD ’67) Basic Civitas Books, 2009 In this nonfiction legal drama, MacLean offers a detailed account of the trial of Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale, who was arrested in 2007 for assisting in the torture and murder of two black […]
Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies By Lavita Nadkarni, Jennifer Erickson Cornish, Barry Schreir, Lynett Henderson Metzger and Emil Rodolfa Wiley, 2010 Lavita Nadkarni is an associate professor in DU’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology and director of its Forensic Studies Program. The handbook provides an overview of the knowledge, […]
Early snow September 1959 Although heavy snowfall is not uncommon in Colorado, the storm that hit the DU campus on Sept. 29, 1959, was. This storm, the first to occur in the month of September in 25 years according to the 1960 Kynewisbok, not only accumulated 10 inches but […]
Philip Tedeschi, clinical director of the Graduate School of Social Work’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection, knows exactly how much animals mean to people. “We have, in this country, probably 70 million people who have dogs. There’s no health care plan that has that many people in it. We have more […]
Condi controversy I am very disturbed to learn that Condoleezza Rice will give the keynote address at the 13th annual Korbel Dinner and receive the 2010 Josef Korbel Outstanding Alumni Award [“Facing Forward, Looking Back,” summer 2010]. There are several other distinguished graduates from the Josef Korbel School of International […]
Our students have a knack for making me feel inadequate. They needn’t even try. Take sophomore real estate major and U.S. Army veteran Neil Duncan, who lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan. As I sat behind a desk this summer, rearranging commas and moving a mountain of paperwork, Neil […]
Associate professor of political science Seth Masket has been awarded the Best Conference Paper Award from the American Political Science Association’s section on Political Organizations and Parties. The paper, co-written with David Dulio of Oakland University and Richard Skinner of Rollins College, is titled “527 Committees and Political Party Network.” […]
Progressive rock albums 1. The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968) 3. Yes: Close to the Edge (1972) 4. Genesis: Foxtrot (1972) 5. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 6. Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy (1973) […]
Gall: Lakota War Chief By Robert Larson (BA ’50, MA ’53) University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 Retired history professor Robert Larson has written the first-ever scholarly biography of the Gall, a Lakota leader who fought alongside Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Drawing on six years of research, including interviews with […]
DU purchases Lamont School of Music August 1941 Although music performance and appreciation had been a cornerstone of the University’s curriculum since its inception, such cultural offerings had disappeared from course catalogues between 1912 and 1920. In 1932, the establishment of a music department helped to address this omission, […]
Basil Vendryes, an adjunct instructor of viola, chamber music in the Lamont School of Music, was invited to perform as guest Principal Viola of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra during the 2009–10 season. He acted as leader of the viola section for 5 weeks, including performances with world-renowned pianist Lang Lang […]