There’s no place like home — especially one that plays to a par of 72. The University of Denver announced today that the Highlands Ranch Golf Club will be the official home course for Pioneers golf teams. DU men and women golfers will practice and play at Highlands Ranch beginning […]
Ann Moore never wore a pair of cowboy boots, never owned spurs, never roped a calf. An English teacher at Cherry Creek High School, she taught a course called Reading and Studying for Success, and didn’t blame her students when their eyes glazed over. “It was an awful title,” Moore […]
When Jeff Bi (MA ’90), the CEO of a highly successful packaging company, spoke at TEDxDU on May 13, one person in the crowd was particularly proud: Jack Newkirk, a University of Denver donor and former chemical engineering professor. Turns out, Bi would likely not have been on that stage […]
Ruth Purkaple did not conform. She came of age possessed of a discerning mind and a wanderlust generations before the modern liberation movement loosened the shackles on most women’s dreams. But rather than heeding the barriers of the day, she followed her heart and now, at the age of 100, […]
One by one, more than 500 students took their final steps as University of Denver students Aug. 12 and completed their educational journey during summer Commencement. Undergraduate and graduate students marked the end of DU’s 147th academic year under clear skies and sunshine on Graduation Green. The students watched the […]
Update: Singers for Faust have changed. To find out more, visit the DU Today story. The Lamont School of Music kicks off its inaugural fall opera not with a bang, but with a low rumble as famed bass Hao Jiang Tian (MA ’87) returns to DU to perform in select […]
More than 500 University of Denver graduates and undergraduates are expected to accept their diplomas Aug. 12 at summer Commencement. The annual event begins at 8:30 a.m. on the Graduation Green on the south side of DU’s Margery Reed Building. This year’s celebration will be the first to take place […]
David Zimmerman graduated from DU with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in June 2011 and he’s wasted no time in putting what he learned to use. The surfer and snowboarder created his own urban streetwear clothing line — Giuce — and has used his marketing training to build buzz around […]
LoAn Vo surveyed the scene of endless golf tournaments and saw no need for another. She wanted to help local charities and couldn’t bear to build one more high-dollar get-together on the greens. “My friends and I play tennis and, in the tennis community, there’s not a lot of events,” […]
DU’s Recent Graduate Committee is on a mission to give back to University of Denver students. The group — which consists of alumni who’ve graduated in the past 10 years and is sponsored by DU’s Office of Alumni Relations — founded the Young Alumni Endowed Scholarship to provide financial assistance […]
For singer Nathan Bird, becoming part of the Massif Trio — and performing with two guitars instead of a piano — took some getting used to. “A lot of singers don’t get this kind of ensemble experience. When you’re performing with a piano, it’s just you and this envelope of […]
“I remember asking my dad for money, and he said, ‘If you want it, go make it.’” Mike Hills’ quintessential adolescent appeal and his father’s classic reply were a springboard for the budding small-business owner. He started out as “the kid who went around and knocked on doors” to drum […]
Not long after artist Morehshin Allahyari (MA ’09) came to the United States from Iran in 2007 for her master’s degree in digital studies at the University of Denver, she says she became “uncomfortable and shocked” by people’s perception of Iran. “[It’s] more than donkeys in villages, women in hijab, […]
Six of the nation’s top NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey programs have become founding members of the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference, which will begin competition for the 2013–14 season, the programs’ athletic directors and head coaches announced today at historic Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colo. The […]
University of Denver (DU) Carillonneur Carol Jickling Lens will host five summer concerts at 7 p.m. June 22, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3 and Aug. 17.