Video filmed in one five-hour period during the TEDxDU event at the University of Denver

Iliff School of Theology Trustee Emeritus Alberta Iliff Shattuck passed away June 9, 2011, at the age of 101. Born in Trinidad, Colo., in 1909, Alberta Iliff was the granddaughter of John Wesley Iliff Sr., Colorado’s first cattle king and the man for whom DU’s neighboring IIiff School of Theology […]

Helpful tip: Oil is better than water. At the beginning of the year, DU alumna Annie Kinkel had been living in Cairo, Egypt, for about four months. A Fulbright scholar, she came to the country for extensive archival research for her PhD in history from Rutgers University. She didn’t envision […]

The University of Denver continued its dominance among NCAA Division I non-football schools by earning its fourth consecutive Learfield Sports I-AAA Directors’ Cup. The Pioneers sent nine teams as well as individuals from three sports programs to NCAA postseason competition to finish with 384.5 points. DU outdistanced No. 78 UC-Irvine […]

For a while there, Rob Jordan had a pretty cushy lifestyle. He was living in Bellingham, Wash., where he worked for an outdoor equipment company selling ankle weights for SCUBA shops. “I was 27 years old, had a house, two cars … and I was bored,” he recalls. Now, he’s […]

John Bazley, a highly decorated professor in DU’s School of Accountancy and executive MBA program, passed away on June 3. Bazley received many accolades throughout his 35-year career at DU, including the Distinguished Teaching Award, the Vernon Loomis Award for Excellence in Advising, the Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence, the […]

Choosing whether to cheer for the hockey team at the University of Denver or the University of North Dakota is not the only thing that former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has been juggling since he retired from the Senate. “I have been torn for decades between the two teams […]

 For many people, the sound of a carillon is a bellwether for the holiday season. But at DU, the Williams Carillon will chime throughout the summer during the second annual Summer Carillon Recital Series.   University Carillonneur Carol Jickling Lens started the series in 2010.   “DU has one […]

Katie Crouse was born to bake pizza. “I was born and raised on the pizza goodness,” says Crouse, whose father was the second franchisee of Black Jack Pizza in Colorado back in 1984. Crouse started helping him when she was just 13 years old, working the front counter in a […]

If you were to meet Jason Barton at a party and ask what he did for a living, he’d probably tell you: “I’m a garbage man.” An odd occupation, you might think, for someone with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from DU, a master’s in English from the University of […]

William Zaranka’s career at the University of Denver spanned six decades. The young man who first came to Colorado and DU as a creative writing student in 1969 has since served as professor, program chair, dean and provost. In 2003, he returned to his faculty position in DU’s English department […]

Nancy Cochran will join DU as director of the Lamont School of Music starting Aug. 1, 2011. Cochran, professor at Southern Methodist University’s Meadow School of the Arts and former director of its division of music, currently serves as the SMU’s director of chamber music and coordinator of applied studies […]

It’s one of life’s ironies: Those who are able to tell the most riveting stories of personal experience are often also the most reluctant to tell them. For that reason, alum Patrick “P.J.” Glavey (BS finance ’07) talks about losing his legs in a dispassionate, just-the-facts manner. The 26-year-old could […]

At an average DU event, a 21-year-old college student would blend right in with the crowd. But at DU’s annual Emeritus Tea — where attendees include alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, emeritus faculty members and retired staff — junior Henry Miketa stood out. Although the alumni from […]

As family and friends looked on, and buoyed by the life lessons imparted by Commencement speaker John Morgridge, 962 University of Denver students received their undergraduate degrees at a June 4 ceremony held at DU’s Magness Arena. Morgridge, chairman emeritus of Cisco Systems, also received an honorary doctorate in education […]