DU has developed an app for Android devices. The app is now available through the Android Market. The app is free and allows access to DU’s online directory, DU Today news updates and links to athletics department and campus programs, including TEDxDU. “We have received many positive comments from the […]
Noted public intellectual Noam Chomsky will speak about U.S. foreign policy at 7 p.m. April 21 at DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. Chomsky, a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a talk entitled “Dilemmas in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The event is free. Register online for tickets, […]
Today is the day ice cream lovers have waited for all year — the annual free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. From noon–8 p.m., people can line up for a free ice cream cone at Ben & Jerry’s locations around the world — including the one at Evans Avenue […]
DU will host the 55th annual Pioneer Hockey Awards Evening on April 22 at the Cable Center. Fans are invited to attend as the Pioneers celebrate their 2010–11 hockey season. A reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and silent auction begins at 6 p.m. and the awards program with dessert begins […]
Aspiring professional photographers need to hit the ground running, photographer and alumnus Aaron Huey told a class of young shutterbugs on April 5. “When you get out of here there are no minor leagues. You’re in direct competition with me and every other photographer you’ve ever heard of,” said Huey […]
Student sit-in April 1968 On April 30, 1968, DU students gathered in the Office of the Registrar to demand the inclusion of several controversial amendments, known as the “Student Bill of Rights,” to the AUSA constitution. Days earlier, Chancellor Maurice Mitchell had warned students against such measures, saying “this […]
Steve Schweitzer’s new book, A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, (Pixachrome Publishing 2010) is more than a how-to for fly-fishing — the book also is designed as a destination guide. The book covers everything a visiting fly-fisher needs to plan a trip in Rocky Mountain National Park, […]
Freshman Jorie Hall claimed a share of the balance beam title and joined junior Brianna Springer to qualify for the NCAA national championships at the 2011 NCAA North Central Regional Championships at DU’s Magness Arena on April 2. Hall tied with Bekah Gher from Boise State University on the balance […]
Registration for DU’s second TEDxDU event will open April 5. TEDxDU features more than 15 speakers in a fast-paced afternoon of ideas, inspiration, and performance themed around the idea of radical collaboration. Speakers include former Ambassador Christopher Hill, TED speaker and animal welfare activist Temple Grandin, collaborative musician John Common […]
Audrey Horning, an archaeology professor, or “reader” as they’re known across the pond, at England’s University of Leicester, will give two talks April 4–5. Horning — the Western Cultural Resource Management Inc. Distinguished Scholar in Historical Archaeology and Marsico Visiting Scholar — will give her first talk at noon on […]
More than a dozen years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) was established, one of its leaders sees signs of hope in a world that continues to need an international body to review atrocities and crimes against humanity. William Pace (BA history ’68) accepted the Ved Nanda Center for International […]
“Inclusive Excellence in Practice” will be the theme of DU’s 10th annual Diversity Summit on May 6. The day-long event will be open to the DU campus and the greater Denver community. Online registration begins on April 1. The summit will feature successful diversity and inclusion practices from community and […]
The University of Denver is offering three ways to watch TEDxDU. This year, participants can attend the live TEDxDU program or the TEDxDU Active watch party on campus. Participants also can watch a live stream of the event online at www.tedxdu.com. TEDxDU Active — the live simulcast — will be […]
Looking for tips on effective resumé design? Talk to Brad Klausen. The DU art grad was working for a design firm in Los Angeles when a newsletter from the Pearl Jam fan club caught his eye. Inspired by what he saw, Klausen (BFA graphic communication design ’98) designed a Pearl […]
DU’s Center for Judaic Studies is working with the Iliff School of Theology and the Religious Advisory Council to host a day of interfaith bridge-building as the first official activity associated with the Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site. “Voices in Dialogue” will feature Muslim, American Indian, Jewish and Christian religious […]