Bobby Deline (BA ’07) was able to put his University of Denver education to good use while making his debut feature film, “The Aviation Cocktail.” Deline, a filmmaking major with a business minor, served as producer on the film, meaning he got to combine his creative and financial sides. “I […]

Allison Grenney (BA ’10) believes in the power of girls. She also believes in the value of an education. Combining these two passions, Grenney has set out to make a positive change in the lives of young girls around the world through her socially conscious business, EduKate. Founded in November […]

In November 2011, one year and four months after their wedding, Michael (BSBA ’08) and Amy Chamberlain-Torres (BS ’09, MBA ’09) took the plunge they’d talked about for years. They quit their jobs, put their possessions in storage and set off to travel around the world. The couple — who […]

Drabness inspired Terry Meyer in late summer 2010. As a volunteer Pilates instructor in one of the women’s prisons of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, she would walk by the women’s minimum facility, where prisoners soon to be released were jabbing at trash with spiked sticks. Meyer (BA ’75), […]

James Conway (BA ’71) has worked in film and television for more than 30 years, so it’s only fitting that he set his debut novel, the mystery thriller Dead and Not So Buried, in the world of show business. Inspired by legendary mystery writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond […]

Sharon House Orlopp grew up knowing about hatred and intolerance. Her parents — who were from very different religious and socioeconomic backgrounds — faced animosity even within their own families. “Both sets of my grandparents were not happy that my parents married,” says the University of Denver alumna (BA ’81), […]

It may surprise Max Ben-Hamoo’s former classmates to learn that he recently launched a bottled-water company, given his opinions about the industry when he was an undergrad at the University of Denver. “I was strongly against bottled water,” Ben-Hamoo says. “I didn’t allow my friends to drink it because of […]

Floyd Johnston is an exception to a rule. While nearly all young Americans are now Internet users, a recent poll found that only about 4 in 10 seniors travel the electronic superhighway. But Johnston, 89, first plugged in decades before Generation Y came along, even before the birth of the […]

It’s the time of year when New Year’s resolutions start to fall by the wayside. But while the wait time for an open treadmill at the gym gets shorter, Phoenix Jackson’s commitment to exercise and healthy living is growing stronger. Jackson (BSBA ’08) is so dedicated that the busy mom, […]

Caley and Whitney Van Cleave always have been intrigued by alternative health and wellness. “Our dad talked about it a lot,” says younger sister Whitney (BA ’10). “And living in a place like Colorado, it’s hard not to drink the Kool-Aid.” So when Whitney wasn’t getting results from conventional Western […]

When Marcia (Moritz) Gallagher (BA ’73) received an offer for a full academic scholarship to the University of Denver, she accepted — even though she had never visited campus. Because Gallagher had no parental support for her DU education, the need-based academic scholarship gave her an educational opportunity that wouldn’t […]

University of Denver alumni Andy and Barbara Taylor have given $5 million to DU’s Daniels College of Business. The gift—which will be added to the already-established Taylor Scholarship endowment of $1 million—will provide scholarships to foster diversity among undergraduate students. The University has matched the new gift, bringing the total […]

Joanne Kron (BA ’03, MA ’03) recently was named executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, a 200,000-member progressive political advocacy organization. Prior, Kron worked for the Denver-based Gill Action Fund, which promotes equality for all people, regardless of sexual orientation.   Q: What do you believe Coloradans are most concerned about […]

After cutting his teeth at Denver’s Rocky Mountain News, alumnus Ed Estlow rose to the top of the Scripps media empire.

Growing up in Madison, Wis., Doug Scrivner didn’t have to go far to find playmates. Thanks to his parents’ sense of community, Scrivner’s home was always buzzing with kids from the neighborhood. “It was an ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ kind of environment,” recalls Scrivner, a DU trustee, alumnus and adjunct professor. […]