Two years ago, not long after the DU women’s golf team had flirted with a national championship before finishing fifth at the NCAAs, head coach Sammie Chergo was appropriately jazzed about progress of the Pioneers’ program. Chergo took over in 1997 before DU officially had a team and literally built […]
DU names co-captains for the first time since 2005-06.
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Denver and No. 22 Auburn have yet to meet in women’s soccer, but there is some history between the two squads. A year ago, Auburn and DU were among the final schools in the conversation for an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. The 11-8-2 Tigers were selected, while the […]
The University of Denver is moving on up … in the U.S.News & World Report’s annual college rankings for undergraduate education. The report for the year 2012 — released late Sept. 12 — has again ranked DU among the nation’s top 100 national universities. DU is ranked 82nd — up […]
Nearly 2,000 members of the DU community showed up to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. DU — along with the Iliff School of Theology and University Park United Methodist Church — hosted a special lunch, “Gathering at the Table in Grace and Peace.” DU Chancellor Robert Coombe explained that […]
After a year of tweaks and experimentation, Max Krieger is ready to heat things up at Zingers, the fast-casual chicken-and-chili restaurant that he and his father, Dennis Krieger, opened near the DU campus in August 2010. While Zingers is gaining attention for its ghost-chili-fueled “hottest wings in Colorado,” Krieger hopes […]
Rob Gleeson (BSBA ’10) says his finance degree comes in handy as a stand-up comic. “I can manage what little money I do make,” Gleeson cracks. The 23-year-old Gleeson, a former fixture on the Denver comedy circuit, takes his funny business seriously. He constantly emails himself jokes or bits of […]
Most of DU’s incoming first-year students are 18 years old, which means they were likely born in 1993. Sharing their birth year are a trio of kid TV actors: Angus Jones of “Two and a Half Men,” Taylor Momsen of “Gossip Girl” and Miranda Cosgrove of “iCarly.” Top movies in […]
Single game tickets for the 2011-12 Denver Pioneer hockey team go on sale Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9 a.m.
Students, faculty and staff to commemorate the 10th anniversary with campus-wide events.
Megan McDowell’s life has never been the same since Sept. 11, 2001 — it has been transformed into a life full of giving, receiving and gratitude. The tragic events of 9/11 inspired the grief counselor and mother of three to start Heartworks — a nonprofit for women to cultivate spiritual […]
DU’s Seppi Stiegler will be honored as the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame’s 2011 male collegiate skier of the year. Stiegler became the fifth Pioneer to win the NCAA giant slalom individual title in 2011, earning All-American honors. He also won two giant slalom races during the regular season […]
DU is marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with several events, websites and videos. To participate, attend any of the events or visit DU’s 9/11 website. Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies; Condoleezza Rice, (BA ’74, PhD ’81) former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor; and Jacaranda Palmateer, a DU student at […]
Nicholas Sauer (BA ’05) was elected to the board of education for District 220 in his hometown of Barrington, Ill., in 2009. The board’s youngest member, he already is well respected and shares governance responsibility for a $121 million operating budget, 14 buildings, 1,165 staff members and 9,150 students. […]