Without taking definitive action, Colorado in 12 years will generate only enough sales, income and other general-purpose tax revenue to pay for the three largest programs in the general fund: public schools, health care and prisons, according to a new report by the University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic […]
Western Union — the company that can send money to virtually any country — has plenty of reasons to partner with a United Nations agency that helps people without a country. But the company’s chairman has an even bigger reason. The University of Denver’s Ved Nanda Center for International and […]
In one of his first major U.S. trips since his re-appointment as United Nations secretary-general in June, Ban Ki-moon told an audience of about 700 at the 14th annual Korbel Dinner that a revolution in thinking and in action is needed in sustainable development and “now is the time to […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be the keynote speaker at the 14th annual Korbel Dinner on Aug. 24 at the Hyatt Regency Denver. The Josef Korbel School of International Studies is honoring him with the University of Denver’s Global Advancement Award. As the eighth secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon has sought […]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
The University of Denver and the Denver Astronomical Society will host a “Vesta Fiesta” at the University’s historic Chamberlin Observatory. The event celebrates the beginning of the NASA Dawn mission’s year-long visit to the protoplanet Vesta. The Dawn spacecraft left Earth on Sept. 27, 2007, and will reach Vesta this month […]
When Christopher Alexander was diagnosed with diabetes in April, he was “really freaked out about it.” But when the shock of the diagnosis wore off, he decided to do something to help himself — and others. The Penrose Library assistant will ride his bike 31 miles around Boulder County in […]
When you parked your car on campus today, did you think about how far you’d have to walk later, or whether your car was under a light? If you answered, “Yes,” you’re probably a woman. “What toll does it take having to think about [the possibility of sexual assault] every […]
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 […]
Video filmed in one five-hour period during the TEDxDU event at the University of Denver
Touring in support of his forthcoming sixth solo album, Seeds We Sow, Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham will perform at DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts on Sept. 14. Tickets — $39.50–$95 — go on sale July 11 at www.newmantix.com. “This might be the best work I’ve […]
Local rocker John Common’s new video features some unlikely stars: DU students, staff, faculty, and Denver community members. Common and his band, Blinding Flashes of Light, filmed the video for “In My Neighborhood” at TEDxDU May 13. Shot over the course of the afternoon, the music video features shots of […]