Not long after artist Morehshin Allahyari (MA ’09) came to the United States from Iran in 2007 for her master’s degree in digital studies at the University of Denver, she says she became “uncomfortable and shocked” by people’s perception of Iran. “[It’s] more than donkeys in villages, women in hijab, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dan Linseman is at war. His enemy unleashes nearly unthinkable horror on its victims. Imagine slowly losing control of your muscles. Eventually you need a cane just to walk from your living room to your kitchen. Then, a few months later, you’re wheelchair bound. Within a few weeks, you can’t […]
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 […]
Parking has gotten a lot easier in the past year for visitors at the University of Denver, but convenience comes at a price. On July 1, the rates for metered visitor spots rose to $1.50 an hour, from $1.25. And those all-day scratch permits departments purchase for visitors will go […]
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 […]
Professor Jeff Jenson of DU’s Graduate School of Social of Work (GSWW) has been named a fellow at the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Jenson, the Philip D. & Eleanor G. Winn Professor for Children and Youth at Risk, also serves as GSSW’s associate dean for research. Jenson […]
One current and three incoming DU hockey players were selected on day two of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, held at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The four DU players were drafted in the second, third, fourth and seventh rounds of the draft. Incoming freshman Scott Mayfield of […]
Some musical theater students at DU wait until after they graduate to look for their big break. Junior Faith Goins may have already found hers. Goins, 20, was cast as a chorus member and as one of the Dynamites — the trio of female singers who narrate the show — […]
Paul Lannon may have graduated from DU, but his heart is still on campus. Specifically it’s with the Idiosingcrasies, the a cappella group Lannon led during his last three years at DU. “I am so sad. Honestly, it’s been my favorite thing at school for the past four years,” says […]
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 […]
A new study from DU’s Center for Marital and Family Studies finds that for active-duty male soldiers in the Army who are happily married, communicating frequently with one’s spouse during deployment may protect against the development of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A DU research team studied information from 193 […]
The Denver band Kinetix, a group of DU student musicians-turned-celebrities, have been selected for inclusion in the TEDx Global Music Project. The video of the group’s performance at TEDxDU 2011 in May appears on the Global Music Project’s website, a compilation of the best musical performances from more than 1,700 […]