The University of Denver men’s ice hockey team faces off against the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers at 7:37 p.m. Jan. 6 at Magness Arena in the final nonconference series before the Pioneers start seven straight weekends of WCHA action. Chargers’ head coach Chris Luongo played at Michigan State from 1985–89 while Denver […]
Early on the morning of Sept. 8, which happened to be his 82nd birthday, Herman Motz collapsed in the bathroom of his Denver home. He was unconscious when the paramedics arrived. They detected no pulse or blood pressure and thought he had suffered a heart attack. Motz was taken to […]
Ten University of Denver students spent Dec. 4–11 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast working with Habitat for Humanity to rehabilitate homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The sorority and fraternity members painted, landscaped and cleared debris, and they were able to meet with many residents of the homes they were working […]
For most students at the University of Denver, the holidays signal the end of the quarter and a much needed break from school. For the DU alpine and Nordic ski teams though, it means it’s time to kick into gear. Both teams stay in Colorado for most of the break, […]
Robert Stencel holds the William Herschel Womble Astronomy Professorship at the University of Denver and is director of DU’s Chamberlin and Mt. Evans observatories. His research focuses on stellar evolution and infrared instrumentation. He notes that important astronomical events for Denver and the region in 2012 include an annual eclipse […]
It’s a brisk October day in 1955. Three young men in University of Denver football uniforms stand on a sideline, their coach hovering nearby. One of the players, a tall, buzz-cut lineman wearing No. 78 and a wide grin, holds the game ball. That moment almost six decades ago — […]
From announcing that the University will host the first presidential debate of 2012 to the Pioneers lacrosse team making its first Final Four appearance, it was a year of big news at the University of Denver. As voted on by the staff of the University Communications department, here are the […]
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), […]
Kevin Lynch gave up a car, but not wheels. Lynch, a lecturer at DU’s Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic, doesn’t have a car. Instead, he commutes the six miles each way to and from work on a Denver B-cycle, those ubiquitous red bikes that users check out and […]
Mark Condon is focused on making putting greens even greener. Condon (MA ’84) is the general manager of Red Rocks Country Club, a private golf club located in Morrison, Colo., near the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. During Condon’s tenure, the club has incorporated many innovations in sustainability. “It is a […]
Following a road game at the University of Colorado on Thursday night, the University of Denver women’s basketball team welcomes the Oregon Ducks to Magness Arena on Sunday for a 1:30 p.m. MT contest with the Pac-12 contenders. This will be the second overall meeting between the Ducks and the […]
When Marcia (Moritz) Gallagher (BA psychology ’73) received an offer for a full academic scholarship to the University of Denver, she accepted — even though she had never visited campus. Because she had no parental support for her DU education, the need-based academic scholarship gave Gallagher an educational opportunity that […]
When the members of Denver-based rock band Opie Gone Bad started making a list of local musicians they wanted to join them on their new Opie Gone Christmas CD, they immediately thought of two Lamont School of Music faculty members: classical guitar instructor Masa Ito and jazz piano instructor Eric […]
You won’t find recipes for Beefaroni or canned lasagna in Anna Boiardi’s new cookbook, Delicious Memories (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011). Instead you’ll learn to make gourmet dishes like ravioli with ricotta and squash filling, cotechino with lentils, and baked fennel with butter and Parmesan. Boiardi (BA ’94), whose great […]
For half a century, the Peace Corps has provided DU alumni and students with a life-changing chance to serve.