“Steel on Wheels” — a special series of MSNBC’s “The Dylan Ratigan Show” — is coming to DU. The show will broadcast a live online town hall meeting on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. from the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. The “Steel on Wheels” series travels through the […]
Lisa Piscopo (PhD geography ’05) is busy. The adjunct professor, sought-after public speaker and vice president of research for the Colorado Children’s Campaign spent a good part of late last year preparing an assessment of children’s well being over the past 10 years to better inform state legislators about what […]
Think you have a good story about your winter break? Phil Tedeschi sure does. Tedeschi, a clinical associate professor in the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work, spent two weeks in December in east Africa as part of a class he teaches called Social Work in Kenya: Context, […]
The University of Denver will host a panel discussion about issues surrounding gay and lesbian athletes Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Driscoll Student Center. The forum — moderated by Patrick Burke, a scout for the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers — aims to create an educational conversation between openly gay athletes and […]
A University of Denver student has received one of the first-ever Pearson Prizes for Higher Education. Felipe Vieyra, a junior political science and international studies major from Morelia, Mexico, was one of 10 recipients chosen for the $10,000 fellowship, which recognizes undergraduate students who are active in community service. Vieyra […]
Denver’s neediest people have been faced with finding ways to survive in the cold amidst some of the coldest temperatures of the winter this past week. Many rely on the help of the Denver Rescue Mission. For the fourth year in a row, the DU community will help the Denver […]
The University College Enrichment Program at DU has partnered with Bridges to the Future to present a series of lectures and classes that focus on the 2010–11 Bridge theme, 9/11: Ten Years After. The program will explore the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, how the United States responded and how the event […]
As new moms, Sunny Heydorn (JD ’02) and Jayme (Ship) Ritchie (JD ’04, LLM ’04) found out firsthand just how expensive baby gear — strollers, cribs, car seats — really is. And they realized just how quickly kids grow out of things, often leaving perfectly good items behind. So, inspired […]
To Sterling Nelson, classical music doesn’t mean Beethoven and Bach — it means Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Fats Waller. And as founder and music director of the Evergreen Jazz Festival, Nelson (BSBA ’56, MBA ’71) has made it his mission to share the uniquely American art form with as […]
For years, Janet Lee (MA library science ’78) had two separate interests: libraries (her profession) and Ethiopia (her Peace Corps past). When she discovered how to combine her expertise in library science and her passion for Ethiopia, Lee found her ultimate role as a powerful advocate for Ethiopia Reads, a […]
It’s been described by President Barack Obama as a way to meet a “core ethical and moral obligation” and couched as a matter of social justice among advocacy groups who believe access to quality health care is a basic human right. But morals and ethics aside, is health care reform […]
A one-year, nationwide journey changed Dafna Michaelson’s life. Now she’s trying to change the world.
University of Denver General Counsel Paul Chan, the new president of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA), makes it sound as if leading 17,777 lawyers isn’t such a difficult task. That’s 17,777 people who argue for a living. But Chan (BA English ’81) — who took the reins of the CBA […]
Students at the Daniels College of Business are learning new lessons about responsible lending and impoverished communities thanks to the school’s Deutsche Bank Microfinance Class, which recently was cited in a Forbes.com article on the 10 most innovative business school classes in the U.S. Students in the Daniels class work […]
A new Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site at DU is designed to transform the memory of the millions in Europe murdered by the Nazis more than 65 years ago into acts of social justice. “Remembering the Holocaust should not simply be a passive act,” says Sarah Pessin, director of DU’s […]