Professor Frank Ascione has discovered a disturbing link between domestic violence and animal abuse.

Alumna Kristin Waters is floating reform ideas in Denver’s roughest schools.

A $17.5 million gift, among the largest in the University’s history, will be used in part to establish a center at DU for the study of aging. Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service pioneer Ferdinand “Fritz” Knoebel, announced the gift in May. It includes the B Bar K Ranch—a 996-acre […]

Electric vehicles are more than a hobby for engineering grad student Eva Hakansson.

Philip Tedeschi, clinical director of the Graduate School of Social Work’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection, knows exactly how much animals mean to people. “We have, in this country, probably 70 million people who have dogs. There’s no health care plan that has that many people in it. We have more […]

Celeste Callahan has a lengthy list of accolades and accomplishments that would impress most anyone. Such a list, however, likely wouldn’t capture Callahan’s winsome personality: her welcoming manner, the energy she brings to a conversation, and her habit of peppering her monologues with knowing bon mots. That list is her […]

If you’re not going to finish that hamburger, there are some plants across campus that might want a taste. Last fall, two University of Denver dining halls took recycling a step beyond paper and plastic. At students’ urging, campus food service provider Sodexo moved into “food recycling” of a sort. […]

The University of Denver’s Strategic Issues Program (SIP) began its fifth major study Aug. 12, aiming to understand the role of state governments in the 21st century and develop recommendations for governance. From what panelists heard from the program’s first speakers, Colorado — in its current incarnation — just might […]

The University of Denver’s Strategic Issues Program (SIP) has assembled a panel of 21 experts in industry, advocacy, government and academia to develop recommendations for state government operations in the 21st century, Program Director Jim Griesemer announced Aug. 11. During a news conference at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver, […]

When Walt Burns arrived in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the oil spill response in May, he was tasked with establishing security and communication for several thousand people coming in and out of St. Bernard Parish’s command base in the middle of the Mississippi River bayou — a […]

Not only is Linda Olson talking the talk, she’s walking the walk.  Olson directs the University of Denver’s Pioneer Leadership Program, which is dedicated to developing leadership in the University’s most talented undergraduate students and encouraging them to work to improve communities around the world. But Olson recently took on […]

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 […]

No one told University of Denver first-year business students Nichole Parker and Jake Sager they couldn’t go toe-to-toe with experienced business professionals in a business plan competition in 2009. So they entered and walked away with $2,000 in prize money for their plan to help coffee farmers in Tanzania. No […]

Julie Markham, a recent University of Denver graduate, was honored as a member of the USA Today 2010 All-USA College Academic first team.  Markham was featured prominently in the June 9 issue of the newspaper. This marks the sixth year DU students have been named to one of the USA […]

Five DU alumni and a current student have found their niche at Water For People, a Denver-based nonprofit that supports the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and hygiene education programs in developing countries.  And the world needs their help. The organization, which maintains staff in Honduras, […]