Philanthropy may not be the typical use for an MBA, but for Leslie Howard (MBA ’03), it’s working out just fine. She regularly taps what she learned from the degree to run the Gary and Leslie Howard Family Foundation, an organization she and her husband, now both retired from the […]
Robin Gabriels (PsyD ’97) loves children and challenges. So it makes sense that she embarked on a career path that combines both. In 1985 Gabriels founded and directed a children’s art therapy program at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, where she worked for 12 years. But after beginning her […]
Dean Boosalis (BSBA ’68) says he was shocked to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Arc Thrift Stores of Colorado—especially because the award has only been given one other time in the last 40 years. “I am graciously blown away with it,” he says. Boosalis, who works full time […]
Whether it means walking across three lanes of traffic to save an enormous dog named Leonard or helping build steel barriers to protect prairie dogs from a highway, for Sharon Greenleaf La Pierre (PhD education ’87), “driving on by” is not an option when she sees one of nature’s creatures […]
Daniel Sise (BSBA ’74) is a man on two missions. The first finds him spreading the word about organ and tissue donation for the Donor Alliance. The second finds him listening to the birds sing through his open window and vowing — every morning — to live each day as […]
At an age when most retirees are slowing down, Carolyn (Brown) Hackstaff (BA history ’50) is leading young naturalists through wild bear territory and pitching a tent just feet away from wild grizzlies — at the Denver Museum for Nature and Science, that is. Hackstaff, 79, is the museum’s longest-serving […]
When asked what led him to double major in biochemistry and molecular biology, Will Carspecken laughs. “The glamour and the girls … Just kidding!” Then, he thoughtfully describes the kind of doctor and researcher he wants to be. Carspecken eschews the “wait-and-see” approach to medicine. “I want to be the […]
One might not expect a 6-foot, 4-inch, 220-pound rugby player to spend hours in a lab developing cutting-edge genetic detection techniques. But senior molecular biology major and self-described computer geek Colin Erdman is no ordinary jock. Erdman has developed a computer program that could revolutionize forensic investigation. His program, which […]
Growing up in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, an area scattered with rivers and lakes, Curt Shneider witnessed the environmental damage caused by pollution. That insight inspired him to prepare for a career in the environmental field, and beginning with his sophomore year, he came to DU to do […]
The fact that almost one in three Hispanic female high school students considers suicide motivated Lydia Prado (PhD psychology ’94) to create a suicide prevention program named Voz y Corazon — Spanish for voice and heart. in the current climate of negative stereotypes and low expectations of academic achievement,” Prado […]
In northern Ghanaian villages, women tend bees and make ceramic pots, generating products for the microbusinesses they established with the help of DU’s Ziblim Abukari.
Nicholas Pohlit, BS ’49, took on a fight against pollution during a time when few around him understood its toll on human health and the environment. By taking advantage of opportunities and working hard, he earned a “plum job” as executive director of the National Environmental Health Association. Pohlit, who […]
DU’s Cathy Potter is investigating the best ways to treat Colorado’s youth offenders.
On Oct. 8, 2003, DU law student Berry White received devastating news: His vivacious 21-year-old sister had been killed in what was thought to be a drug-related crime. Her case is still waiting to be heard by a grand jury. After White got over the initial shock, he made the […]
Your husband dies of AIDS. You probably are infected, too. Alone, you will need to provide for your four children, but work isn’t available. You already live in poverty, and now you’ve been stripped of all property, including your tiny home made of sheet metal, plywood and other refuse. This […]