Most people think students party, hit the slopes, escape to the beach or simply relax during spring break. But at DU, several campus departments and organizations — including the Sturm College of Law, the Orthodox Christian Fellowship and Young Life — will host “alternative” spring break programs where students can […]
While many students in the United States learn about international relations from thousands of miles away, master’s students in the Peace Corps International Program at DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies learn about the subject by immersing themselves in the field. The program incorporates Peace Corps service with a […]
Soccer practice has just ended and Erik Myhren is loading a chatty group of 9-year-old girls into his van for the two-hour drive home, with half a dozen stops spread out between northeast Denver and east Aurora. An urban elementary school teacher in the Park Hill neighborhood for the past […]
Scholars, lawyers, developers, environmentalists and elected officials descended on DU March 3–4 hoping to get a glimpse into the future of the Rocky Mountain region. The University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute hosted its 20th annual conference on land use in the West. The […]
Warm hearts are helping fight cold Colorado nights this winter season, thanks to the efforts of the University of Denver community. The DU Staff Advisory Council’s annual “Pioneers for People” coat drive collected more than 900 items that have been donated to the Denver Rescue Mission. “Thanks to the incredible […]
These are exciting times for land use planning. While that may be the first time “exciting” and “land use planning” have shared a sentence, the creators behind the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute’s 20th annual conference can make that case. As the nation emerges from financial crisis, as markets coil […]
When double amputee Neil Duncan summited Mount Kilimanjaro, he did more than conquer Africa’s highest peak. The climb marked the end of his recovery and the beginning of the rest of his life.
The family that had a hand in everything from the U.S. Senate to the Central City Opera to the Denver Broncos also had a lasting impact on DU.
A 25-year-old ski instructor from Anchorage, Alaska, seems an unlikely champion for schools in Nicaragua. But Espen Haugen (BA international studies and geography ’08) is unusually determined. He first went to Nicaragua in 2007 as part of a geography course taught by Associate Professor Matthew Taylor. Haugen knew that although […]
Mary Overington (MSW ’98) is eager to talk about why her work for Denver-based Clothes To Kids means so much to her. “When I hear stories about kids who come in [to our store] and their eyes say, ‘Wow — I get to shop and pick out what I like,’ […]
Going from running a hospice to running a restaurant may sound like an odd transition, but to Jan Bezuidenhout it makes perfect sense. Bezuidenhout (MSW ’85), founder of the Denver-based Namaste Hospice, says that no matter how connected they were with the hospice during their loved ones’ illnesses, very few […]
When Susan Jenson got her MA in art at DU in 1998, she thought she was off to a career as a college instructor, teaching undergrads the finer points of Picasso, postmodernism and perspective. But that all went out the window when she set foot in Downtown Aurora Visual Arts […]
As a PhD student at DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Ahmad Najim Dost is not studying unfamiliar territory. He lived most of his life in Pakistan as an Afghan refugee. “I grew up in developing countries, and I wanted to study about where I come from,” Dost says. […]
Those working for healthier humans around the globe are making headway in fighting communicable diseases such as AIDS, malaria and diarrheal illness. Such efforts are essential because nearly 10 million children die every year — mostly from such diseases. But more than 9 million would survive if they were born […]
The University of Denver Center for Colorado’s Economic Future finds that recent state budget shortfalls are not just a short-term problem caused by a global economic downturn. In a Feb. 25 briefing to the state Legislature in advance of a preliminary report on Colorado state finances, the center reported that […]