DU is marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with several events, websites and videos. To participate, attend any of the events or visit DU’s 9/11 website. Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies; Condoleezza Rice, (BA ’74, PhD ’81) former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor; and Jacaranda Palmateer, a DU student at […]
On Sept. 4, the University of Denver welcomed 1,250 first-year and 215 transfer students. They all participated in Discoveries orientation, which is designed to introduce incoming students to the University’s resources and community standards. Student sessions included undergraduate requirements, major and minor requirements, academic and campus resources, laptop configuration and […]
“Hero lifts vehicle, saves man from drowning.” It’s a headline suitable for the Daily Planet in a Superman comic, but for Scott Larson, it’s no fictitious tale. Larson is credited with saving a man’s life on June 18 near Buena Vista, Colo. That afternoon, the 21-year-old DU senior finished hiking […]
As students enter college for the first time or return for another year, many will be tempted to open credit card accounts — and many of them will accumulate huge debts before they graduate. Joe Paretta — a life coach and self-described former debt sufferer — wants people to avoid […]
Online teaching isn’t new. But, it’s conventionally been targeted toward nontraditional students or used when a professor couldn’t be in the classroom. DU’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has a different approach. Through a pilot program, they’re helping professors set up online courses for traditional undergraduate courses. The idea […]
DU skier Lindsey Cone was featured on the CBS Evening News’ August 31 broadcast. Cone, a native of Killington, Vt., talked about her efforts to get back to DU in time for fall quarter in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Vermont has experienced significant flooding and damage resulting from the hurricane, which moved […]
Raised in one of Denver’s poorest neighborhoods and incarcerated at 16, Jose Guerrero was going nowhere fast. Slam poetry helped the DU student turn his life around.
On Sept. 11, 2001, DU lost three of its own in the deadliest terrorist attack ever on American soil: Kathryn (LaBorie) Yancey-Salazar (attd. ’77) was a flight attendant on United Flight 175, which hit the south tower of the World Trade Center; Robert Ploger III (BA ’65) and Mari-Rae Sopper […]
A paralyzed woman walked across the stage, a pair of poets rapped about making their voices heard, and four masked men created a world of sound on an enormous marimba. As emcee Hilary Blair said, “It’s a very TEDxDU kind of day.” Scientists, inventors, spiritual leaders, students and teachers dazzled […]
A portrait series explores the otherworldly talent of Lamont School of Music students.
Without taking definitive action, Colorado in 12 years will generate only enough sales, income and other general-purpose tax revenue to pay for the three largest programs in the general fund: public schools, health care and prisons, according to a new report by the University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic […]
Sari Havis, a DU lecturer of Hebrew, doesn’t want her students to just learn Hebrew — she wants them to experience the language. It’s the reason she makes sure her students interact with Hebrew and the Israeli culture in memorable ways outside the classroom. During winter quarter, Havis took her […]
Kellan Christensen is not so vain or so enamored with presenting an athletic “tough-guy” façade that he cannot admit how scared he was at times over the past few years. Whenever Christensen is charging down the field, leading the offensive attack for the DU men’s soccer team, he does so […]
With recommendations and input from a faculty committee, DU administrators have decided that 50 percent of Penrose Library’s book collection will return to the library once the Academic Commons project is complete. The DU Board of Trustees Building and Grounds Committee approved the move after listening to the recommendation of […]
Performances by Lamont School of Music students Niki Robins, Gergana Argirova, Valane Adam Lusk and Alaina Oltrogge