Do you have SOLE power? DU does, now that the Bridge Community Garden is up and running. SOLE—an acronym used to denote food that is sustainable, organic, local and ethical—aptly describes the fruits and veggies grown in the garden, located across from Centennial Halls at 1819 S. High St. Members […]

Ever-expanding costs are pricing college out of the reach of many. At DU, administrators are working to change that equation.

DU has created a skiing dynasty. On March 14 the Pioneers ski team won its 20th NCAA national championship — more than any other Division I ski team and the fifth-highest number of championships won by any collegiate team in any sport. The championship was the team’s first winning meet […]

While most aspiring filmmakers tend to consider themselves movie buffs, Joe Brown, a first year graduate student studying filmmaking, says he’s never been well versed in pop culture. “I never even saw Home Alone,” jokes Brown, who studied philosophy and history as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado. Then […]

Through a program in the Four Corners, DU’s Graduate School of Social Work is educating social workers about the region’s unique needs.

Senior marketing/finance major Monica Kumar is a rarity among twenty-somethings: she knows the person she is. While many her age struggle with identity, Kumar grasped a foothold years ago. “She’s more pragmatic than ideological,” says Jo Calhoun, associate provost of Student Life. Kumar is Hindu and a first-generation American. Her […]

It’s been said that all politics is local. Turns out, some science is politics. Chemistry and biochemistry Professor Lawrence Berliner introduced 15 freshmen students to the world where lobbying politicians and government officials in the halls of the legislature and on Capitol Hill can be as important as research done […]

EMBA could stand for Executives Making Bold Achievements. That’s exactly what two students in DU’s Daniels College of Business Executive MBA (EMBA) program are doing: boldly sharing their business acumen with women in India who desperately need the help. The story starts in 1996 when Katie Kramer visited India and […]

Successful recording producers are part producer, part composer and part musician. The most notable: Beatles recording producer Sir George Martin. A pianist and composer, he was one of few recording producers at the time with a background in music. It’s been said that the Beatles owed much of their success […]

Something’s going on under the water in the pool at the El Pomar Natatorium. Above the water, it all looks rather fun—competitive, yes—but definitely fun. Beneath the surface, though, is a lot of kicking, scratching, holding, poking and even pulling on swimsuits. Above the water a whistle pierces the humid […]

The University’s artistic history is getting more colorful. Art conservators, working one square inch at a time, are painstakingly revealing the bold strokes, bright hues and playful images of an important John Thompson mural that eight decades ago dazzled patrons of the Little Theatre in Margery Reed Hall, and then […]

With the slap of leather, an umpire barking out balls and strikes, and the thunk of an aluminum bat, the sounds of baseball have returned to the University of Denver. The varsity program disappeared in 1997. But in 2008, baseball made a comeback at DU as a club sport. But […]

Students at the University of Denver, the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain region, have the opportunity to study at a place with a bit more history — the oldest university in Europe. Founded in 1088, Italy’s University of Bologna hosts a faculty-led DU study-abroad program each spring and fall […]

Sophomore finance major Rob Gleeson had just presented a market analysis of projected revenue for a fictional company to his Introduction to Marketing class. At the end, a classmate stood up and, having clearly enjoyed the presentation, announced, “Bro. You should do comedy.” Unbeknownst to him, “bro” already did. “It […]

Chris Aasted was one of those children who could be counted on to take things apart, just to see how they work. At 24, he’s turned to putting things together, to see if they work. As a graduate student at DU, Aasted is working closely with Rahmat Shoureshi, dean of […]