Today’s college students are no strangers to ethics scandals. They’ve grown up with headlines chock full of them. Think Enron. Lance Armstrong. Penn State. Such debacles, says Corey Ciocchetti, an associate professor of business ethics and legal studies in the Daniels College of Business, represent a serious problem that needs […]
DU’s Center for World Languages and Cultures (CWLC) has a new program for students who want to learn foreign languages not otherwise offered at DU, such as Swahili and Korean. The Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) program started winter quarter and is open to undergraduate and graduate students at DU. […]
On the surface, Gage Crispe appears to be a typical DU freshman. He graduated with honors from Green Mountain High School in Lakewood, Colo., and was captain of the football and lacrosse teams his senior year. He’s pursuing a business degree and seems bound for success. Look a little closer, […]
Many students struggle to maintain good grades, but Katy Van Lieshout makes it look like a breeze. The 20-year-old women’s soccer defender is the top student in her major’s junior class. She was DU’s Freshman Scholar-Athlete in 2009 and has earned a hat trick of appearances on the Sun Belt […]
The University of Denver’s Club Cycling program has always been a speedy group, but in 2011 it slipped into a new — and much faster — gear. One reason? Some say there are two. And the likelihood of them ever meeting was — well, unlikely. Rebecca Gross grew up in […]
Drew Babb is champing at the bit to return his life to a state of normalcy. So far, his lacrosse career at the University of Denver could best be described as one big pain in the neck. And unfortunately, it was far from a laughing matter. After defeating Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]
The University of Denver men’s ice hockey team faces off against the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers at 7:37 p.m. Jan. 6 at Magness Arena in the final nonconference series before the Pioneers start seven straight weekends of WCHA action. Chargers’ head coach Chris Luongo played at Michigan State from 1985–89 while Denver […]
Early on the morning of Sept. 8, which happened to be his 82nd birthday, Herman Motz collapsed in the bathroom of his Denver home. He was unconscious when the paramedics arrived. They detected no pulse or blood pressure and thought he had suffered a heart attack. Motz was taken to […]
A late-night food craving has turned into a business for Curt Hokanson. A 2010 graduate of the University of Denver, Hokanson launched HungryPioneers.com in September 2011 to help students and DU community members find and order food from area restaurants. The site offers a listing of area restaurants and links […]
Ten University of Denver students spent Dec. 4–11 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast working with Habitat for Humanity to rehabilitate homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The sorority and fraternity members painted, landscaped and cleared debris, and they were able to meet with many residents of the homes they were working […]
For most students at the University of Denver, the holidays signal the end of the quarter and a much needed break from school. For the DU alpine and Nordic ski teams though, it means it’s time to kick into gear. Both teams stay in Colorado for most of the break, […]
Jenna Bainbridge auditioned at schools across the country and found the best fit practically in her backyard. Bainbridge—a sophomore voice major from Castle Rock, Colo.—received a DU Provost Scholarship, a scholarship from DU’s Lamont School of Music and a private scholarship. While DU made good financial sense, the University also […]
No one would give it a second thought if Lindsay Cone decided to pack away her golf bag to spend more time honing her skills on the ski slopes. Cone, after all, has won a pair of All-America honors since joining DU’s ski program, and she has emerged as one […]
A leading global publication covering legal issues in the field of energy and natural resources law will now come with a Denver perspective. The Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, a product of the International Bar Association, has a new home at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of […]
One is a graduate student, a seasoned cyclist in her second decade of racing with experience and wisdom to pass on to younger members of the DU Cycling Club. The other is an undergraduate — a racer for just two years — now eyeing a cycling future with more hope […]