Following a road game at the University of Colorado on Thursday night, the University of Denver women’s basketball team welcomes the Oregon Ducks to Magness Arena on Sunday for a 1:30 p.m. MT contest with the Pac-12 contenders. This will be the second overall meeting between the Ducks and the […]
When Marcia (Moritz) Gallagher (BA psychology ’73) received an offer for a full academic scholarship to the University of Denver, she accepted — even though she had never visited campus. Because she had no parental support for her DU education, the need-based academic scholarship gave Gallagher an educational opportunity that […]
DU’s Bridge Project is hosting an Adopt-a-Family program to connect families in Denver’s public housing with resources they need this holiday season. Each year, the Adopt-a-Family program benefits one of the Bridge Project’s four public housing sites. This year, families in the South Lincoln community whose children are involved with […]
Colorado is facing a critical shortage of primary care physicians, amplified by the aging of the baby-boom generation and population growth in the state. Responding to this critical shortfall, the University of Denver on Dec. 1 announced that it will launch a study to determine the feasibility of a new […]
When the members of Denver-based rock band Opie Gone Bad started making a list of local musicians they wanted to join them on their new Opie Gone Christmas CD, they immediately thought of two Lamont School of Music faculty members: classical guitar instructor Masa Ito and jazz piano instructor Eric […]
You won’t find recipes for Beefaroni or canned lasagna in Anna Boiardi’s new cookbook, Delicious Memories (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011). Instead you’ll learn to make gourmet dishes like ravioli with ricotta and squash filling, cotechino with lentils, and baked fennel with butter and Parmesan. Boiardi (BA ’94), whose great […]
If you saw a dollar on the ground, would you pick it up? In his winning entry for the University of Denver Magazine “Communities of Change” video contest, junior international business major Joseph Zhang asks this question to explore the issue of community change through the value of a dollar. […]
Scott Larson, a 21-year-old senior international business major, is credited with saving a man’s life on June 18 near Buena Vista, Colo. That afternoon, as Larson was returning to his car after hiking Mount Antero, a man ran toward him, screaming for help. That man, Jim Denton, told Larson that […]
Following a road game at Utah State on Wednesday night, the University of Denver men’s basketball team returns to Magness Arena to take on Texas Southern at 4 p.m. on Dec. 3. This marks the first-ever meeting between the Pioneers and Eagles, who won the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season […]
Back in New York, Faimie Kingsley wasn’t happy with the academics at her local high school. So the Pioneers volleyball phenom talked her parents into letting her attend boarding school, even going so far as to fill out the financial aid applications on her own. She landed at The Hotchkiss […]
University of Denver alumni Andy and Barbara Taylor have announced a gift of $5 million, which will be added to the already-established Taylor Scholarship endowment of $1 million. The gift will provide scholarships to foster diversity among undergraduate students attending DU’s Daniels College of Business. The University has matched the […]
From opera to Africa, feminism to the Middle East, this year’s list of Humanities Institute Salons covers a wide range of topics. Each year, DU’s Humanities Institute holds eight to 12 salons beginning in October and going through spring of the following year. About 20 people meet in a private […]
Penrose library will be open extra hours for fall finals. The library will be open 24 hours a day through midnight Nov. 22. Extra study spaces will be available near Jazzman’s in the Driscoll Student Center through Nov. 23. Other study spaces are available on campus as well. Check the […]
The University of Denver men’s basketball team returns to Magness Arena after a 2-0 start to the 2011–12 season. The Pioneers will take on Southern Mississippi at 7 p.m. Nov. 17. Denver is 2-0 against the Golden Eagles, last beating them during the 2005–06 Top of the World Classic in […]
DU’s Lamont Chorale, men’s choir, and women’s chorus will take their audience on a journey through time in a concert Nov. 16 with choral literature from the 16th to the 21st centuries. “Each remarkable ensemble will feature a unique flavor for your musical palate,” says James Ramsey, interim conductor of […]