To the existing number of campus-area bars and eateries named for DU sports traditions — the Crimson and Gold, the Pioneer, the Stadium Inn — add one more: Boone’s, named for DU’s unofficial pioneer mascot. Scheduled to open in mid-November on the northwest corner of South Downing Street and East […]
In mid-August, Penrose Library launched two new Web search interfaces: Summon@DU and Credo. Both interfaces make research easier and more efficient for students. “With Summon and Credo, students will have quick and easy access to a vast, interdisciplinary collection of scholarly books, articles and reference works,” says Carrie Forbes, instruction […]
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren will visit with students and deliver a presentation in the Boettcher Center auditorium from 3:30–5 p.m. Sept. 26 as part of the agency’s traveling “Destination: Station” program. Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class. He recently graduated […]
On March 11, 2011, the world watched as an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami on the northeastern coast of the country. Masakazu Ito watched in disbelief. “The devastation, the overpowering force of the water … I just knew I wanted to do my part to […]
Last year, DU’s women’ soccer team plowed its way through the Sun Belt Conference regular season, sweeping all 11 conference opponents en route to the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. DU won its first two tournament games to earn a spot against Middle Tennessee for the conference title […]
Right Click > Find Date, a short film about online dating made by graduate students in a Department of Media, Film and Journalism studies documentary class, took home the prize for best student film at the Estes Park Film Festival on Sept. 18. “We really enjoyed this one; it really […]
Eva Hakansson’s need for speed is of world record proportions. Hakansson rocketed “KillaJoule” — a 19-foot, 1,200-pound electric streamliner motorcycle — to the first world record for that class of motorcycle at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Aug. 30. The DU grad […]
Being a member of DU a cappella group the Idiosingcrasies was sophomore Katie Turley’s ticket to appearing on season three of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” but not in the way she expected. While the DU ensemble was recording its debut CD with local music producer Tony Huerta, Huerta asked Turley if […]
DU’s Center for Judaic Studies and Holocaust Awareness Institute will host a ceremony to mark the completion of the first phase of the Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site. The event, which is free, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the site, which is located at the base […]
With 16 flavors of frozen yogurt and a topping bar featuring more than 50 options — everything from cereal and crushed-up candy bars to slivered almonds and fresh blueberries — the month-old Nova Yogurt Co. at 2058 S. University Blvd. already is a haven for the sweet-toothed. But with the […]
Incoming students and new DU employees are encouraged to register for the University’s Emergency Notification System (ENS). The automated system sends DU students, faculty and staff time-sensitive emergency messages via email, voicemail and text message. The system also alerts students, faculty and staff of weather closures. Participants can provide multiple […]
Two years ago, not long after the DU women’s golf team had flirted with a national championship before finishing fifth at the NCAAs, head coach Sammie Chergo was appropriately jazzed about progress of the Pioneers’ program. Chergo took over in 1997 before DU officially had a team and literally built […]
DU names co-captains for the first time since 2005-06.
You’re It!, the latest musical collaboration between Lamont School of Music faculty members Al Hood and Dave Hanson, is a DU project through and through. The 11-track big-band-jazz CD also features the talents of Lamont instructors Ken Walker (bass) and Tom Ball (trombone); it was funded by a grant from DU’s […]
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