Mollie Doerner’s interest in green issues was first stoked when, as a first-year student, she joined the University’s Environmental Sustainability Living and Learning Community (ESLLC). That meant she shared living space with other students who were passionate about sustainability and joined them in a weekly class dedicated to local and […]
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 […]
Mark Condon is focused on making putting greens even greener. Condon (MA ’84) is the general manager of Red Rocks Country Club, a private golf club located in Morrison, Colo., near the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. During Condon’s tenure, the club has incorporated many innovations in sustainability. “It is a […]
Using public transportation earned University of Denver staffer Marijke Swierstra a new method of private transportation. Swierstra, an administrative assistant in DU’s advancement office, regularly takes advantage of her DU-issued Eco Pass, which grants free access to the Denver area’s RTD system of buses and light rail. So earlier this […]
Strike up a conversation with Kari Storslett, and it takes only a few moments for several observations to become strikingly clear. First, Storslett is bright. So bright, in fact, that the explanations regarding some of her research projects from an internship last summer easily befuddle those from a non-scientific background. […]
Martha Symko-Davies (PhD ’97) had a memorable May 20. She got to meet Vice President Joe Biden and show him around the Process Development and Integration Laboratory (PDIL) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Both Biden and his boss are very interested in that work. […]
While generating clean energy from renewable sources such as wind farms and solar arrays may sound like the kind of energy solutions everyone agrees with, there’s a hitch: getting the power to the people. Wind farms and the huge arrays of solar panels that can generate significant amounts of energy […]
Johnson-McFarlane, we’re going make you a star. An Energy Star, that is. The University of Denver’s three-year overhaul and energy upgrade at Johnson-McFarlane residence hall — commonly known as J-Mac — has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification, placing the facility in the top 25 percent of college […]
Dean Dormady (MBA ’10) was a chubby kid who got picked on by his classmates. Carolyn Francis (MBA ’10) gained 60 pounds when she got pregnant with her first child. Together, they might have been voted most unlikely to get off the couch, much less start a fitness-oriented company. But […]
The University of Denver is partnering with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to bring the company’s WeCar car-sharing program to campus starting Sept. 8, offering the University of Denver community an efficient, affordable, sustainable transportation alternative. Partnering with WeCar by Enterprise caps off months of work initiated by the DU Sustainability Council, which […]
Jesus Sierra loves documentaries so much that he tries to watch a new one every day. And his passion for what he calls “horrible movies” is such that two summers ago he watched every National Lampoon movie ever made. Not just the ones you’ve heard of, like Vacation and Animal […]
The sun-baked concrete and brick picnic deck overlooking busy Evans Avenue off DU’s Driscoll University Center needed some greenery to cool things down. But staffers keen on sustainability in the Student Life office next door weren’t eager to add ornamental plants that demand water and produce little in return. For […]
In the midst of television’s popular “Shark Week” this August, it’s hard to imagine nature’s most fearsome predators are in danger. But DU’s Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic on Aug. 4 filed a federal lawsuit to protect the porbeagle shark from overfishing that has pushed the species to […]
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has given DU a Gold Award for the University’s ongoing sustainability efforts. DU is one of 13 schools nationwide to achieve gold recognition. AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Ratings System (STARS) awards points in three main areas: education and […]
Being a little warmer is cool this summer when it comes to sustainability. For the summer months, the University of Denver is again turning up the temperature dial just a bit in centrally controlled University buildings. By raising the temperatures from the usual 74-degree setting to 76 degrees, DU Energy […]