Unveiling Marks the Centennial of the establishment of Modern China and Honors Sie’s father Ambassador Sié Chéou-Kang.

Deborah Avant has been named the inaugural holder of the SIÉ CHÉOU-KANG Center for International Security and Diplomacy Endowed Chair at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

Helpful tip: Oil is better than water. At the beginning of the year, DU alumna Annie Kinkel had been living in Cairo, Egypt, for about four months. A Fulbright scholar, she came to the country for extensive archival research for her PhD in history from Rutgers University. She didn’t envision […]

Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt, assistant professor of History at the University of Denver (DU), examines the ethical dimensions of museum acquisitions in her new book Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage Under Vichy (Stanford University Press, 2011). In the book, Karlsgodt examines lasting preservation policies created during the Nazi occupation, as well as the effort by French curators to acquire works of art from Jewish collections for the Louvre and other museums.

For a while there, Rob Jordan had a pretty cushy lifestyle. He was living in Bellingham, Wash., where he worked for an outdoor equipment company selling ankle weights for SCUBA shops. “I was 27 years old, had a house, two cars … and I was bored,” he recalls. Now, he’s […]

Choosing whether to cheer for the hockey team at the University of Denver or the University of North Dakota is not the only thing that former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has been juggling since he retired from the Senate. “I have been torn for decades between the two teams […]

It’s one of life’s ironies: Those who are able to tell the most riveting stories of personal experience are often also the most reluctant to tell them. For that reason, alum Patrick “P.J.” Glavey (BS finance ’07) talks about losing his legs in a dispassionate, just-the-facts manner. The 26-year-old could […]

When a University of Denver professor looking for a solution found engineering students looking for a problem, the result was the definition of DUing.   Geography Associate Professor Matthew Taylor has spent 15 years working in rural Guatemala, helping the poorest inhabitants live better lives. He and his students have […]

There’s a saying in marketing that you sell the sizzle, not the steak. That works if you’re selling something that has sizzle. But when it’s your job to promote more sedate commodities like potatoes, honey and wool, the hurdles become a little bigger. Unless you’re Lori Garcia-McGehee (BBA ’95). A […]

For four decades, University of Denver chemistry professor Donald Stedman has collected, analyzed and categorized just about everything that comes out of passenger vehicle tailpipes. He’s logged tens of thousands of emissions samples from every manner of car, motorcycle and small truck as they whizzed by his ever-present emission detection […]

Members of the DU community are invited to celebrate the artistic talents of the Asian-American community at the 4th annual “eXpressions: The Next Generation” event at 7 p.m. on May 11 in Davis Auditorium. The event is intended to provide an outlet for aspiring performers to showcase their talents and […]

Students at the University of Denver Ricks Center for Gifted Children celebrated Cinco de Mayo with traditional costumes and dances on May 5, 2011. The Ricks Center enrolls approximately 250 students ranging from ages 3 years old through eighth grade. [tylr-slidr userID=”” groupID=””]http://www.flickr.com/photos/uofdenver/sets/72157626530366837/show/[/tylr-slidr]

University of Denver Assistant Professor Nader Hashemi jokes that all of four people used to hear his radio program during his stint at a college radio station in Ottawa. But today, Hashemi’s audience extends far beyond his radio days. His growing media presence includes both local news outlets as well […]

Just as hip-hop has multiple elements (up to nine, depending on whom you ask), flamenco is about more than fiery guitar playing or dramatic dance moves. The centuries-old art form is about the blend of singing, dance and guitar — components that come together live on stage during a Noche […]

Cuba is only 90 miles from the United States, but for PhD student Arturo Lopez-Levy, the journey from the communist island nation to DU was much longer. The Santa Clara, Cuba, native left his humble roots in 2001 in search of an educational experience that was more ideologically open. This […]