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Chopp inaugurated as DU’s 18th chancellor
Chancellor Rebecca Chopp receives the ceremonial red vest from Chancellor Emeritus Daniel Ritchie at Friday’s inauguration ceremony. Photo: Wayne Armstrong In a Sept. 18 address capping ceremonies...
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First-year students develop friendships and pursue their passions through...
Urban farming is among the many activities undertaken by the Environmental Sustainability LLC. Photo courtesy of the ELLC When Sydney Limond, a junior majoring in environmental science and mathematics,...
View ArticleLaw school faculty pioneer research on jury behavior
Long before summoned to duty, long before seated in the box, the anonymous juror figures prominently in day-to-day legal proceedings. When a suit is filed, when settlements are negotiated, when...
View ArticleDU researcher honored for work on vehicle emissions
Donald Stedman — professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry and the researcher behind pioneering technology to gauge vehicle emissions — has been honored with the Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. The...
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Faculty and students in geography department study transit-oriented development
Eric Boschmann, left, and Andrew Goetz co-authored a new study on transit-oriented development in Denver. Photo: Wayne Armstrong With four new light- and commuter-rail lines scheduled to debut in 2016,...
View ArticleAbrams to deliver University Lecture on health care during revolutionary era
When Americans want to learn about the nation’s founders — their ideals, their politics, their legacies — they can choose from thousands of book titles. But when they want to get to know the founders...
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Students pursue the green life in sustainability-focused Living & Learning...
Urban farming is among the many activities undertaken by the Environmental Sustainability LLC. Photo courtesy of the ELLC When Sydney Limond, a junior majoring in environmental science and mathematics,...
View ArticleChemistry Professor Donald Stedman dies of lung cancer
Professor Emeritus Donald Stedman — known worldwide for developing trail-blazing technology to gauge vehicle emissions — died of lung cancer in Oregon on April 16. Stedman taught in DU’s Department of...
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Fashion Bar history preserved at DU’s Beck Archives
This 1940 photo of the Fashion Bar store in Greeley, Colo., is among the papers donated to the Beck Archives. In a fast-paced, future-focused metropolis like Denver, history has a way of moseying into...
View ArticleReport reveals DU’s nearly $1 billion annual impact on Denver
All along the Front Range, the University of Denver is known for its great minds, rigorous academic programs, stunning campus and nationally competitive sports teams. But that’s just part of what DU...
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Albright challenges Class of 2016 to ‘heal, help and teach’
Madeleine Albright speaks at the June 4 undergraduate Commencement ceremony in Magness Arena. Photo: Michael Furman In a wide-ranging address covering everything from her years in Denver to her...
View ArticleNew report reveals DU’s nearly $1 billion annual impact on Denver
All along the Front Range, the University of Denver is known for its great minds, rigorous academic programs, stunning campus and nationally competitive sports teams. But that’s just part of what DU...
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Flawed power grid inspires Ugandan student to pursue degree in electrical...
Shem Kikamaze came to DU to pursue the education and know-how that would help his country address its power problems. Courtesy photo For Shem Kikamaze, the light bulb clicked on when the electricity...
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DU Archives home to a rare set of 19th-century Native American prints
The University of Denver archives are home to a rare set of photographs by Edward Curtis, the 19th-century artist and ethnographer known as the “Shadow Catcher,” a moniker he was given by the Native...
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Honors Program lets students satisfy their intellectual curiosity
Her Honors Program thesis, says senior Ashlyn Stewart, was a project that allowed her “to find my own interest and run with it.” Photo by Wayne Armstrong Knee-deep in her cross-disciplinary Honors...
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Alumna Lisa Sasaki helms Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center
Lisa Sasaki is director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian As the new director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American...
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One Book program provides community reading experience for new Pioneers
J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” is the 2017–18 selection for One Book One DU, a common reading program that asks first-year students to explore a single text and examine the many ways it is viewed by...
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Re-examining Western history with DU’s growing collection of captivity...
“These are extremely important books in American literary history,” Billy Stratton says of captivity narratives. Photo: Wayne Armstrong Whether he’s teaching a survey of American postmodernism, a...
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Cats the catalyst for cool cafe concept
Law school grad Sana Hamelin founded the Denver Cat Cafe. Photo: Danielle Lirette Three years after launching the Denver Cat Company, Sana Hamelin (JD ’12) still has all nine of her “crazy cat lady”...
View ArticleShelf Discovery: Great reading from the DU community
Whether you read for pleasure or edification — or both, whether you thumb through a hardcover or swipe through a device, you’re no doubt in the market for new titles to enjoy. The University of...
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