Countdown to Commencement: Accounting major’s internship turns into full-time...
Senior Rodney Castillo is set up for success after his graduation in June. The accounting major has landed a job with Ernst & Young, a large accounting firm he has been interning with for the past...
View ArticleDU alumnae share spotlight in ballet exhibit
A new exhibit at the Anderson Academic Commons — “Rising Stars: Denver Civic Ballet and Ballet Guild” — chronicles the compelling story of the Mile High City’s first professional ballet company. The...
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Biology professor named one of 10 Boettcher Investigators
Schuyler van Engelenburg is the first University of Denver researcher to receive a Boettcher Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award. University of Denver Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences...
View ArticleDU introduces IMPACT 2025, a new strategic plan
The University of Denver has a bold vision for higher education. We see sweeping changes that will have an enormous impact on our students, our community and our world. We will innovate around our...
View ArticleSummer events on campus: music, theater and more
Though there will be fewer students on campus and fewer classes in session this summer, the University of Denver will present a number of events open to students, staff, faculty and the general public....
View ArticleDU crowdfunding effort leads to additional summer internship grant
Incoming junior Darby Pappas was studying for finals at the Anderson Academic Commons when she saw a missed call and voice mail from a campus extension. On the other end, career advisor Rebecca Damas...
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Startup from Daniels grads now 84th fastest-growing private company in the U.S.
Brian Stern and Webb Lawrence are the founders of LED Supply Co. Courtesy photo As fraternity brothers and students at the Daniels College of Business, LED Supply Co. founders Brian Stern (BSBA ’07)...
View ArticleDU again named top NCAA Division I non-football school
The University of Denver has again claimed the top spot among NCAA Division I non-football schools, earning its eighth Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup over the last nine years. The National Association...
View ArticleAs roommates in the ’70s, four alums forged a friendship that has lasted a...
It all began on 942 Pontiac St. near Lowry Air Force Base, an address etched in the brains of the four DU alums who lived together during the 1970-71 school year. Mike Burg and Bruce Nathanson had...
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Library science student serves Denver’s literary community with bookmobile
Anna Kongs and Mavis. Courtesy photo Anna Kongs, a first-year library and information science graduate student at the Morgridge College of Education, has transformed an old ambulance into “Mavis the...
View ArticleProfessor examines human behavior through visual perception
Human perception is keen. We can appraise an individual in the blink of an eye and discern details about a group or a crowd at a glance. Our visual perception often guides our behavior, whether we know...
View ArticleExchange program gives Korbel students better understanding of Japan
In March, 23 graduate and undergraduate students from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies had the opportunity to visit Japan as participants in the Kakehashi Project. Sponsored by Japan’s...
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Alumna Jenna Bainbridge returns to campus in Phamaly production of ‘Evita’
Alumna Jenna Bainbridge plays the title in Phamaly’s production of “Evita.” Photo: Michael Ensminger It’s been two years since Jenna Bainbridge (BA ’14) graduated from DU and ventured into the world to...
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Professor draws on literature, gender and performance studies for classes...
Tayana Hardin’s spring 2015 advanced seminar was designed on the premise that human bodies acquire meanings that vary across time and context. Few English professors weave dance and other performance...
View ArticleSocial sciences background enhances alumna’s career in geophysics
Tiffany Tchakirides (MA ’02) digs deeply into her work. Literally, and digitally. She works as an exploration and geophysics workflow advisor at Shell, one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies....
View ArticleEmergent Digital Practices student uses art to explore her MS diagnosis
In April 2009, Denver native Sarah Richter’s world was turned upside down. After experiencing bouts of severe vertigo, triple vision and fatigue for months, Richter was finally diagnosed with multiple...
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Q&A with DU Athletics Director Peg Bradley-Doppes on the Pioneers’ ongoing...
“Most people do not know, nor do they care, who the athletics director is,” says Peg Bradley-Doppes. “All that matters is that I do my job.” Photo: Wayne Armstrong The success of University of Denver...
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Students and faculty find innovative ways to combat homelessness
A worker from Peak Thrift, a thrift store founded by EMBA students from the Daniels College of Business. Photo: Wayne Armstrong Every morning — winter, spring, summer and fall — scores of people wake...
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Art and tech intersect in DU’s Emergent Digital Practices program
Mobile Projection DU brings the EDP ethos to campus. Photo: Wayne Armstrong He has become a familiar sight around campus — a lanky guy in sunglasses and cap who waits until dark, rides his giant...
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Pioneer Rodney Billups returns to campus as men’s basketball coach
“It means the world to me to be back here and have this opportunity,” says Rodney Billups. “There’s nothing I want to do the rest of my life except coach.” Photo: David Tejada Rodney Billups never...
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