Fall 2020 Stories
FEATURES
Feature
Focused on the Future
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On any given day of the week, Jeremy Haefner, the University of Denver’s 19th chancellor, finds that every nanosecond is double booked.
Feature
A Radical Style of Collaboration
If you ask someone what it takes to be a leader, they might tell you it takes natural drive or the ambition...
DEPARTMENTS
Academics
Law students serve Native Americans and their families through Tribal Wills Project
On Native American reservations across the country, wills and the lawyers who help make them are typically regarded with distrust and sometimes...
Research
A 2016 election postmortem
“Stunning” is the word Seth Masket uses to describe Nov. 8, 2016.
As he watched news reports announce Donald...
Athletics
Denver sports fans have a new team to cheer
For the first time in more than two decades, the University of Denver is adding a new intercollegiate varsity sport. Denver is...
Arts
Pioneering in Place: a virtual festival of DU talent
Cellist Alisha Bauer (BSBA, BM ’03) has played with Madonna, Stevie Nicks and Kanye West. She’s entertained audiences at The Tonight Show,...
Campus
#DUYourPart
When DU students arrived on campus for fall quarter, they found an institution ready to challenge their brains and keep them healthy...
Books
New titles offer food for thought and entertaining distractions
A coming-of-age tale explores the need to escape
With “Burn Fortune” (Clash Books, 2019),...
NEWS
News
Fresh faces bring diverse experiences to leadership positions
At the start of any school year, the students get all the attention—and with good reason. But this fall, the University of...
News
DU bids farewell to a beloved leader
With the July 17, 2020, death of Joy Burns at age 92, the University of Denver lost one of the most dynamic...
News
Conscientious voters get an assist from DU students
In any given election year, voters often need help getting to know the candidates and the propositions and amendments populating their ballots.
News
DU soars in college rankings
With the September release of U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, the University of Denver posted double-digit gains over last...
From the Executive Editor
Expanding perspectives through community conversations
I’m delighted to welcome you to our fall magazine. As we enter another season with the coronavirus pandemic, we attest that this...
ALUMNI CONNECTIONS
Class Notes
Class Notes: Fall 2020
1966 and 1968
Albert White
Albert White (BSBA ’68), who has extensive experience advising some...
Profile
The Music Makers: Jazz Artist Rudy Royston
At least twice a year, the packages would arrive on a doorstep in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood. Rudy Royston, just an elementary...
Profile
The Music Makers: Song Spinner Lilly Hiatt
When you’re the daughter of a highly regarded, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, a career in music can seem like destiny. College might be an...
Profile
Persistent Scholar Harold Franklin
In the 1960s and ’70s, Harold Franklin (MA ’76) struggled to find his place in the world of academia. All that changed...
