Fall 2021 Stories

FEATURES

Grand Challenges, Grander Solutions

DU students, faculty and staff partner with their communities to create meaningful change

A Passionate Advocate for Outdoor Education

Jim Kennedy arrived in Colorado with a high school diploma and a penchant for adventure. His hometown of Honolulu had beaches and...

DEPARTMENTS

A treasure trove of titles offers reflection, humor and context

Essay collection reveals a seeker of self-knowledge In “Put Off My Sackcloth and Ashes:...

Tongues are wagging about a new documentary, ‘The Tale of the Dog’

Until recently, the long-gone Family Dog concert hall in Denver lived mostly—if not only—in the memories of a few oldtimers. 

DU looks to turbocharge its basketball programs

As any college athletics director will tell you, it’s impossible to understate the importance of basketball to universities and their athletics programs....

At DU’s Sturm College of Law, a new program trains a lens on animal rights

Before Justin Marceau was a professor in the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, he was...

DU students encounter the University’s 4D Experience

From their first day on the University of Denver campus through their last, today’s students stand to benefit from a comprehensive initiative...

NEWS

High praise for alumna’s new novel

The critics have bestowed bouquets of literary roses on “All’s Well” (Simon & Schuster, 2021), the most recent novel by DU alumna...

In a new collection of essays, an alumna sheds her sackcloth

After 15 years teaching in the creative writing program at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, Annie Dawid (PhD ’89) left...

Scholarship fund reflects legendary ski coach’s commitment to academic performance

Willy Schaeffler often was called “America’s most successful ski coach.” He coached the University of Denver Pioneer Ski Team to 13 NCAA...

Snowboarder sets his sights on Beijing 2022

Snowboard racer Kristian Moen shreds stereotypes. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Para Snowboard World...

Students resume study abroad

Study abroad, a hallmark of a University of Denver education, returned in fall 2021 after a year of pandemic shutdowns.

Enhanced precautions ensured the health and safety of students

With the return to campus in September, the University of Denver wasn’t taking any chances with the health and safety of its...

New advertising campaign showcases DU’s DNA

The University of Denver’s essence and personality are what sets it apart. And now a fresh campaign is shining the spotlight on...

Sayonara Samara! And thanks for your service

“Samara, who is that?” Philip Tedeschi asks his 8-year-old companion and coworker. Her whole body wagging, the smiling black...

A National Science Foundation grant supports equity efforts in STEM

Three years ago, at the invitation of biology professor Anna Sher, women leaders from the University of Denver’s College of Natural Sciences...

DU joins University Press of Colorado

The University of Denver has joined the University Press of Colorado (UPC), an alliance that now consists of 10 universities in Colorado,...

On the DU campus, fall brings a host of firsts and festivities

Although I always want summer to last longer, it doesn’t always oblige. Fall came quickly for me this year. I took some...

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

Celebrating a literary anniversary

Founded in 1966 by novelist and DU alumnus John Edward Williams (BA ’49, MA ’50), Denver Quarterly is the oldest, continuously publishing literary arts journal west of the Mississippi. The journal is...

Full honors funeral pays tribute to DU alumnus and military career surgeon

Robert Morris Hardaway III (AB ’36) was a captain and surgeon with the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor...

Diversity advocate

Thanh Nguyen (MA ’12, EdD ’21) Early pictures of Thanh Nguyen capture an infectious smile, a young girl with...

Teachers for America

James Artis (BSBA ’20) and Isaac Vargas (BA ’20) Illuminated by their computer screens, James Artis and Isaac Vargas...

Homecoming face-off

In a two-game showdown Oct. 8–9 with the Arizona State University Sun Devils, DU’s hockey squad gave fans a pair of convincing...

Class Notes: Fall 2021

1959 Harold L. Kennedy (BS ’59) has published a book, “Aging and Health for...