Spring 2022 Stories

FEATURES

Democracy at Risk

Across the disciplines, DU experts see troubling signs for the American way of government. Democracy: 1a: government by the people;...

Buried in Plastic

An escalating problem calls for collaboration and creative solutions. At GFL Environmental in Denver, paper, plastic, aluminum and miscellaneous...

Triumph on Ice

The men’s hockey team captures its 9th national championship. There’s a beautiful full-circle view from Cloud Nine. And the...

Golden Voices, Crimson Hearts

DU alumni are the heart and soul of the Colorado Avalanche broadcast team. The puck glides down the boards,...

Behind the scenes at the Kit Kat Klub

Whether it’s “Oklahoma” or “The Lion King,” staging a musical requires a full cast of experts: designers, musical and stage directors, choreographers,...

DEPARTMENTS

A DU study finds that justice eludes millions of Americans

A blindfolded woman wields a sword in one hand and dangles a set of scales in the other, in statuary symbolizing justice...

Via a residency at Denver Botanic Gardens, DU artists make horticultural connections

Laleh Mehran and Chris Coleman are partners in life and art. They’re professors in DU’s Emergent Digital Practices program, a groundbreaking fusion...

A writing and research class puts words to work in a local classroom

A writing and research class puts words to work in a local classroom For years, Heather Martin and...

Whether skiing for Team USA or the Pioneers, Katie Hensien dreams big

Shooting hoops in the gym, every kid dreams of hitting a game-winning three-point basket just as the buzzer sounds. On the baseball...

NEWS

It’s time to recommit to civil discourse and free speech

We’re living, learning and teaching in a time when our relationship with discourse and debate is increasingly fraught. Everywhere, including in higher...

Psychology meets the stage on DU faculty podcast

Kateri McRae couldn’t believe it. Every concept she scribbled into her notebook felt like a word-for-word translation of the...

STAT Conference: Lessons learned from COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic holds plenty of lessons for scientists, policymakers, educators and the medical community. Many of those lessons were examined at...

The view from a watch party: Fans go wild as DU hockey wins big

Watching the April 7 NCAA Division I hockey semifinal was tense. In a packed living room a few blocks...

Holocaust survivor Trudy Strauss draws on life experiences for her art

After decades of struggles, hard work and loss, Denver ceramicist and Holocaust survivor Trudy Strauss celebrated her 107th birthday on March 25.

Professor’s portrait captures the resilience of a Holocaust survivor

Fourteen years after meeting ceramicist Trudy Strauss, artist and professor Deborah Howard’s new portrait of the Holocaust survivor is on display in...

A writing and research class puts words to work in a local classroom

A writing and research class puts words to work in a local classroom For years, Heather Martin and...

Denver 101: The Mile High City bears his name, but James Denver didn’t care much for the place

Editor’s Note: How well do you know the Mile High City? Denver 101, a University of Denver Magazine online feature, introduces you...

Whether skiing for Team USA or the Pioneers, Katie Hensien dreams big

Shooting hoops in the gym, every kid dreams of hitting a game-winning three-point basket just as the buzzer sounds. On the baseball...

Brewer and philanthropist

Betsy Lay (BA ’04) Betsy Lay remembers her first craft beer. She thought it was disgusting.

At the Denver Democracy Summit, panelists confronted democracy’s dilemmas

On Feb. 10-11, more than 30 of the world’s most thought-provoking politicians, policymakers, journalists, academics and environmentalists participated in the second annual...

DU bestows three Founders Medals at March celebration

John Evans signed the charter for the Colorado Seminary in 1864 At its annual Founders Day event in...

Conference examines COVID-19’s lasting toll 

At the University of Denver’s second annual STAT Conference, the coronavirus pandemic was put under the microscope.  The virtual...

Generous gift funds programming at the Kennedy Mountain Campus

Two longtime friends of the University, Andy (BSBA ’70) and Barbara Taylor, have donated $20 million for programming and operations at DU’s...

New Immigration Center opens at DU

Lisa Martinez and Rebecca Galemba

Study shows that DU’s MotherWise program strengthens relationships 

Nearly 500 local women a year spend six weeks in a MotherWise program created in 2015 by the University of Denver and...

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

Brewer and philanthropist

Betsy Lay (BA ’04) Betsy Lay remembers her first craft beer. She thought it was disgusting.

Class Notes Spring 2022

1947 Eleanor Herz Swent (MA ’47) has published her first book, “One Shot for Gold: Developing a Modern Mine...

DU alumnus writes to help people heal

Howard Bronson (BA ’75) Once a shy kid trying to find his way, alumnus Howard Bronson is now an...