Spring 2022 Stories
FEATURES
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Democracy at Risk
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Across the disciplines, DU experts see troubling signs for the American way of government.
Democracy: 1a: government by the people;...
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Buried in Plastic
An escalating problem calls for collaboration and creative solutions.
At GFL Environmental in Denver, paper, plastic, aluminum and miscellaneous...
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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...
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Golden Voices, Crimson Hearts
DU alumni are the heart and soul of the Colorado Avalanche broadcast team.
The puck glides down the boards,...
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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
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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...
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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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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
From the Chancellor
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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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.
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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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
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...
Digital Exclusive
Brewer and philanthropist
Betsy Lay (BA ’04)
Betsy Lay remembers her first craft beer.
She thought it was disgusting.
News
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Digital Exclusive
Brewer and philanthropist
Betsy Lay (BA ’04)
Betsy Lay remembers her first craft beer.
She thought it was disgusting.
Class Notes
Class Notes Spring 2022
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Eleanor Herz Swent (MA ’47) has published her first book, “One Shot for Gold: Developing a Modern Mine...
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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...
