Summer 2019 Stories
Features
Featured
Summer reading list
Faculty members share their recommendations for titles educational and entertaining
Departments
Philanthropy
Burwells offer support for new career achievement center
A $5 million gift from the family will back an innovative design that will unite alumni, prospective employers and DU students.
Athletics
Women’s teams shine in 2018–19 season
Women’s basketball, gymnastics and women’s lacrosse all made program history in the postseason.
Research
Business prof: To truly enjoy your favorite event, leave your camera at home
"Vacations are transforming from an occasion to get away and relax to an opportunity to capture the best-looking moments on camera.”
Academics
Underground business incubator brings student entrepreneurs together
Three dozen student-led ventures share the same workspace, constructing a competitive yet collaborative environment.
Arts
Rock, jazz, dance and more on tap for Newman Center Presents 2019–20 season
Newman Center for the Performing Arts puts a spotlight on collaboration for its 2019–20 slate of performances.
Mile High Alumni
At Comal, alumnus trains immigrants and refugees to open their own food businesses
The restaurant incubator teaches everything from food-safety practices and knife skills to budgeting and marketing.
Shelf Discovery
‘Metropolitan Denver’ and other new titles from DU writers
Geography professors Andrew Goetz and Eric Boschmann take a look at Denver’s emergence as an urban success story.
News
News
Chancellor change: Provost Haefner will succeed Rebecca Chopp
The change will take place July 15.
News
John Madden Jr. commits $5 million to support faculty innovation
The Center for Innovation in the Liberal and Creative Arts will be renamed in Madden's honor.
News
DU moves to test-optional admissions process
Prospective undergraduates will no longer be required to include SAT or ACT scores with their applications.
News
$5 million donation funds new residence hall for first-year students
The Dimond Family Residential Village is part of the first phase of the Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan.
News
DU increases investment in solar power
The University will install more than 7,000 solar panels across 18 buildings.
Alumni Connections
Profile
With smart sprinkler system, Chris Klein waters a dream
Chris Klein (MBA ’08) could exhale
as he walked his dog that morning. As far as the weather was concerned, 2012
had been a nightmare to...
Profile
L’Oreal recognizes Brecca Gaffney for biomechanical research
In high school, Brecca Gaffney says, she didn’t know what an engineer was
Class Notes
Class Notes
1959
John Anderson
(BFA ’59) of Yankton, South Dakota, is an artist whose work was featured in a
January 2019 exhibit...
