Summer 2021 Stories

FEATURES

Cookbooks are selling like hotcakes

For generations, cookbooks have been a staple in every kitchen, yet with the influx of online recipes, many had been relegated to...

10 steps to crafting a family cookbook

From tater-tot casserole to picadillo, food forges special memories for everyone. In fact, thoughts tied to taste equate to some of life’s strongest associations, and...

A healthy helping of cultural insights

In the mood for Italian? Chinese? Something from the grill? Or maybe a salad? What about something battered in Budweiser?  In the...

Commencement flashback

Caps. Gowns. Tassels. And, of course, exuberant smiles. Year after year, class after class, the University of Denver takes time to honor...

Come pitfalls or pandemics, the show goes on

Across the DU campus and throughout the 2020–21 academic year, students, faculty and staff in every discipline were severely tested by the coronavirus pandemic. Certainly that was true at the Lamont...

DEPARTMENTS

An emphasis on learning languages supports cultural understanding

Alexis Hermosura was at the threshold of a tech industry career when she did an about-face.  With a bachelor’s degree in computer science, and with minors in Japanese and...

Next stop for Denver’s public transit: recovery

As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the City and County of Denver in spring 2020, the Regional Transportation District’s buses and trains dutifully kept running. The only problem: There...

DU’S Equity in STEM program cultivates potential

From their first weeks on campus until their last, Sydney Young (BS ’21), Esabella Irby (BS ’21) and Margarita Soltero Gutierrez (BS ’21) found plenty of academic support from the University of...

DU’s Colorado Resilience Collaborative aims to thwart violent extremism

After the attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security warned that the United States faces a growing domestic threat from violent extremists. That’s in...

NEWS

A new generation challenges the status quo

From coast to coast and border to border, college students have long worked to catalyze change—whether on campus, in their communities or...

A court-tested coach brings program-building expertise to DU

The University of Denver has named Jeff Wulbrun as head coach of the Pioneers men’s basketball team. Wulbrun is the 33rd head coach in the program’s history. 

Distinguished Denverites celebrated at Alumni Weekend

Each year, the University of Denver recognizes outstanding alumni with an award created to salute remarkable professional achievement and high-impact contributions to...

DU doubles up on Commencement ceremonies for the Classes of 2020 and 2021

For 125 years, precedent has held that the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law honor one graduating class at its Commencement...

No matter how you measure it, cookbooks have a lot to teach us

I learned to cook by observation and practice, without the aid of written instructions or measurements. As the oldest child in a household with...

Gymnast claims a page in DU history books

University of Denver gymnast Lynnzee Brown knows a thing or two—or 10—about perfect scores.   On March 20, the senior first-generation college student...

An endowed scholarship honors departing education dean

In honor of Karen Riley upon her departure as dean of the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education, Donne and Sue Fisher have...

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

Class Notes: Summer 2021

1962 John Manesis (BA ’62) has published a collection of cat poems, “Tails & Tales.” 1970

Global citizen: Strategic visionary Caitlin Scott (MA ’11)

Caitlin Scott knows the inner workings of Friendship Bridge, starting from the ground up. That’s because over the past 20 years, she has held many positions...

Global connector: Technology champion Alex Gasson (BSBA ’18)

The coronavirus pandemic left countless people around the world without employment, but for DU alumnus and former Pioneer tennis luminary Alex Gasson, it introduced an uncannily solid job title.  

Colorado loses an inspirational legal leader

Gregory Kellam Scott (HDR ’98), the first and only Black justice on the Colorado Supreme Court, died March 31 at age 72. His historic legacy as an inspiration for the state’s Black...