Kwan, Rice chosen to serve on presidential delegation for Olympics
President George W. Bush has chosen a seven-member delegation — including two who have ties to DU — to represent the United States at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 24,...
View ArticleAlumna works to heal wounds of war
It’s interesting that Mary Dolan-Hogrefe (MA ’96) was born in 1968 — a year fraught with civil unrest over the Vietnam War — given her current career path. “Some of my earliest memories are of hearing...
View ArticleRecycling program to launch Aug. 1
Moving rapidly, the University of Denver will be rolling out its campus-wide recycling program Aug. 1 in a massive quest to slash the University’s carbon footprint and the amount of waste DU sends off...
View ArticleLamont student hopes long days pay off
Twelve hour days are common for Laura Anderson, a second-year graduate student at the Lamont School of Music. The full-time violin and harp student also is a graduate teaching assistant, a supervisor...
View ArticleLaw school ‘boot camp’ gives future lawyers a head start
They came from around the country on their summer vacation to be worked almost to death. And the more than 30 attendees at the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)...
View ArticleLight-rail drop off needs improvement, critics say
When critics such as City Councilman Chris Nevitt call RTD’S University of Denver light-rail station “a disaster,” they usually mean problems for kiss-n-riders. Drivers who drop off passengers at the...
View ArticlePolitical science professor to be a DNC delegate
It’s been Seth Masket’s life work to study politics, but he’s never been a politician until now. The DU political science assistant professor campaigned and won one of the 70 delegate spots Colorado...
View ArticleLight rail high-rise will downsize to mid-rise
Plans for a high-rise apartment building at the University of Denver light-rail station have gone from a tall order to a short stack. The proposal for a 12-story building that just over a year ago sent...
View ArticleAlumnus stars on ‘Million Dollar Listing’ TV show
Talk about getting watched over at work. In August hundreds of thousands of people will be watchingChad Rogers (BA ’99) in his job as a Realtor to the rich and famous in Southern California. Rogers...
View ArticleHockey alums take home gold in Snoopy seniors tournament
For the first time, a team of Pioneers alumni won a gold medal at Snoopy’s Senior World Hockey Tournament in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Pioneers won the 60–64 “Marcie” division July 20 by defeating the...
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