Evans Award winner Doug Scrivner has forged strong DU connections

Growing up in Madison, Wis., Doug Scrivner didn’t have to go far to find playmates. Thanks to his parents’ sense  read more...

Alumni video goes viral

DU has its own viral video star: In 2008, Marlow Cowan (MSW ’49) and his wife, Fran, gave an impromptu  read more...

Donor Marcia Gallagher proud to give back to alma mater

When Marcia (Moritz) Gallagher (BA ’73) received an offer for a full academic scholarship to the University of Denver, she  read more...

Letter from the Chancellor

Chef Boiardi pays tribute to family legacy in new cookbook

You won’t find recipes for Beefaroni or canned lasagna in Anna Boiardi’s new cookbook, Delicious Memories (Stewart, Tabori & Chang,  read more...

Mark Condon adds a green touch to Red Rocks Country Club

Mark Condon is focused on making putting greens even greener. Condon (MA ’84) is the general manager of Red Rocks  read more...

Alumna and former Miss America Rebecca Dreman battling cancer with help of her family

Rebecca (King) Dreman (JD ’77) is a former Miss Colorado who was named Miss America in 1974. But today she’s  read more...

Alum’s iTriage app lets your phone do the diagnosing

Fred Ricles was running errands last spring when the vision in one of his eyes became blurry. “It looked like  read more...

Lifelong learning sessions come to alumni around the country

DU alumni, prospective students and parents around the country now can engage in academic discussions with DU professors without setting  read more...

Author’s sci-fi thriller draws on his real-life experiences

Explosives, world travel and wars. Marc Meyers’ personal and professional adventures in these areas inspired his science fiction thriller Chechnya  read more...

Erik Myhren challenges the status quo on behalf of underserved kids

In the late 1990s, Erik Myhren (MA ’03) was a television advertising sales representative—a job he found thoroughly dissatisfying. “One  read more...

Longtime staffer Cathy Grieve recognized for her commitment to DU

Cathy Grieve is a University of Denver alumna (MA ’75, PhD ’79), parent of three DU graduates, a faculty member  read more...

Daphne Preuss using science background to help solve energy problem

Most people think of sorghum, if they think of it at all, as feed for cattle and chickens. Geneticist Daphne  read more...

Network Solutions founder Emmit McHenry creates networks at alma mater, too

Emmit McHenry (BA ’66) received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Denver as an undergraduate in the 1960s.  read more...

Leslie Howard helps needy students reach their greatest potential

Leslie Howard is a tangible, personal embodiment of the University of Denver’s vision of contributing to the greater good of  read more...

Essay: ‘The burial’

We march up the little hill to the old country cemetery by twos, by fours, with platters of fried chicken  read more...

MLK’s ’67 campus visit sparked riot at DU

Martin Luther King Jr. visited the DU campus twice, first in 1964 and later in 1967. In 1964 he spoke  read more...

Interview: Joanne Kron of ProgressNow Colorado

Joanne Kron (BA ’03, MA ’03) recently was named executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, a 200,000-member progressive political advocacy organization.  read more...

Dynamic duo takes cycling club to a higher gear

The University of Denver’s Club Cycling program has always been a speedy group, but in 2011 it slipped into a  read more...

Andy and Barbara Taylor give $5 million to foster diversity at Daniels

University of Denver alumni Andy and Barbara Taylor have given $5 million to DU’s Daniels College of Business. The gift—which  read more...

Junior excels in classroom as well as on soccer field

Many students struggle to maintain good grades, but Katy Van Lieshout makes it look like a breeze. The 20-year-old women’s  read more...

Men’s basketball in the ESPN2 spotlight

It seemed fitting that the University of Denver campus was covered in more than a foot of snow when the  read more...