Academics & Research

  • University announces gifts to fund new engineering building and STEM initiative

    The largest financial gift in University of Denver history will go toward the construction of a new campus home for  read more…

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  • Interview: Sarah Bexell on the giant panda

    Conservationist Sarah Bexell serves as scholar-in-residence at the Graduate School of Social Work’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection. She also is  read more…

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  • Expert Alison Schofield to speak about Dead Sea Scrolls research

    Alison Schofield, associate professor of religious studies, is an expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient religious manuscripts originating in  read more…

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  • Biology team works to help those with genetic diseases

    At the University of Denver’s Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI), founded in 1961 to conduct pioneering biomedical and genetic research, undergraduate  read more…

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  • Women’s Bean Project founder shares life lessons at Masters Program

    Josepha “Jossy” Eyre, founder of the Women’s Bean Project, came to campus April 23 to talk to students about her  read more…

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Latest Academics & Research News

Students collaborate on international research effort

March 13, 2013 — Two University of Denver students have combined their talents and academic interests to develop a research project that has allowed  read more...

Law school climbs to No. 64 in U.S. News & World Report rankings

March 12, 2013 — The University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law (Denver Law) has again jumped in the rankings as U.S. News &  read more...

Law professors file amicus brief in Supreme Court same-sex marriage case

March 1, 2013 — Two faculty members from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law are authors of an amicus brief to be  read more...

Center for Middle East Studies looks to enhance understanding

February 19, 2013 — Turmoil in Syria. Elections in Egypt. A Twitter revolution in Iran. So much news; so little context. That’s the dilemma  read more...

Faculty member’s new book helps parents navigate the digital age

January 14, 2013 — In 2002, when Lynn Schofield Clark began the research that led to her new book on raising children in a  read more...

Undergraduate students work to design permanent prosthesis

January 11, 2013 — Senior engineering majors Patrick Parkinson, James Hills and Kathryn Van Lieshout are working on a potentially life-changing design for amputees.  read more...

$1.3 million gift creates new opportunities in arts, humanities and social sciences

January 3, 2013 — The late Robert Clemens (BA ’81) bestowed $1.3 million of his estate to liberal arts academics at the University of  read more...

Alumni gifts endow experiential-learning chair at Sturm College of Law

December 12, 2012 — Talking about reinventing the way law is taught is one thing. Doing it is another. The University of Denver Sturm  read more...

Geography students travel to Guatemala to collect tree-ring data in the wild

December 10, 2012 — The things a tree can tell you can change the fate of a civilization. That’s why since 2007, Associate Professor  read more...

Law school’s Civil Rights Clinic scores victory for prisoner in solitary

December 6, 2012 — The Civil Rights Clinic at the Sturm College of Law emerged victorious Aug. 24 in a battle it had been  read more...