Religion in the Rockies conference – June 22

DU's Department of Religious Studies is hosting a free conference on religious identity and practice in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region. Scholars at various career stages, working on issues of religious, secular and spiritual identity and practice around the region, past and present, will gather for this conference. For more information about the conference and to register, click here.

Carillon summer concert series opening concert: Lisa Lonie - June 30, 7 p.m.

(June 18, 2013) Five nationally known carillonneurs – Lisa Lonie, Carol Jickling Lens, Lee Cobb, Jeff Davis and Joey Brink – will perform free summer concerts on the Williams Carillon on DU's campus. Pack your picnic dinner and join us on the Ritchie Center lawn for the first concert by Lisa Lonie, Princeton University carillonneur, on Sunday, June 30 at 7 p.m.

In addition to Princeton and St. Thomas' Church in Whitemarsh, N.J., Lisa also performs on the oldest carillon in North America (1882) located at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia.

Her Denver program, Bon Appétit, a Culinary Musical Journey, will include Ronald Barnes' "Comodamente" from Sonatine I, "Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music by Steven Sondheim and the Sherman brothers' "Selections from Mary Poppins."

Patrons attending the carillon summer concert series are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic dinner. The best listening area for the carillon is the lawn on the south end of the Ritchie Center. Limited complimentary parking is available on Buchtel Blvd. in the metered lot in front of the Ritchie Center.

Carillon summer concert series schedule (all concerts Sundays at 7 p.m.):

• June 30 – Lisa Lonie, Princeton University
• July 14 – Carol Jickling Lens, University of Denver
• July 28 – Lee Cobb, Clearwater, Florida
• Aug. 11 – Jeff Davis, University of California - Berkeley
• Aug. 25 – Joey Brink, Salt Lake City, Utah

Summer conferences and events on campus

(June 11, 2013) There are more than 50 cultural and academic conferences being held on campus this summer. The Lamont School of Music hosts its Summer Pre-College Academy June 16–30, as well as the annual Rafael Mendez Brass Institute July 14–20 and the Pan Ramajay Summer Steel Drum Festival July 21–26.

Academics are well-represented on campus over the summer as well: In addition to DU's regular summer-quarter classes, the Publishing Institute holds its annual four-week course in July; August's Pedagogy of Privilege Conference explores ways in which privilege impacts education, social justice work, helping professions and research; participants talk medieval philosophy at the Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions Conference, co-hosted by the philosophy departments at DU and Marquette University and DU's Center for Judaic Studies; and the HERS Summer Institute in July addresses issues facing women in higher education.

Elsewhere on campus, DU is also hosting Internal Drive's computer, video game design and robotics camps for kids; the STARS national conference for youth leaders; Play Week West — a chamber-music program for adults — and the SHIFT Conference, which brings together 250 new Daniels Fund Scholars before they head off to college.

Finally, for kids looking to break a sweat this summer, the University of Denver campus is home to several athletic camps and clinics — many led by DU coaches — focused on such sports as basketball, soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse and volleyball.

CUTTING-EDGE ARTISTS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT NEWMAN CENTER IN 2013–14

The 2013–14 Newman Center Presents series is a great mix of old and new — with an emphasis on the new.

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SUBMIT YOUR SPEAKER EVENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER SPEAKER SERIES WEBPAGE

(March 5, 2013) Have you visited the new Speaker Series events webpage? To submit an event, fill out the form here. To be eligible for posting on the Speaker Series page, your event must be open to the public, include a lecture, presentation, or panel discussion by experts in a particular field, and be focused around an educational/academic topic (not a purely social or networking event).