4D Symposium
The 2026 4D Symposium is May 7-8
We are pleased to announce that the fifth annual 4D Symposium will take place on May 7 and 8 in Community Commons! The 4D Symposium is a university-wide conference that brings together students, faculty, staff, and the wider DU community to connect and engage in dialogue around research, practice, and ideas that elevate DU's 4D Experience.
This year’s symposium theme “A World of Purpose” asks, “What if purpose were the purpose of higher education?” It explores purpose as both an individual and collective endeavor, asking how students, faculty, staff, and the larger institution foster learning that moves toward meaningful impact in the world. What does it mean for us individually to design lives and careers of purpose? How do we create learning environments in which students make connections to the world, develop a sense of direction, and find their “why”? How do we as a higher education institution speak to our own purpose in the midst of seismic technological shifts and larger national sociopolitical debates?