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DU Celebrates First Snow

Campus Life and Inclusive Excellence hosts the annual DU First Snow. Students, faculty and staff mark the occasion with hot chocolate and donuts, all while staying warm next to a fire pit on Driscoll Green.

Catching Shadows

The DU archives are home to a rare set of photographs by Edward Curtis, the 19th-century artist and ethnographer known as the “Shadow Catcher.” Native Americans gave him the moniker after he photographed them.

Improving Rural Education

The Marsico Institute provides resources and practices to improve early childhood education in rural areas through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Science.

Hacking Homelessness

Dozens of DU students spent the evening at the Homeless Hackathon, an event intended to develop technological, social, political and/or legal solutions that help meet the needs of Denver's homeless population.

Building Peaceful Schools

Several DU students are working at a Denver elementary school as part of the nationwide Peaceful Schools program, helping schoolchildren build positive social skills that counteract bullying behaviors. 

Helping Refugees & Rights

The Collaborative Refugee and Rights Information Center (CRRIC) connects refugees, service providers and University personnel to essential information about an array of community- and academic-based resources.

Transportation Leadership

The U.S. Department of Transportation selected DU to be home to research and outreach that explores solutions to transportation challenges related to population growth, increased shipping and the movement of people.

Celebrating Commencement

From dinners and barbecues to award ceremonies and dances, Commencement is a time of celebration around DU, with more than 3,000 graduate and undergraduate students and their families joining in the festivities.

Faculty & Staff Honored

Our 2016 Annual Faculty and Staff Awards Luncheon honored nine individuals from our faculty and staff for accomplishments ranging from overseeing our Civil Rights Clinic to innovation in religious education.

Cuisine & Community

Alumni Ben Jacobs and Matt Jones are working to address the severe lack of restaurants serving Native American food by fostering community, understanding and cultural exchange through their restaurant Tocabe.

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