Busby at the El Paso Lincoln Day dinner with Sen. Scheffel. Ariana Busby is still a student, a Political Science Senior with a Law Studies minor, but when she graduates in December she already has a job lined up. It won't be just a "day-job" to pay the bills, but...
Brunner at the Tangzhe Temple in Beijing. When learning takes place outside a traditional classroom, the opportunities for students to gain real-world experiences abound—but when learning takes place outside a student's home country and culture, the possibilities for development and learning grow exponentially. Each Maymester, the Communication Department takes an...
Duran-Aydintug (left) and Hartt (right) at the 2014 Pacific Sociological Conference in Portland, Oregon soon after Tina had given her first sociological research presentation. Tina Hartt, a graduate of the BA program in Sociology and third-year student in the Sociology Master's program , agreed to share a student's perspective on...
Stacey Pendleton (left) and Kendra Black (right) Alumnae Kendra Black (MA History, 2008) and Stacey Pendleton (BA History and Psychology, 2005 and MA History, 2008) know the secret to getting kids ready to succeed in college: allow kids to discover something they are excited to study, then provide them with...
Shannon Styers teaching the Young Writers Camp last summer. The Denver Writing Project might best be described by one of its teacher-leaders: "I can have the hardest, craziest week and I can walk into any Denver Writing Project event and feel invigorated as a teacher. I've never found that with...
Tagg explaining the contents of the Hyperlab. Picture a high school parking lot early on a Saturday morning and you probably picture a deserted space, quiet after a week of bustling students. But at Gateway High School in Aurora, there are cars in the lot and signs of life coming...
Riel-Salvatore outside the Neanderthal site of Caverna delle Fate in Liguria, Italy In 1986, the Riel-Salvatore family took a trip to the Lascaux painted caves in southwestern France, and the future of Neanderthal research was impacted forever. "I was one of those really annoying people who knew what they wanted...
It all looks typical at first. Daniel Rees, Professor of Economics, hurries around an obstacle-strewn office in his biking gear, shuffling through piles of journal articles and student papers which smother his desk. This is not a particularly unusual scene around campus until one considers it is late December; the...
Laird speaking at a fall Mini School for the Humanities lecture Pamela Laird, Chair and Professor of History, highlights sharing and collaboration as the connections between her teaching and her research. From collaboration comes a certain excitement that aids in the advancement of knowledge. Excitement gives people the energy to...
Many students find the challenge of getting accepted to a graduate health program daunting: they are required to take difficult course loads while pursuing hands-on research or clinical experience outside the classroom, often while working to support themselves and families. Anthony Piccone, a practicing anesthesiologist in Denver for over twenty...
