Mental health awareness entered the forefront of public discourse when Simone Biles withdrew from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team finals during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The conversation topic was long overdue. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.,...
Researching pressing issues and passion projects is prized at most universities, with faculty and graduate students working to answer the crucial questions of our time. But for undergraduate students, questioning is sometimes out of the, well, question. Not so at DU,...
While it’s long been believed that CEOs are apolitical when it comes to firm lobbying and such actions are driven by professional needs rather than personal biases, new research from the University of Denver reveals that is no longer the case. The study, which is...
If you step back from the vast majority of your consumption choices and activities, you’ll discover that many were either prompted by a future ambition or a desire to revisit a slice of your history. For example, many electronic vehicle owners are motivated by their...
You could say John Holcomb has been here since before the beginning—the beginning of the Department of Business Ethics & Legal Studies (BELS), which he recently chaired. He arrived at the University of Denver a good 10 years before the department formed. It was...
Editor’s Note: Associate Professor of Marketing Melissa Akaka wrote the following blog as a follow-up to her Arts Marketing Coffee Chat, “Research & Data: What Do You Need?,” where she shared how arts organizations can identify what kinds of data they can use to...
Engineering assignments may not be easy, but in Maxwell Smith’s experience, they typically have been clear-cut. Last year, for example, he was tasked with designing a robot that can ferry a container of food from one location to the next. This year, some of his...
During the Super Bowl LIV broadcast in early 2020, Facebook ran a slick commercial promoting its Groups functionality. Earlier this year, the company restarted the campaign, highlighting unique communities such as DeafHoops, Dance Accepts Everyone and Drag Queen...
Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Denver’s campus shuttle service, which launched in 2019, was gaining momentum, safely carting DU students, staff and faculty to locations across campus and beyond. Then, in early 2020, when the virus...
