Category: Research Excellence
What Do Animals Think and Feel? A Generous Gift to Establish DU’s Institute for Animal Sentience and Protection May Provide Answers
Robert Brinkmann’s love of animals led him to pursue veterinary medicine as a retiree -- following a successful career as a Ph.D. planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab in ...
It Takes an Artist to Appreciate the Value of an Endowed Art Professorship
“In art, there are an infinite number of answers to any one question,” explains Everett Anton “Tony” Singer (BA Art ‘70), whose DU classes encompassed interior design, sculpture, painting, and ...
In Memory of John Madden, Jr.: Visionary Businessman, Collector of Art, and Philanthropist
The University of Denver celebrates the life and legacy of John Madden Jr. upon his recent passing. Madden’s generosity to the University over the years has accelerated students’ learning and ...
DU’s Allen Distinguished Investigator Conducts Breakthrough Research on Brain Function
When neurons lose their shape, impaired brain function or neurodegeneration can result.
Ann Wehman, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics at the University of Denver’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has ...
Pilot Program Expands Ethics at the Daniels College of Business
The University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business is known for academic rigor and a long commitment to teaching ethical leadership. Thanks to a generous donation from Daniels’ alumni Jack ...
LARRK Foundation Gives $1M for Perinatal to Five Mental Health
The University of Denver announced a $1 million grant from the LARRK Foundation toward establishing a faculty chair in perinatal to five mental health within the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP).
In ...
A Partnership and a Legacy
Michael Pulman, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, and Eric Lindstrom, MD, School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, wanted to make an impact on the study of ...
Private Property and the Public Good
The eighteenth-century English legal commentator William Blackstone famously declared private property to be a “sacred and inviolable” right – a precondition for personal security, individual liberty, and societal flourishing. For ...
