Category: Sturm College of Law

Katie Calhoun
DU Introduces Groundbreaking Classes to Combat Eco-Distress, Climate Anxiety CopySeeking Solutions to Homelessness Leads GSSW Grad on Unstoppable Path
18 April 2024
Sitting at her desk in the Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW), Katie Calhoun reflects on her time in Denver. The soon-to-be PhD graduate has spent four years working with GSSW’s Center on ...
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DU Introduces Groundbreaking Classes to Combat Eco-Distress, Climate Anxiety
18 April 2024
More and more, college students are worrying about the future of the planet, and it’s having serious effects on their mental health. That’s according to University of Denver Graduate School of ...
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Supporting Native American Culture by Giving to DU
8 April 2024
Dan (BSBA '63, JD '72) and Beth Whittemore have long demonstrated their commitment to Native American culture both through their work with the community and through their philanthropy. When they lived ...
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What Do Animals Think and Feel? A Generous Gift to Establish DU’s Institute for Animal Sentience and Protection May Provide Answers
5 April 2024
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 ...
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DU and The VF Foundation Launch New Outdoor Leadership Industry Program
5 April 2024
Where will future leaders of the outdoor industry come from? Thanks to a $3 million grant from The VF Foundation, the answer is DU’s Leadership in Outdoor Recreation Industry (LORI) ...
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John Montaña and life partner Dr. Michelle Behr
Redefining Pay it Forward
28 February 2024
How an extraordinary act of faculty support led to an extraordinary gift.  The likelihood of John Montaña attending college and achieving a noteworthy professional career seemed highly improbable. Hailing from the tough ...
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Exterior of Ricketson Law Building at the University of Denver. Blooming flowers in the foreground.
Private Property and the Public Good
10 March 2020
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 ...
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