Spring 2026
Features
FEATURE
A late-season surge helped DU’s hockey team clinch its record-setting 11th national championship.
FEATURE
The Colorado Water Fellows Program at DU’s Sturm College of Law is preparing the next generation of leaders to take on the West’s growing water challenges.
FEATURE
DU is taking a major step forward in athletics and academics as nine sports programs join the West Coast Conference.
FEATURE
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday, a DU professor takes us on a visual tour of American history.
Departments
Credit: DU Special Collections
Credit: DU Special Collections
INBOX
University of Denver Magazine readers respond to stories in the Fall ’25 issue.
RELEASES
Add DU to your bookshelf! Check out these new titles by alumni and faculty, and a mention of DU in a recent college guide.
ACADEMICS
DU faculty are crossing borders to ask big questions, build partnerships, and bring a global perspective back to classrooms and the community.
PUBLIC GOOD
Sunil Kumar and his team are developing synthetic protein mimetics that may slow or halt neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, offering patients and families a glimpse of a brighter future.
ARTS & CULTURE
Lamont’s signature opera production showcases teamwork, skill, and the magic that happens when preparation meets performance.
GIVING BACK
At the annual Founders Celebration in March, DU honored supporters whose decades-long commitments have advanced the University in profound ways.
Forever Crimson & Gold
ALUMNI STORIES
After serving around the world as a Marine, Sam Hickey (BA ’20, MS ’21) is building connection and community for veterans at DU and beyond.
ALUMNI STORIES
DU engineering alumnus Ryan Patterson helped create the world’s largest autonomous delivery network, using drones to drop medical supplies to remote places that need them the most.