The job of a police officer, as Tyler Herman describes it, sounds simple enough: Get people what they need. Increasingly, the detective is finding, what they need is mental health support. Last year, for example, his Parker Police Department (PPD) received 216 calls —...
Team Code Force wants to solve Colorado’s shortage of skilled computer employees by developing a computer science plan in public schools. Team Wasteless wants to reduce the plastic waste coming out of local restaurants, starting with Chipotle. And the Crazy Composters...
Conventional wisdom suggests that if a person doesn’t have a job, a place to live or know where the next meal is coming from, a smartphone and social media are afterthoughts. But research from three University of Denver professors indicates that kids struggling with...
Four Seasons Hotel Denver Executive Chef Simon Purvis will be the guest chef for the fifth annual Public Good Gala hosted by the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management Thursday, Feb. 22, at the University of Denver. The Public Good Gala is a collaboration...
Predator Protector. Lincoln Legos. Pearl Protector. Colgate Roller. These brand-new products are about to hit the market before the holidays and make record sales. Or, at least that’s how it seemed after watching Greg Wagner’s students pitch ad campaigns during their...
In February 2017, students from across the Front Range competed in the DU Analytics Challenge to help Special Olympics Colorado solve two business problems: Where are the gaps between coaches and athletes for given sports, and where should they concentrate their...
If you had told Roman Kristl a few years ago that one day he would discover a Slovakian cream that provides pain relief for everything from menstrual cramps to tennis elbow, he probably wouldn’t have believed you. But Kristl, a senior at the University of Denver’s...
Denver could offer Amazon.com Inc. at least $9.8 million in incentives if the Seattle-based e-commerce giant decided to locate its second North American headquarters in the Mile High City, according to records obtained by Denverite. Altogether the Denver Office...
Doina Chichernea, PhD joined the Reiman School of Finance as an associate professor in fall 2017. She came to Denver from the University of Toledo, Ohio, where she taught for the last nine years. Chichernea earned her doctorate in finance from the University of...
