Emily Spencer is as grateful to DU as the University is to Emily Spencer. “I don’t have the words to express my gratitude,” Spencer said of the faculty members—and especially Shelly Smith-Acuña, dean of DU’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP)—who...
As politics and public policy become more polarized and complex, the generosity of Helen Crossley (MA ’47) means more than ever to the University of Denver, and to the world beyond.Crossley established the Center for Public Opinion Research in 2012 with a $1 million...
Since baseball legend Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1939, the outlook for those with the disease has not changed dramatically. But thanks to research funding from the Ralph L. Smith Foundation, tremendous advances have been made...
When a natural disaster strikes, or a country is ravaged by war, mental health professionals arrive after the pandemonium clears. By then, trauma will have set in—for the people whose lives and homes have been disrupted or destroyed, and also for the professionals who...
In much the same way a university builds courses or programs around the needs of its students, John Madden Jr. develops commercial properties and business parks around particular pieces of art. Now his vast art collection is at the core of his support for the...
