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This overview of Bridges to the Future highlights the 2009-2010 theme, "China Rising." This speaker series explores a wide-variety of topics and issues, including the political and economic…

This video features a panel discussion of three prominent educators, Principal Michael Johnston, Former Superintendent Jerry Wartgow, and Middle School Teacher Jen Phillips, moderated by 9News…

Professor Wang Gungwu is a scholar of Chinese history and culture. Gungwu explains that understanding culture in modern society is difficulty, however in China, "culture" is holistic. His…

Steven Berlin Johnson, popular science author and contributing editor to Wired magazine, discusses why every type of media is valuable to learning. Johnson contends for the notion that culture has…

Richard Clarke, Former White House Counter-Terrorism Czar and Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, explores how society has changed post-9/11. Clarke reflects on the most recent attacks by…

Fawaz Gerges, a Middle East expert, gives a talks featuring two themes: the broken Middle East and the War on Terror. He explores what has happen in the last ten years in the Middle East and…

Eliza Griswold is an award-winning journalist and reports on religion, conflict, and human rights. Recently examined Christianity and Islam in Africa and Asia in her book, "The Tenth…

Keynote speaker: Susan Schulten, professor of history at the University of Denver, and contributor to the "Disunion" series in the New York Times Congress created the Colorado Territory in…

Higher education is facing a period of great change. Technology, demographic changes, costs that consistently outstrip inflation, growing price resistance from parents and students, competition from…

Social media can boost visibility and popularity, but are you getting the right kind of attention and visibility? DU welcomes keynote speaker Dr. Alice Marwick, Director of the McGannon Communication…