7 things to know about moving to Denver
Colorado continues to rank among the fastest-growing states in the country. Each year, the state’s booming job market, outdoor lifestyle…
Category: Arts and Culture
Guest directors give future performers a leg up
When it comes to landing roles in musicals, the odds are discouraging, to say the least. The process is often…
Future-proof: Entrepreneurs are transforming the workplace
Editor’s note: Throughout the 2025–26 academic year, RED’s Future-proof series will focus on the critical role public universities play in…
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon to visit MSU Denver
When audiences attend a classical concert, they rarely get to meet the composer. This month, MSU Denver students and the…
The best of RED 2025
Metropolitan State University of Denver celebrated its 60th anniversary with a bang this year, hitting milestone after milestone with an…
Hospitality students serve up Christkindlmarket history
There’s a lot to celebrate about Denver’s storied Christkindlmarket this year — a roomy new location on the Auraria Campus, the market’s 25th anniversary, the new Western Carousel, and, of course,…
In Anne Yoncha’s class, students make dirty pictures
Last fall, Yoncha, a Metropolitan State University of Denver associate professor of Art, presented 17 advanced painting students with canvases…
AirPods offer real-time AI translation. What does that mean for communication?
The new real-time translation feature introduced with Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 has raised fresh questions about the role of artificial…
Why vampires get our blood pumping
Vampires are unique in the world of monsters. Unlike mermaids, sasquatches, werewolves and zombies, whose portrayals have remained fairly static…
A lowly punctuation mark has sparked a fiercely debated AI controversy
For decades, the lowly em dash toiled in relative obscurity. Overshadowed by showier punctuation such as the aggressive exclamation point…