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…
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Amid a loneliness epidemic, students find connection on campus
This story appears in the fall 2025 issue of MSU Denver Magazine. Every month, Ashley Blondo emails 50 or so friends, friends…
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…
Volunteer EMT earns Nursing degree and President’s Award
What happens after a 911 call concludes? As an EMT and 911 volunteer with experience in wilderness rescues, Samuel Lynch…
Award-winning student finds acceptance and support as an immigrant
As Meidi Reyes pondered what to do after high school, she wondered where she belonged. Born in Mexico, she’d been…
More than the source of a vaccine controversy, measles can be a serious disease
For all the controversy over measles vaccines, and the talk of outbreaks in Colorado and elsewhere, little has been said…
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…
Experts sound the alarm on Chagas disease. Should Coloradans be concerned?
Public health experts are asking for Chagas disease, often called “kissing bug disease,” to be classified as endemic in the…
She escaped the Taliban. Now, she’s pursuing a career that will help others
She’s a successful entrepreneur who speaks two languages. She knows her way around the nation’s corridors of power and has…