University of Denver Autumn 2025

DU Reopens Bookstore Under New Barnes & Noble College Management Newsroom University of Denver

Whether you’re returning to campus for an event or a trip down memory lane, make sure you stop by the new University of Denver Bookstore. The bookstore, which remains at 2050 E. Evans Ave., has reopened under new management from Barnes & Noble College. Not only has the space been revamped, but it also has a new athletic wear provider in Under Armour. “One of the more immediate exciting changes

to the bookstore is the flood of newness,” says Chezra DeLaine, bookstore general manager. “New staff, new campus partners, and new procedures for getting the textbooks on the shelves.” You can now visit the DU Bookstore’s new online portal at du.bncollege.com , where new products are being added daily. Through December, you can use the code PRIDE25 for 10% off your purchase.

Recent Alumna Sidney Barbier Honored With National Inspiration Award

Denver Nordic skier and recent graduate Sidney Barbier (BS ’25) was honored with the 2025 Honda Inspiration Award by the Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards (CWSA). For nearly four decades, the Honda Inspiration Award has recognized a female collegiate athlete who has overcome significant physical or emotional adversity to return and succeed in her chosen sport. Barbier is the first DU student athlete to win this national award. Even being named a finalist was an incredible honor. “I think I’m most grateful that I’ll get to tell my story,” she said in a June interview with Vice Chancellor for Athletics Josh Berlo. “Everyone goes through ... pain and adversity at some point in life, and to tell people that there is hope is the biggest piece for me—to be that inspiration,” she said.

For nearly seven years, Barbier dealt with debilitating health challenges and was eventually diagnosed with nutcracker syndrome in 2024. After several years of “sharp, stabbing, twisty pain that wouldn’t go away,” misdiagnoses, and exploratory surgeries, she underwent a first-of its-kind surgery in the U.S. at the Cleveland Clinic. Barbier graduated in June with bachelor’s degrees in environmental science and music with a minor in physics. Her busy collegiate career included co-authoring a textbook, performing in Lamont’s orchestra and bluegrass ensemble, and competing as a Division I athlete. She will spend the next two years at Universite Grenoble-Alpes in Grenoble, France, earning a master’s degree in Earth, planetary, and environmental science after receiving a Fulbright award.

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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER MAGAZINE | AUTUMN 2025