University of Denver Spring 2025

GIVING BACK

Investing in innovation The STEM Horizons building is an investment in the agile, visionary research enterprise at DU—promoting collaborative scientific discovery among faculty and innovative opportunities for all students. DU is the only private university in the Rocky Mountain West to boast an R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification

of Institutions for Higher Education, reflecting research volume and excellence.

companies and start-ups across other industries, generating internship and job opportunities for students and entrepreneurial collaboration for faculty. The STEM Horizons building is being financed in part by the University as an element of the campus master plan. The Denver Difference campaign is also bringing together DU’s philanthropic community, alumni and friends in support of this new, vibrant space of discovery on campus. “In STEM Horizons, the DU community has an opportunity to advance the future of scientific innovation with practical applications in health, climate, technology and more,” says Val Otten, senior vice chancellor for advancement. “Philanthropic investments by alumni and donors will more firmly cement DU’s leadership in accessible STEM education and agile, exceptional STEM research in the Rocky Mountain region.”

“The new life sciences complex and renovations of existing buildings will create important opportunities for innovation in the biomedical and other health

related fields and bolster collaboration between our faculty, greatly enhancing NSM’s research and education programs,” says Andrei Kutateladze, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. "Ultimately,

DU is the only private university in the Rocky Mountain West to boast an R1 designation .

these new and critical investments in STEM will expand our horizons as a top-tier R1 research university in the region, enabling us to attract and retain the brightest faculty and students." This building and the research and education programs it accelerates will anchor a vibrant campus corridor for transformational science and technological development. Part of the new and renovated spaces will include a micro-industrial complex where DU faculty and students will work directly with leading bio-technology

To learn more about how your investment can power DU’s research innovation at STEM Horizons , contact Asha Holsopple, executive director of development, STEM, at 303-871-4750 or asha.holsopple@du.edu .

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