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Attending events is one way to stay connected with your alma mater and catch up with fellow alumni. Check this page often for a list of activities or online events and engagement opportunities that are open to all CU Denver alumni. To view and explore all CU Denver events, view the university event calendar.
CU at Block Party Alumni Night
Thursday, August 20 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Improper City at 3201 Walnut St. #107, Denver | $10
Following CU Denver’s annual back-to-school Block Party, join CU Denver alumni at Improper City! Reconnect with classmates, meet new alumni, and enjoy an evening featuring local businesses owned by fellow Lynx.
Your $10 registration includes:
- One complimentary drink
- Delicious bites from alumni-owned Taco Uprising
- Live trivia hosted by alumni-owned Denver Trivia League
- A fun photo booth to capture the night
- Great company from fellow CU Denver alumni
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Trivia begins at 5:45 p.m.
Improper City
3201 Walnut Street | Denver
Space is limited
Attendees must be 21+
CU Night at the Colorado Rockies and Pre-Game Reception
Friday, August 21 | Reception: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. | First Pitch 6:40 p.m. | Jackson's LODO and Coors Field, Denver
Join fellow CU alumni, staff, students, and fans to cheer on the Colorado Rockies as they go against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday, August 21. With the purchase of this special ticket package, fans will receive a limited-edition CU-themed Rockies baseball cap.
Connect with fellow alumni and their families during a pre-game alumni reception across the street at Jackson's LODO.
Colorado Rockies vs. Cleveland GuardiansFirst Pitch at 6:40 p.m.
Coors Field | 2001 Blake Street, Denver
Tickets Starting at $37
Pre-Game Reception
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Jackson's LODO | 1520 20th Street, Denver
Free with game tickets
Feldberg Roark Endowed Lecture Featuring Florencia Rodriguez, Founding Principal of NESS
Tuesday, August 25 | 12:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
This lecture reflects on SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, the sixth Chicago Architecture Biennial, as a platform for reconsidering the relationship between architectural practice and critical theory after postmodernism. Drawing on the conceptual triangle of realism, autonomy, and fiction, it argues that these are no longer opposing positions but interdependent modes through which architecture can engage an increasingly fragmented and unstable world. Rather than proposing a new manifesto, the lecture examines how contemporary architectural practices are redefining disciplinary agendas through plural forms of knowledge, ecological thinking, collective action, and expanded modes of representation. Through the projects, research, and curatorial strategies developed for SHIFT, it offers a series of observations toward a renewed theoretical framework—one grounded not in universal certainties, but in architecture’s capacity to negotiate complexity, produce meaning, and imagine new forms of agency.
This lecture will be moderated by Miranda Lash, acclaimed curator of contemporary art.
Dr. Mary E. Guy Distinguished Lecture Series Featuring Donald Moynihan, PhD
Thursday, September 10 | Reception: 4:00 p.m. | Lecture: 5:15 p.m. | Lawrence Street Center Terrace Room (2nd Floor), Denver
Join the School of Public Affairs for this timely discussion on public administration, governance, and the capacity of public institutions to serve the public effectively. As with all School of Public Affairs events, this lecture is intended to foster learning, dialogue, and thoughtful engagement with complex issues. Speakers share their own scholarly perspectives, which do not necessarily represent the official positions of the School of Public Affairs or the University of Colorado Denver.
"Politicization and State Capacity Under Trump: The Case of Direct File"
Presented by Dr. Donald Moynihan
J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy
University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy
The Dr. Mary E. Guy Distinguished Lecture series presented by the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs brings world-renowned speakers to Denver annually to participate in a forum dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the most important governance issues of the day. The series presents opportunities to connect our community to distinguished scholars and thought leaders.
The Dr. Mary E. Guy Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of the Dr. Mary E. Guy Endowed Lectureship Fund.
2026 CU Innovation Day
Monday, September 14 | 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. | History Colorado Center, Denver
CU Innovation Day brings together founders, researchers, and creative leaders from across the University of Colorado system, alongside partners for a day of real conversations, big ideas, and the connections.
Catch the keynote from CU Denver graduate Brandon Slade M Ed '11, Founder and CEO of Untapped Learning, an educational startup that helps middle school, high school, and college students who have executive function challenges like ADHD and dyslexia.
A Good Idea: Drawings in the Making
Tuesday, September 15 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Market Station, 1661 Market St., Denver
The 2026 College of Architecture and Planning Lecture and Exhibition Series showcases an interdisciplinary cross-section of contemporary practitioners, including architects, historians, curators, preservationists, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners.
Exhibition Opening and RoundtableCurated by Stand Van Zaken (BE), Guillermo Fernández-Abascal (ES/AU) with Sarah Hearne and Claire Glass, CU Denver
CU Denver Takeover at Elitch Gardens
Sunday, September 20 | All Day Tickets, Lynx Takeover 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Elitch Gardens, Denver | $10
Get ready for a day of roller coasters and family fun! We invite you to join us for CU Denver takeover at Elitch Gardens.
Pick up your all-day ticket to Elitch Gardens at the CU Denver Lola & Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center (1355 12th St.) and enjoy the Lynx-only takeover from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
- Purchase your all-day ticket to Elitch Gardens at the CU Denver Lola & Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center (1355 12th St.) starting Monday, August 24, during regular business hours. Check the website prior to coming to campus for hours of operation.
- Tickets are good for an all-day pass. When you purchase tickets, you'll receive wristbands that let you stay after hours and enjoy an additional two hours at the park with your Lynx community.
- There is no limit to how many tickets someone can purchase.
- Point of contact: Lindsey Englehart, Assistant Director of Programs, Wellness & Recreation Services, [email protected]
2026 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Featuring Nels Bjarke, Research Scientist with Western Water Assessment & CIRES
Monday, September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
As hazards like flooding, drought, and wildfire increasingly intersect with communities across the Intermountain West, there is a great and growing demand to leverage research to support resilience to hazards at the local, state, and regional scale. To meet this need, the Western Water Assessment team works directly with partners in hazard management spaces to understand their needs and conduct research that is usable in their decision making process. In this lecture, Dr. Bjarke will speak about ongoing and successful research projects that have supported water resource monitoring and conservation in Colorado and across the Intermountain West. This presentation will focus on the process of building relationships with practitioners to ensure research is usable, the importance of connecting research to operations, and career pathways in hydroclimate research.
Nels Bjarke is a research scientist with the Western Water Assessment who focuses on leveraging hydrology and climate research to support hazard resilience across the Intermountain West. Nels works with municipalities, state agencies, and regional research organizations to understand how scientific tools and methods can meet the needs of resource managers and emergency managers to prepare for current and projected climate hazards. Nels has an M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of New Mexico and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
2026 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Featuring David Godshall, Design Director of Terremoto
Monday, October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
TERREMOTO is presently focused on how we might create omni-positive gardens and landscapes that are fair, just and generous in their relationships to labor, land, materials and ecology. Our studio believes that we find ourself at a civilizational fork in the road, and through deep internal self-examination of landscape history and methods of practice (including our own), we can re-orient the act of garden-making into one of radical empathy, ecology and kindness.
David Godshall is a landscape architect, horticultural theorist of sorts and the co-founder and principal of TERREMOTO, a thirty-person studio based in California. David believes that gardens and landscapes are acts of cultural production and thus wants garden-making to reflect an emerging culture of kindness, generosity and stewardship that pushes back against the broken world in which we find ourselves living and working. He received his MLA from UC Berkeley and likes to go on long sunrise walks with his dogs and friends.
2026 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Featuring Shin Bin Tan, Assistant Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Monday, October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
Singapore is a high-density, multicultural, cosmopolitan city of approximately 6 million, located in South East Asia. With its modern infrastructure, spotless streets, lush greenery and well-coordinated state-led urban planning apparatus, it has earned a reputation as ‘an urban planner’s dream’. However, Singapore is not a dream, but a real city grappling with wicked problems and deep contradictions. Drawing from my on-going research and past work experience as a planner in Singapore, this lecture examines Singapore’s efforts at tackling familiar planning challenges, like residential ethnic segregation, housing affordability, and urban redevelopment, and unpacks their impacts on population health and social equity.
Shin Bin is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Her research lies at the intersection between health and urban planning, and in particular on how built environment interventions and public policy can improve social equity and reduce health disparities. Previously, she worked as an urban planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. She obtained her PhD and Master in City Planning from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fall 2026 Internship and Job Fair
Wednesday, October 21 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Lola & Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center, Denver
Whether you're searching for your next opportunity or looking to hire CU Denver students and alumni, the Fall 2026 Internship and Job Fair is for you.
2026 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Featuring Kevin Hirth Founder of KEVIN HIRTH Co.
Thursday, October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
Kevin has lectured and served on juries at Universities internationally including The University of Arkansas, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Oregon, Anahuac University in Mexico City, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), California College of the Arts (CCA), Harvard University, Kyoto University, Texas A&M University, Syracuse University, Northeastern University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Illinois Chicago. Upon graduation from Harvard, Kevin was granted the singular honor of receiving both the Harvard Faculty Design Award and the AIA Henry Adams Medal.
Kevin is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning. Kevin holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia.
Founded in 2013, KEVIN HIRTH Co. has been recognized nationally and internationally through awards and publications including the Architects Newspaper, Dezeen, Designboom, ARCHITECT Magazine, ArchDaily, The JAE, and Archinect.
KEVIN HIRTH Co. has been and continues to be fortunate to include a talented and energetic team. The current team includes Illiana Ramirez, Emanuil Sklianin, and Mo Zaina. Valued past members of the team include Trevor Carrasco, Ramiro Castillo, Josh Krell, Schawn Li, Chauncey Queen-Booker, Rocco Sant, Xandon Sigafoos, and Noe Torres.
AT at Work: Industry Insights
Wednesday, October 28 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Jake Jabs Event Center, Denver
Join the CU Denver Business School for networking and industry professionals panel and learn how organizations are using AI to improve decision-making, streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and prepare for the future of work.
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion/Q&A6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Networking
2026 CAP Lecture and Exhibition Series Featuring Liaohui Guo, Principal Architect at Atelier Guo
Tuesday, November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | CU Denver Building, Second Floor Gallery, Denver
The 2026 College of Architecture and Planning Lecture and Exhibition Series showcases an interdisciplinary cross-section of contemporary practitioners, including architects, historians, curators, preservationists, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners.
Mark Outman Memorial Lecture Featuring Annabelle Selldorf, Founder of Selldorf Architects
Thursday, November 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Lewis I. Sharp Auditorium at the Denver Art Museum, Denver
The 2026 College of Architecture and Planning Lecture and Exhibition Series showcases an interdisciplinary cross-section of contemporary practitioners, including architects, historians, curators, preservationists, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners.
A Good Idea: Making the Drawing
Tuesday, November 17 | 5:00 p.m. | Market Station, 1661 Market St., Denver
The 2026 College of Architecture and Planning Lecture and Exhibition Series showcases an interdisciplinary cross-section of contemporary practitioners, including architects, historians, curators, preservationists, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners.
Exhibition Opening and Roundtable
Save the Date: CU Night at Zoo Lights
Sunday, November 22 | Timeslots: 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 p.m. | Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance
Join the CU family for a special sneak preview of Denver Zoo Lights. Stop by Zoo Gardens for a fun-filled time with Milo and Chip while you enjoy live performances from a variety of talented musicians from the CU community.
Ticket link coming soon.
Save the Date: CU at The Nutcracker
Thursday, December 3 | Reception: 6:15 – 7:00 p.m. | Performance: 7:30 p.m. | Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver
Celebrate the holiday season by joining fellow CU Denver alumni and families for a reception and art exhibition, followed by a performance of The Nutcracker by Colorado Ballet.
6:15 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception, CU Denver Experience Gallery
7:30 p.m. | The Nutcracker Performance, Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Ticket link coming soon.
2027 Celebration of Success
Thursday, April 8, 2027 | 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. | Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Center for Performing Arts, Denver
Join the CU Denver Business School for their 2027 Celebration of Success, a fundraising gala benefiting student scholarships. For 30 years, Celebration of Success has been opening doors and lowering barriers to success for students with the support of our business community. Thousands of students have reached their educational goals thanks to our sponsors' support. The gala hosts world-renowned speakers and raises more than $3.5 million in student scholarship funds.
This year, we welcome Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest and co-founder of the non-profit organization, No Barriers. As an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker, Erik focuses his efforts on empowering people who are traditionally swept to the sidelines of life. Through his non-profit, Erik helps people with challenges tap into the human spirit, break through barriers, and contribute to the world.
We invite you to attend an unforgettable evening as Erik takes the stage to show just what it means to live a "no barriers life" and learn how you can lower barriers to support student success. With the power of the community, we can reach this year's $400,000 goal to help students advance their education.
Learn more about becoming a sponsor an nominations for the Impact Awards.