In the six years that Chancellor Jeremy Haefner has helmed the University of Denver, much has changed—and research at DU has truly blossomed.

DU was awarded R1 research status in 2021, making it the fourth university in Colorado and the only private institution in the Rocky Mountain Region to have achieved the classification. Since then, the research being done by faculty and students across DU has only gotten more exciting.

As we head into the 2024 school year, with more to come from DU’s stellar researchers, we sat down with Chancellor Haefner to chat about why research is such an integral part of the DU identity.