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Interviews with an Anonymous Legend Part 3

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In this episode of The DU 80208 Podcast, the series of interviews continues. The story "Interviews with an Anonymous Legend", written by Eli Depper and voiced by Abigayle Scadden and Ryan Davidson, comes to a close this week, as all the questions are answered and all mysteries are unveiled.

Description written by Emma Williams
Music Credit: https://purple-planet.com
Sound Effects:

• Owl Hoot by Musicmasta1
• Nighttime on soundbible
• Nighstounds-Crickets by Amer Demeillo
• Technology Failure by 2887679652
• Frogs by Juskiddink
• Car Passing By by 961_Studios

Interviews with an Anonymous Legend Part 2

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 In this episode of The DU 80208 Podcast, we continue to hear how the mystery unravels in "Interviews with an Anonymous Legend" Written by Eli Depper and voiced by students Abigayle Scadden and Ryan Davidson.

Music credit: https://purple-planet.com
Sound Effects:

• Owl Hoot by Musicmasta1
• Nighttime on soundbible
• Nighstounds-Crickets by Amer Demeillo
• Technology Failure by 2887679652
• Frogs by Juskiddink
• Car Passing By by 961_Studios

Description written by: Emma Williams

Interviews with an Anonymous Legend Part 1

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In this episode of The DU 80208 Podcast, we bring to life the creative story “Interviews with an Anonymous Legend” by Eli Depper, written entirely in a series of interviews. The idea of this story is to bring together an interviewer, voiced by Abigayle Scadden, intent on finding out how the afterlife works and a legend, voiced by Ryan Davidson, who has all the answers. As their lives start becoming more dependent on the other, their bond becomes increasingly important as the two uncover the mysteries that come along with the relationship they formed. As Depper demonstrates in their story, coming from practically two different worlds doesn’t exactly make it easy for the two to maintain a constant association without complications following.

Music: Https://purple-planet.com
Sound Effects:

• Owl Hoot by Musicmasta1
• Nighttime on soundbible
• Nighstounds-Crickets by Amer Demeillo
• Technology Failure by 2887679652
• Frogs by Juskiddink

Description written by: Emma Williams

Dr. Lotta Granholm-Bentley's Research

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In this week’s episode of The DU 80208 Podcast, Victoria sits down with Dr. Lotta Granholm-Bentley, the University of Denver’s executive director for the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging. Granholm-Bentley has been at DU for 3 years, but prior to coming here, Granholm-Bentley spent her time at graduate school in Stockholm studying in the neuroscience department, she then went to CU Anschutz in the '80s, and most recently she found herself as the director of the Center on Aging at the Medical University of South Carolina. 

Granholm-Bentley has been interested in studying the neuroscience of Down syndrome since the 90s because eighty percent of people with Down syndrome get Alzheimer’s, and we currently don’t know the reason why. Granholm-Bentley is the principal investigator for a network of sites researching this topic in order to help people with Down syndrome live healthy lives. There are ten other sites in the United States and three sites in Europe. Though Down syndrome is not a rare condition, it is rare enough that these research sites have to group together in order to get enough brain tissue to research. Here at DU, they developed a device called a brain jig that makes the process of comparing donated brain tissue much easier. The brain jig helps to separate parts of the brain after it has been taken out, so with the thirteen donations they have had in their network, it is easier to find the specific areas of the brain. DU’s role in this network of research sites is making this brain jig with the help of a 3D printer and sending a brain jig to all the other sites. Their end goal is to use the brain jig to compare the specific parts of the brain from different donations, so they can find a reason why people with Down syndrome later get Alzheimer’s. If they find this answer, they would then go on using the brain jig to find new methods to treat them.

Another project that is currently in the works is “The Concussion Study at DU.” The focus of this project is to see if repeated concussions cause the development of Alzheimer’s biomarkers in the blood, and if so, what are the solutions to combat this? This is a project in which many students get involved. There are now more than four hundred DU students involved in this study. Many students start their involvement as freshman athletes when they go through preliminary testing. If they happen to get a concussion over their time at DU, then more testing is conducted to see the effects on the students. This project is an innovative and dynamic effort by students from a large variety of disciplines. Granholm-Bentley mentioned that a possible future goal for this project is to expand it to include older adults, possibly reaching out to alumni, especially ones that were athletes.

Outside of these projects, Granholm-Bentley is passionate about internships for students. Students can get involved in many places, a couple of them being on the Financial Security Project or with the Intergenerational Program. The Financial Security Project can find internships for students all across town in different companies with the students working on financials. The Intergenerational Program would get students involved with going out to find real experiences in places such as assisted-living homes. Granhom-Bentley loves to see students working with older adults because there is a mutual benefit to the system. She wants students to know that no matter their discipline, there are many career opportunities in aging.

Music:
Snow Butterflies In Our Warm Attic by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music

* Music Promotion: https://www.free-stock-music.com

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Professor Martin Margittai

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Meet Professor Martin Margittai. He is an associate professor here at the University of Denver and is currently researching Alzheimer's disease with Dr. Lotta Granholm-Bentley.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Colorado Migrahack Follow-Up Interviews

The Colorado Migrahack is a hackathon that occurred September 27 and 28 on the DU campus. Tune in for follow-up interviews with a couple of the participants we sat down with last week.

Music:

Snow Butterflies In Our Warm Attic by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music

* Music Promotion: https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Photo Credit: Coloradomigrahack.school.blog

Migrahack Mix-Up

The Colorado Migrahack is a hackathon that occurred September 27 and 28 on the DU campus. Tune in for coverage of the event and participant interviews.

* Music:

Snow Butterflies In Our Warm Attic by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music

* Music Promotion: https://www.free-stock-music.com

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

* Photo: The Colorado Migrahack school blog

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Colorado Migrahack

The Colorado Migrahack is a hackathon occurring next week September 27-28 on the DU campus. Tune in to learn more about this event and how to get involved.

Special Guest: Lynn Schofield Clark

Music:

Snow Butterflies In Our Warm Attic by Artificial.Music | https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music
Music Promotion: https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

The Catholic Student Fellowship

The Catholic Student Fellowship is a Catholic Community on the DU campus. It is run by student officers and the Servants of Christ Jesus Religious order. Give this episode a listen to learn more about this student organization.
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Alpha Delta Chi

Recruitment for this Christian sorority is just around the corner. Let's dive into this sorority and learn more about its day to day life.

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com