Tag: Africa
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Space Symposium: Africa getting more serious about space
Africa is getting more serious about space, with a focus on how the data can benefit end users. Tidiane Ouattara, the president of the African Space Council, outlined some of the challenges and opportunities in space for the continent of 55 nations during a panel at Space Symposium Wednesday in Colorado Springs. Ouattara is tasked with…
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Meow Wolf’s bizarre ‘Absolute Rubbish’ fashion show redefines recycling
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Inside Denver’s unconventional ‘Trashion Show’
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Denver Art Museum reopens three exhibits to the public this weekend
The Denver Art Museum is set to unveil three reinstalled collections Sunday in its Hamilton Building. The newly reinstalled collections include Arts of Africa, Modern and Contemporary Art and Arts of Oceania. These collections haven’t been open to the public since 2016, when the museum began construction on the Hamilton Building.
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Denver Mayor Hancock’s trip to North Africa to cost more than $100,000
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will travel to Egypt and Ethiopia this week with a delegation of city and metro area leaders at a cost of more than $100,000. The trip, which comes at the tail end of Hancock’s tenure as mayor, will help the city find new air service and economic development opportunities on the…
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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to stay home. He wanted to keep a promise to his daughter, he said, having assured…
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United Airlines purchases new Boeing ‘widebody’ planes
United Airlines, the largest private employer in the city with almost 9,000 Denver-based employees, announced the purchase of 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with the option to purchase 100 more, according to a Tuesday news release. It’s said to be the largest widebody order in the nation’s commercial aviation history, according to the release. Delivery of…
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Interactive CU map aims to pinpoint original homes of enslaved people
Intra-African conflicts led to the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Africans during the 19th century, but questions surrounding where those people originated have remained an unsolved mystery. Historians have known for decades where the enslaved Africans departed Africa, but due to a very limited amount of documents — most from the perspectives of European…
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DIA CEO to holiday travelers: Patience
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington has one word for travelers using DIA this holiday season: Patience. Washington, in his first press conference since taking over the role July 19, addressed members of the Denver media Friday morning and fielded questions about the long wait times at TSA checkpoints, parking woes caused by driver shortages,…