“What do you want to be when you grow up?” For many children, the answer comes quickly. Doctor. Teacher. Astronaut. Artist. Police officer. Lawyer. Teacher. Sports player, etc. Then there are the ones who find it difficult to choose; every possibility feels equally compelling. Their interests shift constantly with new curiosities and new skills. The way in which they see the world, kaleidoscopic, provides open doors and opportunities, and marries dreams together rather than one dedicated goal.  Read more

From the Iran war to rising energy prices, the American economy appears as split as ever. At the annual 2026 Economic Forecast event, featuring Ellen Zentner ’95, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Economic Strategist, and Kate Watkins, Colorado State Demographer, one underlying tension quietly sat beneath nearly every discussion point: who is paying for that split, and who is profiting from it?  Read more

On Thursday, April 23, over 120 attendees packed into the CU Denver Business School’s Jake Jabs Event Center for the 25^th annual pitch competition for THE CLIMB. The evening event featured live pitch presentations from six CU Denver student teams, a panel of esteemed judges, and a supportive gathering of Denver’s business community. But unlike past years, the biggest question in everyone’s mind wasn’t just who would win the night’s top three prizes, but also how much.  Read more

Coffee is one of the few things that needs no introduction. Across cultures, backgrounds, and time zones, it is part of millions of people’s morning routines, it’s the quiet constant that helps them get through long days of work, and the backdrop to conversations that might otherwise never happen. And more often than not, the place where people drink it matters just as much as what is in the cup.  Read more

For a generation raised on the promise that education opens doors, the long-held belief that a degree leads to opportunity has started to crack. Let’s face it. Tuition keeps rising, forcing families to make trade-offs in real time. At the same time, students are watching graduates struggle through lengthy job searches as they navigate hiring processes that stretch for months, and encounter roles labeled “entry level” that still ask for experience they have not yet had the chance to build.  Read more

Where do blushes and brushes transition from hobby to career? Dribbling a soccer ball, journaling, crafting a coffee, and solving puzzles. Many pastimes remain just that. A threshold, or rather a starting point, exists at which a person’s next step becomes intentional. That next step is rarely discussed. It is common to hear, “follow your passion,” but rare to consider what passion requests in return: discipline, structure, and the willingness to learn the parts that don’t come naturally.  Read more

From Large Language Models (LLMs) that fundamentally change how humans work, learn, and create to reusable orbital rockets that cut space research costs by nearly 10x, according to SpaceX, technological breakthroughs have richly influenced the past decade. National Inventors’ Day celebrates such occurrences and honours both historical and current innovators who contribute to technological progress.  Read more