Distinguished Professor Wayne Cascio earned the World Federation of People Management Association’s (WFPMA) Lifetime Achievement Award by a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors on Oct. 18, 2016 in London. The WFPMA is an organization representing more than 600,000 people management professionals in over 90 national human resource management associations around the world.  Read more

On Thursday Dec. 1, Adjunct Professor Yvette Connor and three graduate students participated in the Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS), a live global competition between cybersecurity experts. Competing against over forty top security firms around the globe, the team placed eighth overall. The two hour-long roleplaying game is a rare opportunity for professionals to respond to realistic cyber-attacks.  Read more

The TFE Times’ Master of Finance Rankings for 2017 recently listed the University of Colorado Denver Business School’s Master of Science in Finance and Risk Management at #41 among top graduate finance programs in the United States. The Master of Science in Finance and Risk Management has been consistently ranked among the best in the nation (#44 in 2016 and #41 in 2017) and in Colorado (#1 in 2016 and 2017) by The Financial Engineer (TFE) Times ranking.  Read more

Sofia Mazo, an undergraduate studying business management and sociology, was awarded the Esteemed Business Student Scholarship. As the most prestigious scholarship offered by the University of Colorado Denver Business School, the award is designed to attract the best and brightest graduating high school seniors and bring in talented students like Sofia from across the country.  Read more

Participants in the new Commodity Data Analysis course offered by the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the CU Denver Business School, traveled across the globe to gain valuable skills in quantitative reasoning this past week. The new three-day intensive course, held from November 9 to 11, was offered as a part of the JPMCC’s Professional Education courses.  Read more

CU Denver students represent a large and diverse talent pool, which appeals to Colorado employers, says Sarah Trzeciak, MS, senior director of student development and Career Center director. “Our location is key – we are literally across the street from thousands of companies that make up our diverse economy – hospitals, retail, startups, engineering, public health and health care,” she says.  Read more

The winds of change sweeping the nation on Wednesday, Nov. 9, are nothing new to Josh Pollack. He’s seen plenty of shifts in the past year. His bagel store in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood, which proved an immediate success upon opening two years ago, sustained a major setback last May when an early morning fire broke out in one of the apartments above the business. The blaze damaged the back two-thirds of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen, forcing a lengthy closure for repairs.  Read more