After 2 weeks of exploring and learning, the University of Colorado Denver Business School students are back from Europe. From May 19 to June 2, students majoring in Health Administration, Marketing, and other fields toured state-of-the-art facilities in Berlin and Basel to learn directly about business and public policies that put Germany and Switzerland at the forefront of economic progress.  Read more

Wired Group President Paul Alvarez, who teaches the Management of Renewable Energies course for the Global Energy Management (GEM) Program, has published a new book that questions the value delivered by huge investments in the smart grid. In Smart Grid Hype & Reality, industry consultant Paul Alvarez concludes that while consumer and environmental benefits are indeed available from smart grid investments, current regulations and ratemaking processes discourage almost all utilities from achieving them.  Read more

The six finalists were not the only ones to win something in the 2014 Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition. In addition to the $21,500 prize money awarded to the six finalists, three entrepreneurs were awarded $1,000 each for excelling in three different categories. The Posner Social Entrepreneurship Award The Posner Social Entrepreneurship Award was created for business plans that accepted and embraced the uphill battle of social entrepreneurship.  Read more

Time is running out to cast your session votes for the third annual Denver Startup Week. For one whole week, September 15-20, 2014, the Denver community will come together and learn about all the great innovations in business, design, manufacturing, and technology. Voting ends June 30. Voting is critically important to the success of Denver Startup Week. The event is surrounded around community involvement, from the session idea submissions to attending the event; it needs the community to weigh-in on what is discussed.  Read more

What is the best way to recruit independent financial advisors to a network of firms? This was the question students contemplated for the three-week Maymester course Special Topics in Management: Strategy Consulting. The course offered students deep insight and input into a major national financial services firm, Jackson National Life Insurance. From May 19 to June 5, the graduate students worked with Jackson representative Phil Wright for direct experiential learning.  Read more

“I had no idea.” Kirill Buzinov, a recent University of Colorado Denver Business School Financial Management undergraduate, received a Business School Student Club Leaders Scholarship without ever applying for it. It was not gifted to him because he looks nice in a suit, but because he demonstrated strong leadership skills in a student organization, specifically CU Denver Finance and Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Club.  Read more

The Global Energy Management (GEM) program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School is proud to announce a new opportunity for MBA students. Current MBA students can now enroll in up to three GEM electives. Although there is no certification, these courses give a specific look at the energy industry using accounting, finance, strategic management, marketing, and economics.  Read more