On Thursday, October 23^rd, the Sports and Entertainment Management Club hosted a Broncos pre-game tailgating event for the student organizations of the University of Colorado at Denver Business School. Fifty students from ten UCD Business School clubs joined the festivities to network with other clubs, enjoy some pizza, and pay tribute to our favorite Super Bowl contenders.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School remains on the forefront of emerging industries and hot topics. Starting Spring 2015 as part of this endeavor, Yvette Connor, Managing Director of Risk Management Advisory Services at Alvarez & Marsal LLC, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems Onook Oh will teach Cyber Risk Management and Cyber Warfare at the Business School.  Read more

Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship collaborates with Arapahoe Community College on innovative program Pathways to success come in many forms. Entrepreneurial-minded students are just as interested in reaching their potential as anyone, but they often seek alternative educational paths. Enter “Launchpad,” a new Entrepreneurship Certificate pioneered in collaboration between the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship and Arapahoe Community College(ACC).  Read more

Boulder-based Justin’s Nut Butter is quickly becoming a household name. It began with a blender, a roommate who loved the stuff and a lot of hard work, according to Founder and Co-CEO Justin Gold. Gold recently spoke to CU Denver Business Students as part of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship’s Best of Colorado Speaker Series. The company has ranked in the Top 15 on the Inc.  Read more

New MS programs in Taxation and Business Analytics prepare students for fast-growing fields Inspired teaching can make all the difference. Matt Kelsall noticed this last summer when he took a Management of Operations class from Business Analytics Professor Gary Kochenberger, PhD. The material was complicated, but thanks to Kochenberger’s enthusiasm and skill, Kelsall grew more excited than ever to plunge into the fast-growing field of big data.  Read more

Senior Instructor of Management Jeffrey Nystrom received the University of Colorado Denver Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching September 5, 2014. Nystrom teaches undergraduate and graduate management classes at the CU Denver Business School. The university-wide award comes a decade after Nystrom received the Business School’s Annual Excellence in Teaching Award.  Read more

Ranking organization The Financial Engineer released its 2015 Financial Economics Rankings. The University of Colorado Denver Business School rests among the Top Ten at number 8. Financial Economics is a dual degree offered by the Business School and the Department of Economics. It combines the quantitative skills of an MA in Economics with the practical applications of an MS in Finance.  Read more