DENVER— The Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships in Fall 2014 to 42 students enrolled in the RMI program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Scholarships have provided a strong recruiting tool for the RMI program, as they encourage students to take RMI courses and to consider an industry with which they may otherwise be unfamiliar.  Read more

Thirteen Colorado-based tech companies can take a bow after earning a spot on Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work List. Of course, the celebration might have to wait until after their employees get back from mountain biking, rock climbing, or hiking. The tech companies are among the slew of Colorado firms that earned coveted spots on the magazine’s annual list.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School will host “Become a Business Leader with an Edge” executive panel on Tuesday, October 21 from 5:15 – 7:00 p.m. The ninth annual event, presented by the Information Systems Program and the Information Systems Association will be held in St. Cajetan’s, on Auraria campus. The event brings together business leaders from some of Colorado’s premier companies to discuss the future of business and technology.  Read more

University of Colorado Business School welcomes developer First Gulf and national law firm Polsinelli to the area. On October 1, First Gulf broke ground at 1401 Lawrence, the Business School’s neighbor to the south. Polsinelli signed a 15-year lease to hold the top four floors of the planned 22-story building, First Gulf announced at the ceremony. When it is completed in early 2016, the building will have 400 indoor parking spaces, retail space on the ground floor, and fitness facilities.  Read more

The Forbes list of richest Americans is out and five of them live in Colorado. Read more…  Read more

DENVER—Bill Sirois describes the first four months of 2007 in his office as “chaotic.” The regional transit authority where he works as a senior manager had just learned that they were $1.5 billion over budget on a light-rail system that they had promised to deliver within a decade. Three years earlier, Colorado voters had approved a high-profile ballot measure to raise $4.7 billion through sales taxes to build the train system called FasTracks.  Read more

After returning from studying abroad in London, MBA and undergraduate students from the University of Colorado Denver Business School note a definitive change. Some found a change in character, others found a change in skillset. CU Denver Business School MBA alumnus Anthony Malandra found both. “The trip was eye opening,” Malandra reminisced. “British companies were much more progressive and advanced than what I have experienced here in the US.  Read more