Christa Dellebovi is still a semester away from completing her MBA, but is already reaping the benefits of her Business School experience. After completing two successful semesters as an intern with the Colorado Rapids, Dellebovi will head into the fall in a full-time position with the team as the Ticket Sales and Service Coordinator. The key she credits to her success?  Read more

While many see no downside to being beautiful, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School says attractive women face discrimination when it comes to landing certain kinds of jobs. In a study released in the May/June Journal of Social Psychology, Stefanie Johnson, assistant professor of management at CU Denver Business School, found that beauty has an ugly side, at least for women.  Read more

The CU Denver Business School has joined with nine other major institutions, including the Harvard Business School, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to form an alliance dedicated to raising the profile and improving the quality of health care management education nationwide. “The invitation to join the alliance puts the Business School’s health care administration program in the top echelon nationally,” said Dr.  Read more

CU Denver Business School Professor Wayne Cascio won a $50,000 award Tuesday for pioneering research that showed corporate downsizing had little effect on profits and should be used sparingly and only as a last resort. He was presented with the Michael R. Losey Human Resources Research Award at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 62^nd Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego.  Read more

MBA student, Bridget Bell, understands marketing and knows that, in addition to knowing how to position products or services, successful marketing professionals know how to position their unique “brand.” Recently, Bell positioned herself as a bright, dedicated student and experienced marketing professional. Her personal brand campaign paid off in the form of a $1,000 scholarship from the American Marketing Association’s Colorado Chapter (CoAMA).  Read more

In 2011, the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver will introduce a Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program. This exciting new program will launch with an undergraduate area of emphasis offered on campus, then online. In subsequent years, the program will extend to the graduate level. The RMI program is motivated by the pervasive reality of risk that affects organizations and individuals.  Read more