Students from the University of Colorado Denver Business School are competing for the first time in the annual CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge. The challenge pits teams from Universities around the world in a competition trading on Crude Oil, Gold and Corn Futures in, with teams compiling the greatest returns advancing to a championship round.  Read more

Elizabeth Alsop is an undergraduate Business School Accounting student who received the Reisher Scholarship, and was a participant in the 2011 Celebration of Success event. She will be graduating this spring, in May 2013.  Read more

U.S. News and World Report recently published an article that should be good news for students of the University of Colorado Business School and recent alumni. According to the article, job prospects for business school graduate are the best they have been since 2003, with 92 percent of 2012 graduates finding employment within three months of graduation. See the whole U.S.  Read more

Bette Smith, director of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, spoke about the school and her new position with JLN’s Christine Nielsen. She highlights the program’s state-of-the-art finance and commodities lab, innovative courses, and the overwhelmingly-positive feedback. In the interview, Smith includes her take on why Denver is a good place for an educational center for commodity markets.  Read more

Local Denver company Udi’s, which is well known for its breads, gluten-free products, and granola, will be opening a new café in the University of Colorado Denver Business School Building. The location will be the company’s fifth café, but will the prototype for their new Juice Bar, Café and Bakery concept. Udi’s Juice Bar will open in the Business School building at 1475 Lawrence Street on January 22^nd, 2013.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School announced Bette Smith as the Administrative Director of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities. The partnership between the University of Colorado Denver and J.P. Morgan is the first-of-its-kind in the academic world, which provides innovative programs, and academic work in the field of commodity finance, economics and policy.  Read more

Three University of Colorado Denver Business School faculty members were recently honored with the Laube Community Impact Award. The award is designed to build connections between the Business School and the greater business community by recognizing Business School faculty and staff who have engaged in activities that promote visibility and the reputation of the Business School within the business community.  Read more