Three winners in this year’s class of up-and-comers earned degrees at our university DENVER—This year’s group of “40 Under 40” business standouts featured three leaders who trace much of their success directly to their education at the University of Colorado Denver. Up-and-comers in Colorado business are recognized each year by the Denver Business Journal.  Read more

DENVER – The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) is holding their annual worldwide conference in Denver from April 27th through the 30th, 2014. The event, which is expected to draw over 10,000 risk industry professionals from around the world, will primarily hold events at the Colorado Convention Center. At the Convention Center, the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School will have its own display booth, sponsored by the University of Colorado Risk Management and corporate partners that support the program.  Read more

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition Orientation has officially kicked off the annual competition. The first event of the contest, the Business Plan Competition Orientation was held at the Jake Jabs Center on February 26th, 2014. Attendees were given details and tips about participating in the competition, which brings together challengers from Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming to vie for $75,000 in cash and in-kind awards.  Read more

Faculty Upside Down sessions encourage casual conversation between students and faculty DENVER — PeterMax Miller, an instructor of marketing, has a winning style with students. You can tell by the way their faces light up when they see him, the way they greet him with a fist pump. So it makes perfect sense that the Office of Student Life kicked off its new series of faculty-student socials, called “Faculty Upside Down,” with Miller on Feb.  Read more

More than 500 attend annual Donor Dinner for the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus “For Jean Barban, every day is a gift. Fifteen years ago her heart stopped.” The annual Donor Recognition Dinner always highlights inspiring stories of generosity, passion and vision, but this year’s event chronicled a tale that went straight to the heart.  Read more

Professionals entering global energy system need a holistic understanding of the industry, Kaminski says Students who gain a big-picture understanding of the global energy system will find a wealth of job prospects in the evolving energy industry, Vincent Kaminski, Ph.D., told a CU Denver Business School audience on Feb. 13. “I tell my students that if they choose to specialize in energy, they cannot make a wrong decision,” said Kaminski, a professor in Rice University’s business school.  Read more

The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition (BPC) at the CU Denver Business School has been one of the foremost events for early-stage companies in Colorado, and is now expanding to the Rocky Mountain West. This competition seeks to promote the development of high-caliber business ideas, and recognize the most outstanding plans with more than $50,000 in cash and in-kind awards.  Read more