Executives explain what skills employers are looking for, how to land dream job DENVER – Hundreds of thousands of information technology and computer-related jobs are currently unfilled in the United States due to a shortage of qualified applicants. The sector’s long-term employment outlook remains robust. Those were two of many promising messages that information systems and other business students heard at the 8th Annual Business Executive Panel.  Read more

DENVER – Robert Schimek, an executive with American International Group (AIG), gave intriguing insights into the 2008 financial crisis and inspiring advice about the fast-changing field of Risk Management and Insurance at a Business School talk on Wednesday. “It’s an amazing, amazing field,” Schimek said of Risk Management, which involves the analysis and treatment of risk.  Read more

Bluford Putnam says Washington’s political climate ‘more bitter and divided’ than ever, making economic impacts more severe The Federal Reserve’s massive asset purchase program has produced mixed short-term economic effects, while in the long term has weakened the Fed’s balance sheet, according to a leading national economist who spoke at the CU Denver Business School Oct.  Read more

DENVER – The University of Colorado Denver Business School will host “Become a Business Leader with an Edge” executive panel on Tuesday, October 22 from 5:15 – 7:00 p.m. The eighth 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

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School will host two events on September 17th as part of Denver Startup Week. The Jake Jabs Center will first host a coffee and networking event from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Immediately following, from 9:00 to 12:00 p.m., the Jake Jabs Center is hosting a speaker series event entitled “Fostering Education Through Entrepreneurship.”  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School will host an information session for prospective graduate business students on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 5:30 – 6:30 PM in the CU Denver Business School building.  Read more

CU Denver celebrates its 40th anniversary and start of academic year with far-out party DENVER – Students peaced out as hippies, staff members channeled disco divas and neighborhood residents sported neon-framed sunglasses. Everyone got their groove on at today’s ’70s-themed Block Party. CU Denver, which became an independent institution in 1973, boogied into the new academic year with a flashy party that took bell-bottomed revelers back to the decade when our university became official.  Read more