We live in a place where people want to live, work, and visit. Denver’s center has grown significantly over the past year and this growth has been captured by Downtown Denver Partnership‘s 2017 State of Downtown Denver Report. As a part of the Auraria Campus, The CU Denver Business School is proud to contribute to the education of over 48,000 students attending public, not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Downtown Denver.  Read more

The University of Colorado in partnership with Coursera will launch its 30th massive open online course (MOOC) next month through the Business School at CU Denver. The Electric Utilities: Fundamentals and Future: Global Energy Management (GEM) Program online course offers learners the opportunity to understand how the industries’ technical, regulatory and structural history shapes the electricity we all rely on today.  Read more

On April 5, 2017, Chris Franks, a local entrepreneur and business advisor hosted CU Denver Business School students for the April session of Lunch with Leaders (LwL). A new program sponsored by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, LwL matches successful business owners with Business School students to discuss real examples of ethics in business.  Read more

Social entrepreneurship recently touched down in the city of Denver at Project X-ITE’s Flight to Denver, a UN Solutions Summit boot camp for entrepreneurs from all over the world. CU Denver Business School faculty and students contributed to the weekend’s success by participating and leading the teams that supported entrepreneurs from across the globe. Three years ago, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to provide a framework to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity.  Read more

On March 16th, the Denver Business Journal (DBJ) hosted its annual “40 under 40” event, in which the publication recognized 40 of the most successful and innovative local professionals under the age of 40 in metro Denver. According to the DBJ, the final 40 were selected from a pool consisting of 307 nominees, who had received more than 500 nominations in total. Among the 40 honorees this year, eight–nearly a quarter of all winners–were affiliated with CU Denver.  Read more

In late March, three CU Denver Health Administration MBA students competed in the 8^th Annual Business School Alliance for the Health Management (BAHM) Case Competition at the Haas School of Business. The team traveled to Berkeley, California to present their case on the topic of “President-elect Trump & The Future of Healthcare Reform” and network with hundreds of top healthcare players.  Read more

The 2017 Skytrax World Airport Awards were held this year in Amsterdam this month. Denver International Airport (DIA) cleaned up with quite a few awards both nationally and internationally. The airport was voted fourth best regional airport, the second best regional airport in the U.S., and fourth best airport staff in North America. DIA prides itself on passenger experience from terminal to gate.  Read more