This holiday season, the Beta Mu chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School partnered with the Colorado CPCU Society to generously support Children’s Hospital of Colorado Holiday Toy Drive. University of Colorado Denver Business School students, faculty, and staff supported the toy drive at the Business School, and the Colorado CPCU Society generously joined in and directed their November and December philanthropy dollars to the worth endeavor.  Read more

On Monday Dec. 19, the Consul General of Japan in Denver, Makoto Ito, accompanied by Consul Murai visited the CU Denver Business School. The Consulate helped coordinate the Kakehashi Program, which allowed business school students visit Japan on a weeklong trip this past November. During his visit to the school, the Consul General met with Dean Rohan Christie-David who introduced him to the building and discussed ways to continue building partnerships with the Business School and Japan.  Read more

For the second year in a row, a CU Denver RMI student has earned a coveted internship with the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd (NAPSLO). From an average of 200 applications, generally 12 students are selected to serve in the summer cohort. NAPSLO is the premier professional organization of wholesale brokers and carriers in the country.  Read more

Undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Denver Business School now have the opportunity to enroll in dual degree programs to obtain their MS in Information Systems or their MS in Accounting in addition to their bachelor degrees. Students pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting can apply for the BS/MS Accounting 4+1 degree program. The program allows students to complete both degrees in as little as five years by substituting two graduate courses for two undergraduate courses.  Read more

CU Denver Business School Information Systems graduate student, Lani Rupp, and her research partner Steven Chavez, recently returned from a cybersecurity competition in Shanghai, China. The pair competed in GeekPwn, a global contest in which hackers are invited to showcase the vulnerabilities they’ve found in smart devices. Many of the participants focused on hacking the usual suspects: smartphones, laptops, video game consoles etc.  Read more

On Thursday Dec. 1, Adjunct Professor Yvette Connor and three graduate students participated in the Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS), a live global competition between cybersecurity experts. Competing against over forty top security firms around the globe, the team placed eighth overall. The two hour-long roleplaying game is a rare opportunity for professionals to respond to realistic cyber-attacks.  Read more

Participants in the new Commodity Data Analysis course offered by the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the CU Denver Business School, traveled across the globe to gain valuable skills in quantitative reasoning this past week. The new three-day intensive course, held from November 9 to 11, was offered as a part of the JPMCC’s Professional Education courses.  Read more