Business School highlighted during Global Cities Initiative DENVER – The talk around Denver this week was about global economies, global commodities and global cities.  Denver is the latest great city to host the JPMorgan Chase and the Brookings Institution’s Global Cities Initiative.  Read more

The Global Energy Management (GEM) Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School is proud to announce its new presence in Houston, Texas.  GEM Director of External Affairs, Cathy Steffek, is in Houston working to raise GEM’s visibility, recruit new students, and engage energy companies and executives to become more involved in the program.  Read more

The Global Energy Management Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School was launched in January of 2009, and since then, a majority of the program’s alumni have benefited from job promotions and increases in salary. More than 150 students have completed the hybrid-online Master of Science degree program, and next month, the next set of students in Cohort 10 will begin the program.  Read more

The Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School was recently named as one of the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ (CIAB) Foundation for Agency Management Excellence (FAME) schools. With this designation, the RMI program at CU Denver is in elite company, with only eighteen other schools nationwide earning this recognition.  Read more

DENVER, CO – Six awards were presented by the Downtown Denver Partnership on May 29th at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel during the 52^nd Annual Downtown Denver Awards Dinner, sponsored by Polsinelli. The winners were selected by a jury convened by the Downtown Denver Partnership in recognition of the businesses, projects and initiatives that have had the most significant impact on the center city in 2012.   Read more

DENVER – The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) has recently announced the addition of the University of Colorado Denver Business School to the GARP Partnership for Risk Education. The Partnership for Risk Education is a framework through which academic institutions can ensure that their risk management course offerings are aligned with global industry needs and best practices.  Read more

For nearly a quarter century, Les and Marianne Franklin, through their Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, have devoted substantial efforts and resources to helping underserved Metro Denver youth develop self-esteem, life skills and the goal of pursuing higher education. The Franklins’ goals will outlive them at the University of Colorado Denver, where they are making gifts that will establish three endowed scholarships and programs for at-risk youth that extend the Shaka Franklin Foundation’s mission of mentorship, character-building and suicide prevention.  Read more