Local Denver company Udi’s, which is well known for its breads, gluten-free products, and granola, will be opening a new café in the University of Colorado Denver Business School Building. The location will be the company’s fifth café, but will the prototype for their new Juice Bar, Café and Bakery concept. Udi’s Juice Bar will open in the Business School building at 1475 Lawrence Street on January 22^nd, 2013.  Read more

Students at the University of Colorado Denver Business School recently engaged in a project to make blankets for homeless youth, to be donated to Urban Peak. First-year students in the CU Denver Business School’s class “Business, Leadership, and You” were given the task of deciding how to spend funds allocated to the class. These funds are intended to be used to help build relationships and enrich students’ lives.  Read more

The Information Systems (IS) Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School recently announced that they are adding several new specializations to their degree programs. Beginning Spring 2013, graduate students will be able to add Enterprise Risk Management, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, or eHealth and Healthcare Service Entrepreneurship as a specialization to their degree.  Read more

App-It Ventures, one of the two first place winners in the most recent business plan competition at the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, recently won another business plan competition. This time, the company beat out over 150 competitors to win the City and County of Denver’s inaugural JumpStart Biz Plan Awards competition.  Read more

Mozambique’s First Lady tours CU campuses DENVER – Today the CU Denver Business School, as well as the Anschutz Medical Campus – University Hospital, hosted the First Lady of Mozambique, Her Excellency Maria da Luz Dai Guebuza, for a tour of several facilities. The group and First Lady are visiting a variety of locations throughout the Denver area as part of an overall effort to meet and learn from business leaders here to enhance their own understanding of American business.  Read more

DENVER—The Surplus Lines Association of Colorado has committed $300,000 to the Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program at University of Colorado Denver Business School. The gift will endow a scholarship fund and underwrite an international Risk Management and Insurance travel course that will help the program develop students who will graduate prepared to join the insurance industry workforce.  Read more