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

Demonstration of Simio Software Simio LLC, the maker of Simio simulation software recently donated approximately $150,000 worth of software to the University of Colorado Denver Business School. The grant from Simio provides the CU Denver Business School with 15 copies of the company’s signature software. Dr. Gary Kochenberger, a professor in the Decision Sciences program at the CU Denver Business School was instrumental in working with Simio to procure the donation of their signature software.  Read more

University of Colorado Denver Business School students recently had the opportunity to travel to London to learn more about the global sports and entertainment management industry by experiencing it directly, through the school’s London Calling course. Part of CU Denver Business School’s Sports and Entertainment Management program, the London Calling curriculum is based upon experiential learning, allowing students to be exposed to new ideas and practices in the industry.  Read more

Students and Alumni of the Global Energy Management (GEM) Program at the University of Colorado recently had the opportunity to tour an Ensign Energy oil rig in Hudson, Colorado. The tour was the inaugural event of the “GEM Energy Site Tour Series.” This new program is an extension of the GEM Speaker Series, and it will include quarterly visits to various energy sites around Colorado.  Read more