“What do you want to be when you grow up?” For many children, the answer comes quickly. Doctor. Teacher. Astronaut. Artist. Police officer. Lawyer. Teacher. Sports player, etc. Then there are the ones who find it difficult to choose; every possibility feels equally compelling. Their interests shift constantly with new curiosities and new skills. The way in which they see the world, kaleidoscopic, provides open doors and opportunities, and marries dreams together rather than one dedicated goal.  Read more

Growing up, Sofie Maliyevsky ’25 wanted to be a fashion designer. She loved drawing, painting, and creating, even making custom styles for her dolls. Through her formative years, Maliyevsky attended a hands-on, expeditionary-style program where teamwork, outdoor education, and other “non-traditional” subjects superseded standardized testing. Surprisingly, Maliyevsky’s transition into “normal” learning post high-school felt natural.  Read more

Congratulations, Spring 2026 graduates! Each semester, the Business School recognizes two graduate, two undergraduate, and two First Generation and Multi-Cultural (FaM) graduating students, whose academic performance and contributions to the University have gone above and beyond, breaking down barriers not only for themselves, but also for their fellow students and future Lynx.   Read more

On Thursday, April 23, over 120 attendees packed into the CU Denver Business School’s Jake Jabs Event Center for the 25^th annual pitch competition for THE CLIMB. The evening event featured live pitch presentations from six CU Denver student teams, a panel of esteemed judges, and a supportive gathering of Denver’s business community. But unlike past years, the biggest question in everyone’s mind wasn’t just who would win the night’s top three prizes, but also how much.  Read more

Ushering in a new era of transparency, Federal rules now mandate that hospitals provide detailed pricing information for common services. However, the presentation of this data is often limited to large, sprawling spreadsheets that are inaccessible to many consumers. This spring, through its annual Case Competition, the Business School Alliance for Health Management (BAHM) challenged 7 graduate student teams to tackle this issue and translate confusing medical pricing information into a comprehensive, comprehensible, customer-facing solution.   Read more

For his outstanding contributions to CU Denver Business School and the Risk Management and Insurance program, Troy D. Sibelius, FASLA, CIC, CRM, has been recognized with the Business School’s Community Engagement Award and the RMI program’s Above & Beyond Award. 

“Troy’s leadership at Buckner and as Chair of the Surplus Lines Association of Colorado has made a lasting impact on the RMI Program.

Coffee is one of the few things that needs no introduction. Across cultures, backgrounds, and time zones, it is part of millions of people’s morning routines, it’s the quiet constant that helps them get through long days of work, and the backdrop to conversations that might otherwise never happen. And more often than not, the place where people drink it matters just as much as what is in the cup.  Read more