Dr. Sharmila Anand, an alumna of the University of Colorado Denver, is a born social entrepreneur, doctor, and an inspired educator. Her collaborations nurture education and healthcare environments where people can reach their optimal potential as well as learn how to effectively serve the greater community. “I’m from a family of medical professionals, and have always seen that it is good to serve people,” said Dr.  Read more

Current MBA student Christina Volpi recently shared her experience working for Sustainable Collaborations Group (SCG) with CU Denver Business School’s Managing for Sustainability Advisory Council. She spoke on her completed research on SCG’s Sustainability Performance Measurement software and shared her findings with the council. SCG, a third party Sustainability Performance Measurement and Management services organization, has created software that gives clients an automated way to capture, maintain and manage sustainability activities, data, and information via an all-inclusive, integrated system.  Read more

In the 21st century, the push toward digitizing information exploded, except for in one major industry: health-care. Featured in a recent Wall Street Journal piece on electronic medical records, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Dr. Jiban Khuntia, explained why the shift took so long, and what finally led to it. When you walk into a doctor’s office, you oftentimes expect fast answers.  Read more

When Heather Lafferty started at the University of Colorado Denver’s Business School, she couldn’t foresee how valuable what she learned would be, she says now. Since 2008, Lafferty has led one of Colorado’s largest nonprofits as the CEO and Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. While fulfilling its mission to help low-income families and individuals become homeowners, in recent years Habitat also has grown into an organization that is a lot like a healthy business.  Read more

How do you land a job at the Federal Reserve? Alexa Brooks, alumna from the CU Denver Business School, can tell you. She graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration this past fall with majors in Finance and Risk Management and Insurance (RMI). Born and raised in the city, she came to CU Denver with an interest in finance and left with a highly competitive job.   Read more

With the Cuban borders officially opened in 2015, our students are now able to experience a previously unseen side of Cuba through a Business School Study Abroad program, Cuba Libre. Through the program, students experience the rich cultural history of urban and rural Cuba, while gaining an understanding of the complex political and economic system as it tries to embrace normalized relations with the world’s largest economy.  Read more

University of Colorado Denver Business School students Kennedi Christensen and Nick Nguyen were invited to join the AIG Denver 2016 Fall Producers Council & Claims Advisory Board celebration on Nov. 30 at Hotel Monaco’s Wine Cellar. The students were chosen to attend, because of their involvement with the Risk Management Insurance program here at the Business School.  Read more