The recent drop in oil costs are benefiting the consumer now, but will eventually cost others jobs, including right here at home. In December of 2014 oil was trading at $107 a barrel. Today it hovers around $30. As a result of that free-fall, the value of Colorado’s oil production dropped by more than 34 percent, hitting $5.4 billion last year, down from $8.2 billion in 2014.  Read more

The Director of Finance and Risk Management at the CU Denver Business School Professor Jian Yang is an authority in the Finance world here at CU Denver and abroad. Yang was recently featured in China Daily to talk about stocks slumping across the world precipitated by heavy selling in China as officials in the mainland pulled the plug on a mechanism designed to limit chaotic market activity.  Read more

The CU Denver Business School gives annual awards to faculty members for excellence in research, excellence in teaching for a tenure track and non-tenure track faculty and excellence in service. A committee of the three past winners in each category reviews the annual reports of the faculty and make their recommendations to the Dean. Winners are then invited to submit their dossiers for inclusion in the campus level competition for the awards.  Read more

Gaurav Chandra is a Surgeon who just finished a Burn Surgery/Critical Care Fellowship in the University of Colorado Hospital prior to entering into the 11-Month MBA program at the CU Denver Business School. Chandra has worked as a Surgeon in North America, South Africa, and India for 15 years. Gaurav’s interest in the 11-Month MBA Program stemmed from his medical practice.  Read more

Prior to joining the 11-Month MBA program at the CU Denver Business School, Jessica had quite a diverse background. Her undergraduate degree was in Natural Sciences with an emphasis in Secondary Education. However, she determined shortly after student teaching that she was not destined to be an educator. Instead, Haycraft spent 8 years in the Colorado mountains perfecting her “ski bum” lifestyle.  Read more

Rob Carpenter is an exceptional individual who has used the education he is receiving from the CU Denver Business School to become a very successful entrepreneur. Rob received his undergraduate degree in Entrepreneurship from Northern Michigan University and will complete his Master’s in Business Administration next summer with an emphasis in Enterprise Technology Management.  Read more

The CU Denver Business School is fortunate to have a number of exceptional Adjunct Professors, one of which is Graham Russell who has used his professional experience to become a better teacher in the classroom. Russell received his MA in Economic Geography from Cambridge University, United Kingdom and his MBA Finance from Cranfield Institute of Technology, United Kingdom.  Read more