With only one course left to complete his MS in Accounting, Mark Lasser went into the darkest time of his life.  This was due in part to the rare optic condition called Non-arthritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION).  The condition that begins with similar symptoms to that of an allergy, leaves the person completely blind by the end of the week.  While many who suffer from this usually only have one eye effected, Lasser was in the less than 5% of the population who ended up getting this condition in both of his eyes.   Read more

University of Colorado – Denver Business School Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) students recently participated in a two-week intensive course in Denver, including class lectures, presentations, and case studies, to prepare them to experience global risk management in the non-traditional Excess and Surplus Lines Market. The class then traveled to London, June 1-7, 2015, attended presentations from insurance brokers, risk management companies, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers to learn how risk is transferred globally.   Read more

“With life being a challenge for everybody, it is important that we never let our circumstances define us, and that we always strive to make our lives—along with everybody else’s—better.” – Irvin Calderas Munoz The wise words from one of this year’s outstanding students and recent graduates, Irvin Calderas Munoz.  Munoz has been triumphant, but he has overcome tribulations to be at CU Denver Business School.  Read more

Over 165 graduate and undergraduate students gathered from across the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campuses to compete at this year’s annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium. The Symposium showcases the research, creative and entrepreneurial activities of students on the Denver Campus and Anschutz Medical Campus. One student making waves at this year’s symposium was Zach Kloska, a junior obtaining his degree in accounting and financial management.   Read more

On April 10 and 11, at the Denver Marriot City Center, Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) chapters from across the Rocky Mountain region met.  The regional meeting was hosted by the University of Colorado Denver Business School’s Theta Sigma chapter. Theta Sigma held a special “Meet and Greet” event at the Business School on Friday, April 10^th, which brought together over 100 students from 13 regional chapters with more than 50 professionals from Denver area top financial firms.  Read more

“Many small people, who in many small places do many small things, can alter the face of the world.” So reads an inscription on one of the remaining panels of the Berlin Wall, a barrier between East and West Berlin that stood for nearly three decades and became a symbol of a divided world. When the wall fell, so too did barriers to the flow of capital, goods, and people. Twenty-five years later, the University of Colorado’s 11-Month MBA program arrived in Germany to observe the economic landscape and explore business opportunities in this once divided region.  Read more

Learn With Purpose: In my own words For me, learning with purpose means to never sell yourself short. In our culture, it’s as if getting an undergrad degree is simply what is expected, even when we don’t know what we want to do. I think that leads to a lot of settling for what you have, rather than aspiring for what you want. Everyone deserves the chance to be their best selves, and the CU Denver Business School delivers the opportunities to do just that.  Read more