More than 500 attend annual Donor Dinner for the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus “For Jean Barban, every day is a gift. Fifteen years ago her heart stopped.” The annual Donor Recognition Dinner always highlights inspiring stories of generosity, passion and vision, but this year’s event chronicled a tale that went straight to the heart.  Read more

Professionals entering global energy system need a holistic understanding of the industry, Kaminski says Students who gain a big-picture understanding of the global energy system will find a wealth of job prospects in the evolving energy industry, Vincent Kaminski, Ph.D., told a CU Denver Business School audience on Feb. 13. “I tell my students that if they choose to specialize in energy, they cannot make a wrong decision,” said Kaminski, a professor in Rice University’s business school.  Read more

Masters said J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities at Business School making transformative difference Blythe Masters, head of Global Commodities for J.P. Morgan, said commodities are a fascinating business sector that challenge students to develop an array of marketable skill sets. Providing outstanding education and research for this dynamic global field is the J.P.  Read more

PIMCO executive a featured guest of CU Denver’s J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities DENVER – When world stock markets plunged on Black Monday in October 1987, one asset class held remarkably steady. “If you looked at the markets and economy through the eyes of the commodity index, people kept drinking their coffee, eating their Wheaties,” Robert Greer, executive vice president and manager of Real Return Products at PIMCO, told a large CU Denver Business School audience at a lunchtime discussion on Jan.  Read more

Students will trade futures contracts in corn, oil and gold in international competition CU Denver Business School teams are back to test their skills in commodities futures and they’re setting sights on strong finishes in the 2014 CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.Last year was the first time CU Denver fielded student teams for the Trading Challenge, reflecting the rapid development of the Business School’s J.P.  Read more

Bluford Putnam says Washington’s political climate ‘more bitter and divided’ than ever, making economic impacts more severe The Federal Reserve’s massive asset purchase program has produced mixed short-term economic effects, while in the long term has weakened the Fed’s balance sheet, according to a leading national economist who spoke at the CU Denver Business School Oct.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School announced Ajeyo Banerjee as the Executive Academic Program Director of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities. The partnership between the University of Colorado Denver and J.P. Morgan is the first-of-its-kind in the academic world, which provides innovative programs, and academic work in the field of commodity finance, economics and policy.  Read more