The CU Denver Net Impact Student Chapter and Managing for Sustainability program from the Business School co-hosted a special panel event on Thursday, April 27, 2017 on “Impact Investing, Corporate Sustainability, and Micro-Lending.” Net Impact provides a forum for students to make a positive impact by taking on social and environmental challenges for the greater good.  Read more

When Doris Kearns Goodwin talks of “my guys” – the leaders she has studied in unparalleled depth over her career as U.S. presidential historian – she ticks off shared traits such as intelligence, empathy, energy and communication skills. But the most important presidential quality, she says, is resilience. So, as President Trump this week reaches his first 100 days in office, he will likewise be tested, sooner or later, in the adaptability department.  Read more

“The greatest gift that anyone could ever receive is making the long walk from intelligence to wisdom,” said Lloyd Lewan, Ph.D., chairman of Lewan & Associates and pioneering dean of Semester at Sea. The Jake Jabs Center of Entrepreneurship and CIBER welcomed Lloyd Lewan, known as one of Colorado’s greatest entrepreneurs, to an intimate crowd of University of Colorado Denver faculty, staff, students and local business professionals on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017.  Read more

On April 5, 2017, Chris Franks, a local entrepreneur and business advisor hosted CU Denver Business School students for the April session of Lunch with Leaders (LwL). A new program sponsored by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, LwL matches successful business owners with Business School students to discuss real examples of ethics in business.  Read more

Susan Morrice knows what it takes to succeed in the energy industry, whether you work in Denver or drill wells in Latin America. Morrice knows how to take risks and overcome doubters. She knows how to build a company – and she knows how to do it all in a male-dominated industry. Morrice, the founder and chair of Belize Natural Energy, shared her story about finding oil in the small Central American country during her keynote speech at the HERWorld Global Energy Forum.  Read more

When we think about business ethics, corporations like Enron, Volkswagen and Audi immediately come to mind. In reality, ethical dilemmas in the workplace are common, and they’re generally not the widely publicized scandals we see on the news. The inaugural session of Lunch with Leaders, a new program presented by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the CU Denver Business School, took place on Wednesday, March 8, 2017.  Read more

On November 30, 2016, University of Colorado Denver students learned about the very serious repercussions that come with financial fraud. Nearly 130 students, faculty and alumni joined the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Colorado Denver Business School to hear the story of Weston Smith, former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the HealthSouth Corporation.  Read more