Join the University of Denver’s Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management May 12 and 14 for the 10th annual DU Vin Festival with Cossack Family Guest Chef Alex Seidel. Seidel is the most recent Denver-based winner of the James Beard Award and chef-owner of...
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Live Where You Work, Work Where You Live
It’s a longstanding problem in resort cities around the world, including Colorado ski towns — middle-income workers like teachers, firefighters and nurses can’t afford to live in the communities they serve. Colorado- and Florida-based K2 Developers is stepping in with...
A Philanthropic Spirit
When Leslie Howard (MBA 2003) used to walk the halls of the Daniels building, she would read the quotes on the walls from the College’s namesake, Bill Daniels, and feel a sense of awe for the cable industry pioneer and philanthropist. “He was a legend in cable,” she...
Alumni Empower Women Through Soccer Nonprofit
Quick, make a list of everything you need to start playing soccer. A ball, for starters. A goal to kick it into. Maybe a pair of cleats. And if you’re playing on a team, jerseys could be helpful. But University of Denver alumna Sarah Dwyer-Shick (MSM 2000) realized...
The Road to Success
The benefits of higher education are well documented. College graduates are more likely than those with only a high school diploma to live longer, healthier lives; experience less unemployment; and earn higher salaries. This is true for nearly every demographic, but...
Longtime Partnership Promotes Diversity in Real Estate
Identifying a lack of diversity in the real estate industry is one thing. Doing something about it is entirely different, Barbara Jackson realized, as grad student Michele Tonti (MS 2015) sat in her office at the Daniels College of Business. Jackson, director of...
Addressing Gaps in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The City and County of Denver’s Technology Services (TS) agency has a new, robust Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) action plan thanks to the assistance of a Denver MBA student team at the Daniels College of Business. As part of the Denver MBA program’s Social...
Alumni Build Music Education into Underfunded Schools
The keys of the piano plunked Mallory Bernstein from White Plains, New York, to Fairbanks, Alaska, to Denver, Colorado. Performing was her passion, and she traveled the country polishing her repertoire, picking up academic degrees as she went. In Denver, however,...
Immersed in the Business of Wellness
Growing up, Colleen Reilly (MBA & MS 2000) wanted to be a doctor, like her neurosurgeon father. She pursued that dream through college as a pre-med major. When her dad died in her 20s, she realized it wasn’t actually her dream at all. “He was the only neurosurgeon...