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Leeds’ Deming Center Wins Global Award for Entrepreneurship Education

Oct. 9, 2019

Leeds School of Business won the “Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation Award” at the Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Annual Event in Stockholm, September 26-28, 2019. The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship’s innovative education on high growth ventures stood out from a pool of 50 centers that applied...

Jane Miller speaking at the Natural and Organic Bootcamp
Leeds Hosts Its First Natural and Organic Bootcamp for MBA 鶹Ժ

Oct. 7, 2019

For up-and-coming MBA students with a passion for natural and organic products, Leeds offers an unrivaled opportunity to immerse oneself in the industry landscape, literally and theoretically. Located in the heart of Boulder, the place to be for natural and organics—with the highest concentration of natural products companies in the...

Stephen Billings Article
Harsh School Discipline May Lead Kids to Prison Outcome

Oct. 4, 2019

New research from Leeds Associate Professor Stephen Billings and coauthors from Harvard’s Kennedy School finds that students attending stricter middle schools are more likely to end up incarcerated later in life. Their paper “The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime” estimates the net impact...

Final steel beam being installed in the business and engineering expansion at CU Boulder
Business and Engineering Expansion Hits Key Milestone

Oct. 2, 2019

If you have visited campus lately, you have likely seen the incredible progress that is underway with the Business and Engineering building expansion. The physical connector between the two schools is now in place—a landmark achievement in this process—and the project is on schedule and on budget for opening in...

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CU Real Estate Center Co-Hosts Innovative Retail Real Estate Symposium

Sept. 11, 2019

The CU Real Estate Center recently partnered with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) to host an inaugural symposium at CU Denver focused on retail real estate in Colorado. The event kicked off with an interview with ICSC Chairman Daniel Hurwitz who shared his perspective on the state of...

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Leeds Ranked in Top 20 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Public Undergraduate Business Programs

Sept. 9, 2019

Leeds jumps into the spotlight at #20 in U.S. News & World Report ’s 2020 Best Undergraduate Business Programs at public universities—up from #22 last year. “We remain focused on leading the way in business school education – and thanks to our world-class faculty and close partnerships with Colorado’s dynamic...

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Bascom Group Supports Growth of Leeds’ New Undergraduate Real Estate Program

Sept. 6, 2019

California-based private equity firm, The Bascom Group, LLC (“Bascom”), is investing in the future of real estate at the Leeds School of Business. Bascom has a long history of social outreach and philanthropy, especially supporting real estate education. Bascom’s founders met while studying real estate at the University of Wisconsin,...

United Nations Building to represent the new UNITAR training program for UN Diplomats
Leeds’ Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility Launches Online Certificate Program in Ethical Leadership with the United Nations

Aug. 16, 2019

Leeds’ Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR)​ is doing some important work with the United Nations this year. In March, CESR partnered with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to develop an online certificate program to assist UN diplomats and staff in fostering both the character...

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Assistant Professor David Drake Receives the 2018 Page Prize for Excellence in Business Sustainability Education

Aug. 13, 2019

Leeds’ Assistant Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations David Drake and colleagues Andre Calmon and Jackie Stenson (both of INSEAD), recently won the prestigious 2018 Page Prize for Excellence in Business Sustainability Education for a course they co-designed while Drake was visiting INSEAD business school last year. Giving students the...

Stefanie Johnson research
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Is on the Decline Post #MeToo, New Research Suggests

July 17, 2019

New research from Leeds’ leadership authority and Associate Professor of Management Stefanie Johnson and Ksenia Keplinger, a research associate, along with two Leeds doctoral candidates Jessica Kirk and Liza Barnes, found that in the wake of the #MeToo era, workplace sexual harassment has decreased. However, gender harassment has increased. Importantly,...

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