US News
U.S. News cites influential financial literacy paper by Leeds’ John Lynch

July 30, 2018

An influential paper by researchers at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business continues to be central to the public debate about when financial education improves financial behavior. Leeds Professor, and Director of the Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making, John Lynch is quoted in an August U.S. News...

Faculty Excellence
Cornell study ranks Leeds Marketing Faculty among the world’s best in research output

July 25, 2018

A recent study out of Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management ranks the Leeds School Marketing faculty as among the very best in the world. The authors measured faculty productivity at 30 of the world’s leading marketing departments in the top academic journals in business and the social sciences. In...

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Inaugural case competition puts the focus on women leaders in business

June 29, 2018

The Office of Diversity Affairs hosted the Inaugural Women in Business Case Competition at the Leeds School of Business. The inaugural year featured 36 participants with the Office of Diversity Affairs intending to grow the program in the years to come. The participants are rising high school seniors and incoming...

New Venture Challenge champs
CU students take a New Venture Challenge idea to new heights

June 22, 2018

The Boulder startup community continues to grow as newly-founded startup, Specdrums is acquired by the Boulder-based technology company, Sphero. This past spring, CU students presented their idea for Specdrums and won the 2018 New Venture Challenge after placing second the previous year. Specdrums developed software that uses rings worn on...

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Leeds alumnus awarded for exceptional CPA Exam achievement

June 11, 2018

Passing the CPA Exam the first time around is notoriously difficult – the pass rate was under 50 percent in 2017. So it’s especially rare to score 95.5 out of 100 across all four parts of the exam on the first attempt. Eric Hauptman, a Leeds School of Business graduate...

Financial planning
Relying on Your Partner for Household Money Matters Creates Vulnerability Over Time

May 10, 2018

Collaborative research by Leeds and the University of Texas at Austin shows the pros and cons for couples of unequal division of responsibility for money matters. When couples begin their relationships, they naturally divide up tasks and give one partner more responsibility than the other for finances. The person who...

Rising Tides
WSJ cites Professors Bernstein and Lewis's research on rising tides and housing markets

May 4, 2018

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal addresses the impact that sea level rise (SLR) is having on housing markets. Research conducted by Leeds professors Asaf Bernstein and Ryan Lewis , in collaboration with Penn State University Professor Matthew Gustafson, demonstrates that homes exposed to SLR sell at a...

Case competition winners
Winning strategies to promote mental health in the workplace

May 4, 2018

The “Wolves of Comm Strat” student team took first place at the Final Challenge Competition in their Communication Strategy class May 3. Out of 80 competing teams, these six freshman came up with a winning strategy, and each walked away with a $300 prize. The Leeds Communications Strategy case competition...

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Boulder residents receive $367K in tax refunds with tax prep help from Leeds

May 1, 2018

For the 9 th straight year, students and faculty from the Leeds School of Business and the CU Law School volunteered to prepare taxes for low-income residents. Leeds provides this help through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program which provides free tax preparation services for those...

Caruso gift to CU Boulder
Large donation supports the continued collaboration between Leeds and Engineering

April 17, 2018

Dan Caruso, founder, chairman and CEO of Zayo Group along with his wife Cindy recently gave a $2 million donation to CU Boulder through The Caruso Foundation. This donation is designed to help fund key initiatives and support for support innovation, entrepreneurship and diversity on campus. Their gift helps fund...

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