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Plenty of well-meaning employers support working mothers with legal protections and accommodations. But it takes more than that, says Sabrina Volpone, assistant professor of organizational leadership at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business. In order for mothers to succeed at work, company policies are necessary but not sufficient...

Leeds Associate Professor of Real Estate Stephen Billings was recently highlighted in Quartz as conducting one of the most influential economics papers in 2018. His paper titled “ Life After Lead: Effects of Early Interventions for Children Exposed to Lead ,” coauthored by Simon Fraser University’s Kevin Schnepel and published...

It’s not as common in this day and age for anyone to spend nearly 20 years at one institution or workplace, but Mary Banks, who is as uncommon and extraordinary as they come, did exactly that. Mary retired in early 2019 from CU Boulder and the Leeds School of Business...

Leeds School of Business and the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) partners with MBArk, Naturally Boulder and the New Hope Network to present an MBA-level executive education program for and by the natural foods industry. Now in its second year, the Food Industry Executive Leadership Development (FIELD) certificate...

Over the past 10 years, Leeds has partnered with the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to help qualified Boulder County residents file over 4,000 returns. This service is provided at no cost to the local community and utilizes student and faculty volunteers from the Leeds School...

Property technology, better known as PropTech, is transforming the way real estate does business. Real estate has been surprisingly slow to adopt digital tools compared to other industries. Subtle changes began to take place in waves, starting around 1980; yet, less than two years ago, PropTech was barely on anyone’s...

Sarah Kauss transformed the way many of us look at water bottles. A social-minded entrepreneur with an accounting background, Kauss built S’well, a sustainable water bottle company, on her own and from the ground up. Drawing from a desire to do business differently, she created a product that merged fashion...