Business Analytics Articles

Daniels Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2021

Daniels Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2021

After an unprecedented academic year, the Daniels College of Business is thrilled to welcome new faculty members this fall. They each bring a wealth of expertise and experience to the classroom and the College as a whole, enriching the lives of students and helping to...

20 Years Later

20 Years Later

Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 marks 20 years since the Sept. 11 attacks on America, when four planes were hijacked simultaneously and crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. The DU...

Why I Chose a Master’s in Business Analytics at Daniels

Why I Chose a Master’s in Business Analytics at Daniels

I stumbled upon business analytics when I returned to school as a non-traditional student in my mid-30s. I knew I wanted to work in a business environment but the path I had originally chosen in human resources was not the right one for me. While studying at Eastern...

Daniels Grad Earns Citizenship, Degree

Daniels Grad Earns Citizenship, Degree

Tatum van Willingh’s secret to college success is a three-letter word. At the University of Denver, she learned to say “yes.” Yes to the Pioneer Leadership Program. Yes to the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity. Yes to the Undergraduate Student Business Association....

Q&A: How to Fight the ‘Zoombies’ and Minimize Screen Fatigue

Q&A: How to Fight the ‘Zoombies’ and Minimize Screen Fatigue

It’s day 439 of the pandemic, and Zoom has lost a little of its charm. The novelty and convenience of conducting work, school and socializing online have given way to glassy eyes and blank stares. Scott Toney, a teaching assistant professor in the Department of...

DU Students Launch Program With Local High School to Empower Girls

DU Students Launch Program With Local High School to Empower Girls

Almost two years ago, DU student Zoi Johns was meeting with her Pioneer Leadership Program (PLP) small group to brainstorm a community project. “On the count of three, say who you want to work with,” Johns recalls. The next moment launched them on a journey that would...

Q&A: The Influence of Online Movie Reviews

Q&A: The Influence of Online Movie Reviews

Once upon a time, box office sales were the make-or-break bellwether in the movie business. Studios were eager to shepherd their audiences to the big screen, where, the Columbia Journalism Review estimates, they need to bring in $74 million just to break even. But...

Why I Chose Daniels, Even During a Pandemic

Why I Chose Daniels, Even During a Pandemic

Raghav Kidambi is a first-year student in the Master’s of Business Information and Analytics program at Daniels. He shares his first-person account of his journey applying to graduate school during a pandemic. I had applied to the University of Denver’s Daniels...

Daniels Research Tackles Sports Fans’ Biggest Questions

Daniels Research Tackles Sports Fans’ Biggest Questions

Whap. Whap. Whap. A wooden bat beating a tin trash can. If you weren’t listening for it, you would have had no idea it was happening. But batters for the Houston Astros most certainly did. The sound was a sign, relayed from a camera in the outfield, trained on the...