Business Analytics Articles

Research Examines Benefits of Social Media for Homeless Youth

Research Examines Benefits of Social Media for Homeless Youth

Conventional wisdom suggests that if a person doesn’t have a job, a place to live or know where the next meal is coming from, a smartphone and social media are afterthoughts. But research from three University of Denver professors indicates that kids struggling with...

Expert Opinion on the Facebook Scandal

Expert Opinion on the Facebook Scandal

As Mark Zuckerberg heads to Congress to testify today, we thought we'd ask two Daniels experts about the recent events affecting Facebook. Andrew Urbaczewski, professor and chair of the Department of Business Information and Analytics and Michael Myers, associate...

Daniels Team Wins DU Analytics Challenge

Daniels Team Wins DU Analytics Challenge

Frozen and canned vegetables are the items that leave the warehouse fastest. Mondays and Saturdays are days they receive the most donations. There is no major correlation between the general health of the population and the food resources they receive. These are just...

Play Ball!

Play Ball!

Springtime is here and that, of course, means the start of baseball season. In Colorado, for a quarter-century that has meant heading out to the corner of 20th and Blake in Denver, enjoying the ambiance and wondering if the Colorado Rockies’ pitching staff can somehow...

Students analyze Food Bank of the Rockies data

Students analyze Food Bank of the Rockies data

Students from five universities will compete in the DU Analytics Challenge hosted by the Daniels College of Business Friday, April 6, on the University of Denver campus. Teams from Daniels, the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State...

A Love of Math and Games

A Love of Math and Games

In a 2011 interview, Robert Hannum shared that he always liked playing games and it was natural for him to want to understand the mathematics behind the games. He pursued his undergraduate degree in math from the University of Dayton, and earned both an MS and a PhD...

Experts available to discuss Super Bowl LII

Experts available to discuss Super Bowl LII

Super Bowl LII will be held Sunday, Feb 4, in Minneapolis. The game will be televised by NBC, and is sure to be one of the most watched sporting events in the U.S. Nearly 50 percent of Americans watch the Super Bowl each year. The University of Denver Daniels College...

Expert Predictions for 2018

Expert Predictions for 2018

  It's a new year, and who knows what 2018 has in store for us? We asked a variety of faculty members from across academic units at Daniels to look into their crystal balls and tell us what their predictions for 2018 are. Here's what they said:   Andrew...

Analytics Challenge Produces Outcomes for Special Olympics CO

Analytics Challenge Produces Outcomes for Special Olympics CO

In February 2017, students from across the Front Range competed in the DU Analytics Challenge to help Special Olympics Colorado solve two business problems: Where are the gaps between coaches and athletes for given sports, and where should they concentrate their...