Colorado State University received a $3.1 million gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to extend its Monfort Excellence Fund. The fund, which began in 1999, provides money for Monfort Scholars, Monfort Professors, Monfort Professors-in-Residence and the Monfort Lecture Series.
George Washington High School’s mock-trial team took fifth place last weekend out of 44 teams at the National High School Mock Trials Championship in Wilmington, Del. GW was the first Denver Public Schools team to compete at nationals.
HealthTrans, a Greenwood Village-based national pharmacy- benefits administrator, is No. 7 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2008 Hot 100 list of the fastest-growing U.S. businesses.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. of Greenwood Village, along with Colorado law enforcement personnel, raised $76,770 for Special Olympics Colorado during a recent fundraiser.
UQM Technologies Inc., a Frederick-based developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that the ZeroTruck, an all-electric zero-emission medium-duty truck powered by a UQM electric propulsion system, will debut at the 2008 Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference and Expo in Las Vegas this week.
Time Warner Telecom received a $2.5 million, two-year contract to provide communications and network services to the Douglas County School District, Colorado’s third-largest school district.
The Snowmass Club in Snowmass has been designated a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.
Platte River Power Authority of Fort Collins was named a Climate Action Leader for a second consecutive year by the California Climate Action Registry.
Disaboom, a Denver-based resource and online community for people living with or touched by disability, announced that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Disaboom as a venue for outreach and discussion regarding his positions on disability issues.
T. Rowe Price, an investment- management firm with offices in Colorado Springs, was recently honored by the Economic Development Council of Colorado as the 2007 Company of the Year. The award cited support for economic development through financial and leadership participation.
