FACULTY
The School’s faculty offer a wealth of academic and business experience to students. Over 96% of them have earned a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field. And all are actively involved in scholarly activities that include: authoring college textbooks and numerous books, articles and conference papers; original research projects; business, government and industrial consulting; and conducting sponsored research for academic programs. Such scholarly activities enable faculty to stay current in and contribute to their fields of knowledge, as well as to bring a balanced perspective between theory and practice into the classroom.
Enrollment
| Undergraduate | 1,949 |
MBA (full-time) | 110 |
MBA (part-time) | 999 |
Executive MBA | 53 |
MS in Accounting | 189 |
Executive Education | 145 |
Ph.D. | 60 |
Top Employers
IBM
Aetna
Hartford Financial
Covidien
Pitney Bowes
Walmart
SS&C Technologies
GE
Northeast Utilities
NASDAQ
Academic Areas
Accounting
Finance
Healthcare Management
Real Estate
Management
Marketing
Operations & Information Management
ALUMNI
27,000+ worldwide including:
Robert W. Crispin, '75 MBA; President & CIO, ING Investment Management, Inc.
Robert E. Diamond, '77 MBA; CEO, Barclays Capital, & Chairman, Barclays Global Investors
Penelope A. Dobkin, '76, '79 MBA; Portfolio Manager, Fidelity International Growth & Income Fund
Douglas J. Elliott, '83; President & CEO, Travelers Property Casualty Corp.
Michael Friedman, '77 MBA; EVP & COO, Purdue Pharma LP
Mark E. Freitas, '81; President & COO, Frank Crystal & Company
David A. Gang, '81; Executive Vice President, Products & Programming/CTO, WebMD Health
Janet M. Hansen, '78 MBA; President & CEO, Aquarion Water Company
John Y. Kim '87 MBA; President, Prudential Retirement
Joseph E. Parsons, '79; President & CEO, GE Equity
Retired:
Janet A. Alpert, '78 MBA; President, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.
Janet M. Hansen, '78 MBA; President & CEO, Aquarion Water Company
Christopher P. A. Komisarjevsky, '79 MBA; President & CEO Worldwide, Burson-Marsteller
MILESTONES
1940’s
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1941
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School of Business established with Laurence J. Ackerman as Dean.
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1947
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First academic departments introduced – Accounting, Finance, Industrial Administration, Insurance, Law & Secretarial Studies, and Marketing.
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1950’s
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1957
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Evening MBA Program at the Hartford campus is offered.
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1958
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The School’s undergraduate program earns accreditation by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
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1959
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Real Estate studies are added to the curriculum.
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1960’s
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1960
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Full-Time MBA Program is launched and is only open to Air Force officers.
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1963
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Dean Ackerman retires and is succeeded by Dean Robert O. Harvey.
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1964
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Full-Time MBA Program opens to civilians.
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1965
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Center for Real Estate & Urban Economic Studies (CREUES) is established.
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1967
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First undergraduate internship program is established.
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1968
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Standardization of Storrs, Hartford & Stamford MBA Programs occurs.
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1970’s
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1971
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All three MBA Programs earn accreditation by AACSB International.
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1974
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Dean Ronald J. Patten succeeds retiring Dean Harvey.
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1979
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Health Care Management is added as a specialization to the MBA Program.
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1980’s
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1980
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Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CSBDC) is established.
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1981
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Information Management becomes an academic department, spinning off from Management, and eventually becomes Operations & Information Management.
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1982
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Business Career Center is established through a grant from CIGNA.
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1984
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Thomas J. & Bette Wolff Program in Entrepreneurship is established.
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1985
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Both graduate and undergraduate Accounting Programs receive AACSB International accreditation.
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1987
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First students are admitted into the Ph.D. Program.
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1988
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Dean Patten retires and is succeeded by Dean David Kidwell.
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1990’s
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1990
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First students are admitted into the Executive MBA Program.
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1992
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Dean Kidwell resigns and is succeeded by Dean Thomas G. Gutteridge.
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1993
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School of Business Hall of Fame is established.
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1994
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The School’s first web site is established.
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1995
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The School is designated as one of 27 Centers for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) in the country.
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1996
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The first endowed chair is established – the Robert Cizik Chair in Manufacturing & Technology Management; the GE Capital Global Learning Center is established; the first Ackerman Scholars are named.
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1997
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UConn Downtown campus opens in the Travelers Education Center; the Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI) is established.
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1998
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New UConn Stamford campus opens its doors.
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1999
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The School breaks ground for a new state-of-the-art, $27 million learning and research facility; the Treibick Family Electronic Commerce Initiative Fund (TECI) is established.
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2000’s
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2000
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$1 million Student Managed Investment Fund is established; the Treibick Family Chair for CITI, the Gladstein Professor in Information Management and Innovation, and the Shenkman Family Chair in E-Business are established; WebCT is introduced in the School to enhance learning and facilitate online course delivery.
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2001
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The School opens the doors to its new home on Hillside Road; in partnership with GE, edgelab opens in Stamford providing 40 student internships; ING Center and the ING Chair in Financial Services established; Auran J. Fox Chair in E-Business is established; School completes and achieves the Kresge Challenge.
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2002
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BusinessWeek ranks UConn among the “Best B-Schools” in the country; Interim Dean CF Sirmans replaces Dean Gutteridge.
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2003
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William C. (Curt) Hunter is appointed Dean.
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2004
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UConn School of Business Graduate Business Learning Center and SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator open in downtown Hartford; additional $1 million is added to the Student Managed Investment Fund.
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2006
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Interim Dean Mo Hussein replaces Dean Hunter.
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2008
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P. Christopher Earley is appointed Dean; ranked by BusinessWeek in Top 45.
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