School News Archives
Student Excellence Recognized at National Association of Black Accountants Event5/6/2008 - The National Association of Black Accountants Greater Hartford Chapter held their first annual "Night of Stars" event on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Aetna Co...
UConn School of Business Students Win Big at Statewide Business Plan Competition5/1/2008 - Four teams of students from the University of Connecticut School of Business captured first place honors and monetary awards totaling $45,000 as winners of a recent statewide business plan competition...
Young Business Alumnus Launches Scholarship4/29/2008 - It is not uncommon for a UConn alum to cite a desire to "give back" to the University when making a donation. That's how Frank Carmon IV '06 describes his rationale for establishing a scholarsh...
New Dean Hopes To Increase Business School's Global Awareness4/21/2008 - Since arriving at UConn three months ago, Christopher Earley, dean of the School of Business, has been consulting with students, faculty, and alumni on how to build on the school's strengths. ...
Secretary of the State, Susan Bysiewicz, Sets the Stage for Aspiring Entrpreneurs4/15/2008 - Secretary of the State, Susan Bysiewicz along with her colleague, Harland Henry, manager of the Small and Minority Business Services Unit, spoke at an event hosted by UConn's Student Ent...
UConn Scores Big at Pi Sigma Epsilon National Conference4/10/2008 - UConn's Epsilon Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE), the National Professional Marketing and Sales Fraternity, scored big at the fraternity's national conference held March 26th-30th, 2008 in Dall...
UConn School of Business Briefs - April 20084/1/2008 - BusinessWeek.com: Students Rank Accounting Program #11
In a follow-up special report to the "2008 Undergraduate Best B-Schools" ranking published earlier this year in February, BusinessWe...
Research Examines Wrongful Discharge Laws and Company Performance3/24/2008 - Should employment laws make it difficult for employers to fire their workers? A recent paper by Robert Bird, assistant professor of Business Law, and John Knopf, assistant professor of Finance, o...
Alumni living abroad tapped to become Husky ambassadors3/21/2008 - The UConn Alumni Association has started a program to reach out to graduates who live overseas, hoping to reconnect them to the University and seek their assistance in welcoming study abroad students ...
Alum Kicks Off Student Assistance Fund3/19/2008 - George Findell, Jr. '56, an alumnus of the School of Business, has given $100,000 toward two new funds. In addition to establishing an endowed fund in his own name to support student leadership progra...
Travelers Supports Diversity, Outreach Initiatives3/18/2008 - Two gifts totaling $425,000 from the Travelers Connecticut Foundation, the charitable arm of Travelers, are enhancing academic, outreach and diversity programs at UConn. The gifts strengthen the lo...
Women’s MBA Association Lecture Initiates Debate on Female Advantage3/8/2008 -
Speaking to a packed room at UConn's Graduate Business Learning Center in downtown Hartford, including MBA and JD students as well as UConn alumni, Dr. Gary Powell (pictured right), ...
MIS helps lead strategic change at Pratt & Whitney, UTC3/7/2008 - A $55 billion corporation, United Technologies Corporation (UTC), whose portfolio of companies includes Pratt & Whitney (P&W), Sikorsky, Hamilton Sundstrand, OTIS, Carrier, UTC Fire & Security, and UT...
UConn School of Business Briefs - March 20083/5/2008 - In this issue: Dean Earley and Subash Jain speak on globalization; Accounting professor appointed to Board; New School of Business rankings released; Business Placement & Career Center adds staff; and...
UConn Wins Inaugural Deloitte Northeast Audit Case Study Competition3/4/2008 - UConn accounting students placed first in Deloitte's inaugural Northeast Audit Case Study Competition which was held on February 16 at Deloitte in New York City. UConn beat out three other "Big East" ...