Month: August 2025

Management Professor Offers Advice on How to Combat ‘Quiet Cracking’ in the Workplace

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UConn Today – “Quiet Cracking” is one of the most widely discussed topics in the workplace this summer. In the last week alone, it has made headlines in Forbes, Business Insider, and Psychology Today, and been discussed on MSN and CBS.

Management professor Travis Grosser, of the School of Business, has studied organizational change and shares insight on “quiet cracking” with UConn Today. Below, he explains the causes of quiet cracking and offers recommendations for both business leaders and employees to prevent or mitigate its impact.

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Real Estate Professor Cohen: Study Confirms that Properties Adjacent to Tornado Destruction Initially Plunge in Value

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – The power of a tornado can inflict tremendous damage on residential property, but the impact is also felt by nearby homeowners, even when their property is unscathed.

Undamaged homes in close proximity to those that were partially or fully destroyed incur up to a 39% decline in value, according to finance and real estate professor Jeffrey P. Cohen, associate economist Violeta A. Gutkowski, and research associate Jack Fuller. Their findings were released in a recent economic report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where Cohen is a Research Fellow.

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Macy’s Welcomes Four UConn Business Grad Students to Explore Sustainable Practices

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UConn Today – Macy’s Inc. recently invited four UConn business graduate students to serve as consultants in a months-long project reviewing and analyzing the company’s sustainable business practices.

Each of the four students were enrolled in the “Social Responsibility and Accountability in Business” course taught by business law professor Rachel Chambers. The course is part of a newer graduate program on Social Responsibility & Impact in Business.

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HBJ “40 Under Forty” Honors Four From School of Business

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UConn Today – The Hartford Business Journal’s “40 Under Forty’’ award will be presented in September to 40 business standouts, including four who are affiliated with the UConn School of Business.

The recipients include: Haley Heslin, Director of Human Resources at LAZ Parking and a student in the UConn MBA program; Thomas “Tommy’’ Hyde ’19 MBA, Chief of Staff at AdvanceCT; David Steuber ’08, ’21 MS, and Andrew “Drew’’ DiSilvestro Jr. ’15 EBV Cert., President of AmeriTech Contracting.

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