20 Best Business Schools for Avoiding Massive MBA Debt

March 18, 2018

Student Loan Hero– You’ve weighed the costs, risks, and rewards of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and decided it’s a smart next step for you.

Earning an MBA can open doors to opportunities such as higher pay and more senior company positions. Typical earnings for MBA graduates three years after completing the degree were a high $142,000 in 2016, according to MBA school rankings from the Financial Times.

Celebrating Small Business

March 16, 2018

Associate Dean Sulin Ba Among Guests at Hartford Event

Sulin Ba, associate dean of academic and research support at the UConn School of Business, will be among the guests at the 2nd Annual SBDC Day, a celebration of the success and impact of America’s Small Business Development Centers. Continue Reading

UConn Team Wins First Place

March 14, 2018

Pictured, from left: Chris Wilkos, CFA (advisor), Vivek Tedla '18, Jack Leyland '18, Bartosz Walas '18, Ana Walas '18, Anthony Mottolese '18 and Leslie White, CFA (industry advisor). (Ana Walas/UConn School of Business)
Pictured, from left: Chris Wilkos, CFA (advisor), Vivek Tedla ’18, Jack Leyland ’18, Bartosz Walas ’18, Ana Walas ’18, Anthony Mottolese ’18 and Leslie White, CFA (industry advisor). (Ana Walas/UConn School of Business)

Senior Finance Majors Win CFA Challenge; Proceed to Boston

A team of five undergraduate finance majors won first place in the CFA Institute Research Challenge Hartford, and will advance to the Americas Regional Challenge in Boston from March 19-20. Continue Reading

How To Capture the Entrepreneurial Talent of Women

March 9, 2018

BRINK The Edge of Risk– All the recent headlines on gender issues have prompted a debate about how gender differences affect ROI and, specifically, whether women drive the same business performance as men.

Recent research has found that a significant determinant is how early women are exposed to entrepreneurial opportunities.

UHart, UConn Collab on Insurtech Courses

Hartford Business Journal– Hartford has recently upped its efforts at becoming a hub for insurance technology, and now two of the city’s colleges are working together to craft undergraduate and graduate insurtech curricula.