Internship Success Story: Eliza Conrad

September 29, 2016

Eliza Conrad, a dual-degree student with majors in Business Management and Political Science, interned at Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits in Stamford, Conn. over the summer. Her official position was the Brand Management Intern for Josh Cellars Wines. Eliza applied for the position through the company’s Human Resources Department and completed a full day of interviews plus dinner with her future supervisors before being offered the position. Continue Reading

Connecticut Manufacturers Finding it Difficult to Hire Millennials

New Haven Register– Connecticut manufacturers are having difficulty hiring members of the millennial generation to replace the retiring baby boomers in the workforce, despite the fact that the average compensation for workers in the sector is $95,671 per year, according to National Association of Manufacturers.

Business Schools, Colleges Wooing Foreign Students

September 28, 2016

Hartford Business Journal– At UConn’s graduate school of business — where 59 percent of its 109 full-time MBA students hail from foreign countries — international students are offered a two-week orientation to help them adjust.

Swimming with Sharks

Blue digital graphic depicting crowd funding with figures.

New Crowdfunding Rules Let Small Investors Join a Riskier League

New rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which took effect May 16, 2016, open many doors for “ordinary people” to invest in start-ups and other small businesses.

The issuers of the securities that they invest in will not need to affirm the investors’ financial sophistication nor provide them with audited financial statements. The underlying law was signed four years ago, but it has taken a while for the SEC to write the rules, all 685 pages of them. Continue Reading

Welcome New Faculty

September 26, 2016

Fourteen new faculty members join the UConn School of Business for the Fall 2016 semester.
New faculty members pose for a photograph during orientation. Fourteen new faculty members join the UConn School of Business for the Fall 2016 semester.  (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

School of Business Adds 14 Professors to Ranks

An OPIM professor with a near-perfect student rating, an expert in entrepreneurship and startups, an MSA graduate who wants to help lead the program she loves, and a management professor who specializes in international business growth are among 14 new faculty members joining the School of Business for the Fall 2016 semester.

Our new faculty include: Continue Reading

UConn Called Key to Stamford’s Business Future

News times – The University of Connecticut maintains its headquarters upstate, but its brand is quickly growing in the state’s southwestern corner.
The launch last week of a Stamford conference for businesswomen shows that university officials are intent on expanding UConn’s presence in the city through more programming and closer ties with the local business community.

A Fast Track to Economic Growth?

Jeffrey Cohen, who specializes in real estate and finance, has received a 4,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation to start investigating economic changes along the CTfastrak bus route.
Jeffrey Cohen, who specializes in real estate and finance, has received a $194,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation to start investigating economic changes along the CTfastrak bus route. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

Real Estate Professor Jeffrey Cohen Eager to Study Impact of New Transit System on Central Connecticut

Will the state’s new bus rapid-transit system – CTfastrak – which has already carried 4 million riders since its inaugural trip in March 2015, also spur growth in housing, restaurants, and other businesses along its route in central Connecticut?  Continue Reading