Chief Diversity Officer Named

March 31, 2016

UConn Today – Joelle A. Murchison has been named associate vice president and chief diversity officer at the University of Connecticut. The announcement was made at Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, and concludes an extensive national search.

Young-Kleinfeld named Outstanding Democrat

March 30, 2016

 Wilton Bulletin – “We have eight classes that the UConn School of Business in Stamford is actually organizing and running for us.”

2016’s Property Taxes by State

March 28, 2016

WalletHubDo people consider property taxes when deciding where to move? Should they?

Absolutely; people consider property taxes when choosing a residential location. In fact, that is not the only consideration…

‘Unplanned, Unexpected, Full of Surprise’

March 23, 2016

Business Law Professor Carrafiello’s 51-Year Career

Teaching business law at the UConn School of Business for 51 years, turned out to be a delightful surprise for beloved Professor Vincent Carrafiello.

“I passed my state bar exam in August 1965, and started teaching at UConn in September,” he said. “If you told me then that I’d be spending the rest of my professional life at the University of Connecticut, I would have told you that you were crazy, and certifiably so!Continue Reading

Connecticut Risk Management Conference

March 22, 2016

Connecticut Risk Management Conference 2016

Cybersecurity Expert/Retired General to be Keynote at UConn’s Risk Management Seminar in April

A retired U.S. Air Force Major General, who was charged with protecting the Department of Defense’s networks and now runs a civilian cybersecurity business, will be the keynote speaker at the University of Connecticut’s 4th annual Connecticut Risk Management Conference.

Retired Major Gen. Brett Williams will speak at the program, titled “The New Reality of Global Risk,” on April 7 at the Hilton Stamford Hotel in Stamford. The program is sponsored by the UConn School of Business.Continue Reading

Business Law Negotiation Competition

March 21, 2016

Business and law students participate in the Business Law Negotiation Competition (UConn School of Law)
Students participate in the Business Law Negotiation Competition (UConn School of Law)

Six Cross-Disciplinary Teams Compete in Annual Competition

About 40 UConn business and law students competed and collaborated recently in the second annual Business Law Negotiation Competition, working on the first day of the competition to settle a business dispute and on the second day to reach an agreement to build a dam. Continue Reading

Student Interview: Yaacov Kopeliovich

EDHEC Business SchoolYou recently obtained a faculty position in the Finance department of the School of Business at the University of Connecticut. You are the first of our graduates in the executive track of the programme to become a permanent faculty member in an academic institution. This is quite a career change. Can you tell us what made this change possible?

On 31 August 2015 when I entered to give my first lecture as a new faculty of the finance department in the University of Connecticut, I completed a personal
journey transferring from industry to academia. Let me try to capture in a few sentences the main stages of this career change.