Meet the First School of Business Digital Marketing and Analytics Graduates!

June 9, 2016

Andrew Olsen and Stefanie Martillo-Rodas are the first in a rapidly growing movement of students interested in Digital Marketing.
Andrew Olsen and Stefanie Martillo-Rodas are the first in a rapidly growing movement of students interested in Digital Marketing. (Kevin McEvoy/UConn School of Business)

The first Digital Marketing and Analytics majors in UConn School of Business history walked across the graduation stage on May 8 to receive their undergraduate degrees. Andrew Olson and Stefanie Martillo-Rodas, both from the Stamford campus, are the first in a rapidly growing movement of Stamford students interested in the Digital Marketing major.  Continue Reading

Three Simple Educational Interventions

Screenshot of a phone alarm set for 6:00 am with the text "Tap to snooze."

My father oft quoted, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

My son is a high-school senior and follows this edict. His school begins classes at 8 a.m. and he has a 45-minute commute to school. Early to rise, indeed. Continue Reading

CEO Evolution Features Former Walmart CEO/MBA Alum

William S. Simon, former president and CEO, Walmart U.S.
William S. Simon, former president and CEO, Walmart U.S. (UConn School of Business)

Former Walmart CEO/UConn alumnus William S. Simon To Speak at CEO Evolution Program on June 15

William S. Simon ’83, ’88 MBA, former president and CEO of Walmart U.S. and a UConn School of Business alumnus, will be one of the panelists at the third annual CEO Evolution program on June 15.

He will be joined by Margaret Keane, president and CEO of Synchrony Financial in Stamford, and M. Scott Gillis, senior managing director and co-founder of the Manhattan managing consulting firm Galt & Co.

They will speak of Continue Reading

Corey Birch ’16 is All Business—On the Golf Course

June 1, 2016

Portrait of Corey Birch holding a golf club.
Corey Birch (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

No one needs to tell recent School of Business graduate Corey Birch ’16 to keep his eye on the ball. Or the green. Or the competition, for that matter.

Birch, a member of the UConn golf team, who graduated in May with a degree in accounting, is hoping to turn pro golfer this fall, fulfilling a career goal that he set in the sixth grade.  Continue Reading

Research of Seismic Proportion

May 31, 2016

Northridge, California - January 19, 1994: Experts survey office building with one side entirely collapsed from the Martin Luther King Day earthquake.
Northridge, California – January 19, 1994: Experts survey office building with one side entirely collapsed from the Martin Luther King Day earthquake. (iStock)

Finance Professor Finds Inconsistency in California’s Earthquake Insurance Charges

Are some California homeowners subsidizing others for earthquake insurance due to policies that unfairly lump together insurance premiums for both high- and low-risk property owners?

The answer appears to be “yes,” based on new research by UConn finance professor Xiao “Joyce” Lin, a former California resident who is interested in earthquake insurance pricing and demand.Continue Reading

Third Annual CEO Evolution Panel Features Top-Tier Executives

May 26, 2016

Fairfield County Business Journal – The third annual CEO Evolution event will feature insights into the secrets of success from three CEOs from high-level national and global companies.

At the June 15 event the University of Connecticut School of Business in Stamford will host William S. Simon, former president and CEO of Walmart U.S.; Margaret Keane, president and CEO of Synchrony Financial in Stamford, and Scott Gillis, senior managing director and co-founder of the Manhattan managing consulting firm Galt & Co.