December 14, 2015
Hayley Reissfelder is a senior here at UConn who had an internship with Christina K. Pierce Boutique Fashion Agency. Hayley’s responsibilities included creating social media campaigns for different brands in order to increase their following on social platforms. Amazingly, one of her ideas called #theperfectpair on Instagram was picked up by their client, Dayton K!Continue Reading
December 11, 2015
Finance Professor Wins Best Paper Award for Creating Insightful, Novel Method of Risk Assessment
Finance professor Yaacov Kopeliovich and his RiXtrema research team colleagues have won the 2015 Peter L. Bernstein Award for Best Paper for their work titled, “Robust Risk Estimation and Hedging: A Reverse Stress Testing Approach.”
The article originally appeared in the Journal of Derivatives in May 2015. It was selected by a three-person review committee and was chosen from a pool of nominations from 11 top financial journals. The judges looked for an original or new approach to the field or subject of study; surprising and/or insightful results or implications; and both practical and academic relevance.Continue Reading
December 10, 2015
UConn Today – UConn’s student-athletes are often lauded for their on-field achievements, but there’s an equally important – often unseen – dimension to the student-athlete. UConn Today is publishing a series of profiles to highlight the academic prowess of these student-athletes. Follow along as we profile two athletes each month, and provide an inside look at the academic pursuits of these high-achieving student-athletes.
December 9, 2015
December 7, 2015
Logan Bement is a senior marketing major who has worked for the Boston Red Sox for the last three summers. Logan worked on the marketing and execution of fan clubs including pricing and packaging, organizing the different benefits for each club and analyzing data and market research. When asked about marketing classes, he said he only took one marketing course which established a foundation and sparked his interest in marketing.Continue Reading
December 4, 2015
Innovation Destination: Hartford- Michelle Cote is Managing Director of the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI) at the University of Connecticut School of Business. Cote shared insight about the Center and told Innovation Destination: Hartford more about the entrepreneurial programs at UConn.
Tyler Kleykamp, the State of Connecticut’s Chief Data Officer, met with business students in the UConn Stamford. Kleykamp manages activities related to the collection and analysis of the State’s information assets. Continue Reading
UConn team placed Third in the 2015 Travelers IT case competition. The participating schools for this year’s competition included Bentley University, Central Connecticut State University, University of Minnesota (Carlson school), Quinnipiac University, Concordia University, University of Wisconsin and UConn. Continue Reading
Stamford students and staff attended the first data visualization workshop offered by the Business Data Analytics (BDA) and MSBAPM program. John Wilson, instructor in residence in the OPIM department shared his knowledge on the current topic of visualization. Continue Reading