April 17, 2015
Undergraduate Business Programs You Can Take to the Bank: Value Colleges Releases the 2015 Top 50 Best Value Undergraduate Business Schools
The Dallas Morning News – Value Colleges, an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate college education, has published its 2015 ranking of the Top 50 Best Value Undergraduate Business Schools.
April 16, 2015
UConn Center for Real Estate 50th Anniversary Academic Symposium
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Studies, the Center hosted an international academic symposium. Attendees included research professors from countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore, The Netherlands and Italy as well as top academics from across the United States.
The event held from March 26 through March 28 drew the submission of nearly 60 papers, from which 14 were presented. The process was very competitive, which was evident in the conference through spirited research and lively and engaging debate.
The Center would like to thank C.F. Sirmans and Dean Gatzlaff of Florida State University, and David Ling and Wayne Archer of the University of Florida for paving the way and allowing the Center to step in and hold the conference that would annually take place within their institutions. This group also promoted the conference and ensured the successful attendance. We also thank the UConn Center symposium committee of John Clapp, Jeff Cohen, John Glascock and Steve Ross. A special thanks and appreciation to John Harding for direction and guidance through out the symposium planning.
After working for the Daily Campus in the Photo Department, I have started to discover more things that are happening around the campus. About a week before, I found that the 2015 Spring career Fair was going to be on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at the Student Union Ballroom, so I was required to do the grabs on Thursday during a weekly meeting with the Daily Campus staff to make sure that we could cover this event. (“Grabs” is whatever events we are photographing for the Daily Campus that are not in the budget. So we don’t have to cover it, but if I am interested in covering it, I can do it as a “grabs.”)Continue Reading
April 14, 2015
On the invitation of the Marketing Department, Professor Rajesh Bagchi from Virginia Tech gave a research seminar titled, “Is a 70% Forecast More Accurate than a 30% Forecast?” on Friday, March 27. This research examines how level of a forecast affects inferences about forecasts and forecasters. Specifically, forecasters often state the probability when making predictions about uncertain events (e.g., sporting games, stock fluctuations). Continue Reading
April 10, 2015
Tuesday evening, MSBAPM and other graduate programs learned how Aetna, one of the biggest health care and insurance companies in the United States, drives change and innovation in the field of analytics and the skills required for teams working in IT Analytics areas. Continue Reading
April 9, 2015
A professor who used chocolate chip cookies to teach about quality control, three researchers who had work published in top journals, and an educator who vigorously promoted the School of Business were among the 2015 Faculty Award recipients.
“This year we honored eight outstanding faculty members for their exceptional research, teaching and leadership achievements,” said Associate Dean Sulin Ba. “The selection process was particularly difficult due to the dozens of impressive nominees. We are fortunate to have such talented, creative and remarkable colleagues.”Continue Reading
April 8, 2015
The Honors in Business Association (HiBA) hosted a trip to visit the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and PwC. Approximately 30 students attended and were split into two groups, with one group visiting PwC and the other group visiting the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Students visiting PwC were hosted by Ann Ulett, northeast sourcing manager. Students learned about the day-to-day responsibilities of an accountant from a panel that included a recent UConn graduate followed by a team building activity. PwC also spoke about the future of the company in the city of Boston.
At the Federal Reserve Bank, students were hosted by Don Anderson ’99, vice president of network services. Anderson along with other officers of the Federal Reserve Bank gave an overview of the Bank’s corporate structure. Students also attended a presentation on the topics of economic growth and the Bank’s balance sheet by the associate vice President of accounting. The visit at the Federal Reserve Bank ended with a cash tour given by the vice president of cash services.
Brooke Wasserman ’15, an accounting major who visited the Federal Reserve Bank mentioned, “I found the overview of the balance sheet to be very interesting. The Federal Reserve Bank considers cash to be a liability on their balance sheet.” In Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), cash is considered an asset and not a liability.
Quian Callender ’16, president of the Honors in Business Association, states, “Site visits are extremely beneficial to students because they provide experiences that can’t be learned in a traditional classroom setting.”
About Honors in Business Association
Honors in Business Association (HiBA) is a student organization formed between the Honors Program and School of Business. HiBA strives to create a sense of community for students in both Honors and the School of Business and those with an interest in business. HiBA’s programming provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate and develop skills necessary to succeed in today’s business world all while building a strong alumni network. Contact information: uconnhiba@gmail.com or Quian Callender at quian.callender@uconn.edu.
UConn Today – Steven Graf ’15 (BUS) couldn’t stop thinking about what he had seen in Ghana after a May 2013 trip there with Global Brigades, a student organization that focuses on helping developing countries. The group, which included doctors, set up a health care clinic in a rural community. Many of the patients hadn’t previously had access to health care, according to Graf.
“Everyone in the surrounding area came, free of charge. We’d do the triage, they’d get a prescription, then they’d go to the pharmacy [at our clinic] to pick it up,” he says. “At the end of the week, we went back to talk to everyone. Fifty percent of the people that we were helping were doing worse or the same.”
April 7, 2015
Dean John Elliott and the UConn School of Business are proud to announce the 2015 Hall of Fame inductees:
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI INDUCTEES
Brigadier General James S. Creedon ’53, USAF (RET)
President, Creedon Consulting, LLC
Posthumous
David B. Greenfield ’84
UConn Foundation Board of Directors
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
The Hanover Insurance Company
Norman W. LaCroix ’72 MBA
Partner & Co-founder
Decision Analytics Group
Wendy Reeves Watkins ’74
UConn Foundation Board of Directors
Celebration of Veterans Initiatives
As part of our Hall of Fame celebration this year, we will also be celebrating the School’s long-standing commitment to our United States veterans.
Please join us for the 2015 Hall of Fame Celebration at the Connecticut Convention Center on Friday, May 8th. For more information, please click here or contact Amanda Spada at Amanda.Spada@business.uconn.edu or by calling 860-486-5498.
April 2, 2015
When a major retailer had a security breach, and consumer information was compromised, it created a ripple effect at Stamford-based First County Bank.
First County Bank customers inundated their local branches seeking new debit cards, and many wanted replacements right away. The bank is able to produce about 1,000 new cards a day in-house, but has to contract out for bigger projects, said John Bonora, senior vice president and chief risk officer at the bank, and a 2011 graduate of UConn’s MSFRM program.Continue Reading