Winterberry Garden’s diversification play leads to fertile growth

July 29, 2020

Hartford Business Journal – It was Thanksgiving eve 2018 and Winterberry Garden employees were working late into the night, assembling garland with bulbs and decorations so they could be loaded onto trucks and driven north to MGM Springfield.

UConn’s CCEI, Alumni, and Affiliates Honored with 2020 CT Entrepreneur Awards

July 27, 2020

UConn Today – UConn’s Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, or CCEI, was a big winner in this year’s Connecticut Entrepreneur Awards, taking home top honors with recognition as the 2020 Community Promoter of the Year.Continue Reading

With CT’s economy still ailing from Great Recession, pandemic digs a deeper hole for state to scale

July 14, 2020

Hartford Business Journal – Just as Connecticut has taken pains to slow the trajectory of COVID-19, some are now wondering whether the state can similarly reverse its pre-pandemic economic direction.

Finance, Forests, and Forbes – A Summer of Experience for Werth Innovators

July 13, 2020

UConn Today – Three of UConn’s rising seniors – all members of the inaugural cohort of Werth Innovators, student ambassadors for entrepreneurship and innovation through the Peter J. Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation – have embraced online work with three very different summer experiences while seeking to develop new skills, learning more about potential career options, and dipping their toes into mainstream popular culture.

UConn startup Stemify aims to bridge college students’ math skills gap

July 1, 2020

Hartford Business Journal – When UConn math department administrators were thinking about revamping their courses about seven years ago, they asked professor Amit Savkar to look into why so many freshmen dropped out, withdrew or failed math classes.

Re-engaging: A Message from John Elliott

June 26, 2020

7 Big Data Stocks Fighting Coronavirus On and Off the Charts

June 25, 2020

Investor Place – With the rout in the stock market, investors are looking for things that will bounce back quickly. One obvious place to go looking is in the big data stocks. Coming into 2020, these companies were delivering stellar results. And now, the coronavirus serves as a potential catalyst to help them recover quickly.

UConn Researchers Study Whether Reliable Public Transit Improves Substance-Use Treatment

June 22, 2020

UConn Today – Can a robust, mass-transportation system enhance treatment outcomes for people in recovery for substance use disorder while also reducing the cost of providing care?Continue Reading

Google updates policy to prevent discrimination in housing, job and credit ads

June 15, 2020

Westfair Online – Google has announced an updating of its policies that will prohibit advertisers promoting housing, employment and credit access from targeting or excluding audiences based on demographics or place of residence.

Modern Formals mobile store proves popular with customers

June 14, 2020

Record-Journal – Imagine a 30-foot box truck transformed into a mobile tuxedo store.

John Dominello, owner of Modern Formals, came up with the idea three years ago.

“It’s all about convenience and service,” Dominello said. “Like any good business, you have to adapt and evolve with the times.”

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