Hanover Challenge: Students’ Ideas Impressed Insurance Experts

January 6, 2020

UConn Students pose at a conference table.
Left to right, Karan Shridharani (MIS), Aaron Selenica (Business Data Analytics), and Jeremy Mogollon (Business Administration), during the Hanover Image Analytics Challenge. (Contributed Photo)

UConn students recently completed a first-of-its-kind, semester-long challenge, analyzing and presenting data to help The Hanover Insurance Co. gain better insight into their present and future customer base.Continue Reading

Travis Bloom ’13: Avoiding the $10k Vet Bill

January 2, 2020

Travis Bloom poses with his cat, Ginny.
Travis Bloom ’13 (BUS) takes a minute from his day to take a picture with Ginny Bloom, his CCO (Chief Cat Officer) at Pawlicy Advisor. At Pawlicy Advisor, Travis offers a variety of insurance options for pet owners, and seeks to make it as transparent and easy to use as possible. (Contributed Photo)

As soon as alumnus Travis Bloom ’13 (BUS) tells people that he co-owns a company that brokers pet health insurance, the stories begin.Continue Reading

What could happen to Collins’ military GPS business once it’s sold off?

December 17, 2019

The Gazette – Whoever buys the business likely will not have to physically take over the asset before the merger closes, so long as the two parties have a purchase agreement in place, said Yiming Qian, finance professor at the University of Connecticut, who has researched divestitures made during horizontal mergers.

Marketing Students Help Dance-Studio Put Best Foot Forward

December 11, 2019

Arthur Murray Dance Studio franchisees Todd and Kerri Russell (front, center) pose with the students of Marketing 3362. They developed marketing strategies for the studio as a part of their capstone.
Arthur Murray Dance Studio franchisees Todd and Karrie Russell (front, center) pose with the students of Marketing 3362. They developed marketing strategies for the studio as a part of their capstone. (Contributed Photo)

Todd and Karrie Russell will tell you there’s no such thing as a talentless dancer. Given the right instruction and a commitment to learn, anyone can master an elegant waltz or an enviable Cha Cha. Continue Reading

UConn Alums Want You to ‘Roast’ Them

From left, Kwame "Ato'' Eyiah, Ben Morneault and Chris Mueller, alumni from the Class of 2019, are launching their new Roast Me game.
From left, Kwame “Ato” Eyiah, Ben Morneault and Chris Mueller, alumni from the Class of 2019, are launching their new Roast Me game.(Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)

Three recent UConn alumni are on the verge of releasing their first entrepreneurial venture, a unique card game called Roast Me. The game brings a twist to good-natured comedic gibes among friends, with a gameplay style similar to “adult” card games that have become popular in recent years.Continue Reading

Janette Edwards ’11 MBA: Making Patients Better Faster

December 2, 2019

HBJ 40 under Forty Honoree Janette Edwards '11 MBA.
HBJ 40 under Forty Honoree Janette Edwards ’11 MBA (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)

As vice president of operations at Hartford HealthCare, UConn alumna Janette Edwards ’11 MBA, oversees three acute-care hospitals, in Meriden, New Britain, and Southington.Continue Reading