Author: Melissa Ferrigno



NSF Program Helps UConn Entrepreneurs Get Started

UConn Today – Imagine that due to your family medical history, you had an almost 100 percent risk of developing cancer in your lifetime. Now imagine that you discovered this fate before you even started high school. Today that is the reality for many patients with classic familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a hereditary colon cancer syndrome.

A team of researchers at UConn Health is exploring ideas for novel approaches to prevent FAP and other inherited colorectal cancer syndromes, and they’re getting out of the lab to do it with help from the University’s new National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Site, Accelerate UConn.


Developing a Solution to the Problem of Dry Mouth

UConn Today – Dry mouth. It’s listed as a possible side effect for hundreds of prescription and non-prescription medications, and can also be brought on by factors such as aging, tobacco use, cancer therapy, or autoimmune diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Sjogren’s Syndrome.


Brookfield Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, to Attend State of the Union

Stamford Advocate – Mike Zacchea has another commendation to add to his Purple Heart and two Bronze stars — an invitation to the State of the Union.

The retired Marine lieutenant colonel from Brookfield will be the guest of U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn, Tuesday, when President Barack Obama addresses Congress.



Stock Prices Affected by NFL Game Outcomes

KCBS – Ever wonder what the payoff is—other than increased name recognition—for those companies that pay millions of dollars to put their name on a sports facility?  New research has found that those companies and their investors can reap rewards or suffer losses depending upon the outcomes of the high interest games in those stadiums.

For a closer look, KCBS chats with Assaf Eisdorfer, associate professor of finance at the University of Connecticut School of Business:


Veteran-owned Connecticut Businesses Express Disconnect Between Job Opportunities for Veterans, Hiring

The Day of New London – Stephen Gifford, an Army veteran who is the recent owner of Hartford Wire Works, explained it this way: At the executive-level, corporations will make commitments to hire veterans, but those aren’t the same people who are reviewing resumes.


Careers in Finance: Perspectives from the Hartford CFA Society

Careers in Finance: Perspectives from the Hartford CFA Society
Armond Hodge, president of the UConn Graduate Finance Association, moderates a panel discussion on Careers in Finance at the GBLC in Hartford. Panelists L to R: Jukka Lipponen, CFA, president of Independent Insurance Analysts LLC (IIA); Pamela E. Minish, CFA, vice president and portfolio manager for First Niagara Private Client; Shankar Shivakumar, CFA, founding director of Shaan Capital; and Quinten Smallwood ’08, CFA, research analyst at the Hartford Investment Management Company. (Theodoros Menounos/UConn School of Business)

On November 11th, 2015, the UConn School of Business Graduate Finance Association (GFA), in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Relations and CFA Society Hartford, hosted this year’s Careers in Finance CFA Panel and Networking Reception. Over 30 students from the Financial Risk Management (FRM), Full-time and Part-time MBA Programs were in attendance.Continue Reading