CNBC – Tyler Lorenzen, president and CEO of Puris, joins “Squawk Alley” to discuss the demand for pea protein as more companies introduce meat alternatives to their menus.
Author: Scott Slater III
Responding to the Times
Using facial recognition technology for… hailstorms?
UConn president’s goals: expand research and entrepreneurship, mitigate pension liability
Hartford Business Journal – The University of Connecticut’s new president, Thomas C. Katsouleas, got his marching orders Wednesday — a wide-ranging list of goals from working with the corporate community on workforce development to taking steps to mitigate the effect of the state’s burdensome unfunded pension liability.
Dan Haar: Recession coming; how will Connecticut fare?
The Value of the So-Called ‘Token’ Woman
UConn Today – Women who break into traditional male bastions—engineering teams, construction crews, tech startups, trading rooms, corporate boards, combat units—sometimes get tagged with the pejorative “token,” suggesting that their inclusion had more to do with appearances than aptitude. But what happens when a woman’s ideas are actually heard and enacted by her male teammates?
MSP Ignition! Podcast – Don’t Let the Hackers Win
MSP Ignition– On this episode, Eric is joined by ransomware thought leader, Niam Yaraghi. Niam is an assistant professor of Operations and Information Management at the University of Connecticut’s School of Business and a non-resident fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation. The two discuss the origination of ransomware, how companies can protect themselves and make predictions on the future state of ransomware attacks.
Capital One and many others victims of the data breach, reports say
The cost, and value, of college (op-ed)
Greenhorn Connects Small Businesses with Skilled Students
Innovation Hartford – University of Connecticut student Patrick Hocking delved into entrepreneurship early on. In 2017, he worked with Dyadic Innovations, LLC, a startup formed at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing that is developing an innovative breastfeeding diagnostic device. There he stepped into a Director of Entrepreneurial Activities role and represented the startup in two accelerator programs.