Author: Scott Slater III

Crypto-Friendly Prague

Posted on December 14, 2018December 17, 2018 by Kasia Kolc

Enjoying coffee and cake at Paralelni Polis, Bitcoin Coffee (Kasia Kolc / UConn School of Business)

What I will miss the most about studying abroad is the friends I have met and exploring all that Prague has to offer. Over the past month, I have made it a mission to go to a new café every day as coffee shop culture in Prague is surprisingly one of the best in Europe.Continue Reading

Kasia’s Blog: Switzerland

Posted on December 12, 2018February 6, 2019 by Kasia Kolc

Flying above the Swiss Alps in Interlacken (Kasia Kolc / UConn School of Business)

Traveling from one major city to another had led me to forget my love for nature. That is until my friends and I travelled to Interlaken, Switzerland. Switzerland is filled with delicious chocolate and cheese, but best of all the Swiss Alps! Swiss cows aren’t the only animals that are extremely happy in Switzerland, according to the World Happiness Report Switzerland ranks number 2 in happiness. I couldn’t wait to see the secret to this country’s success in person. Continue Reading

Let your idea grow with Get Seeded

Posted on December 11, 2018September 10, 2021 by Scott Slater III

Daily Campus – Are you a student entrepreneur with an idea for a project or business but no way to fund it? Then Get Seeded is for you.

‘NextGen Women’ Outperform (Men) in Business.

Posted on December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 by Scott Slater III

Entrepreneur Magazine – While most business and HR leaders probably aren’t yet thinking about Gen Z, the data is a wake-up call for CEOs, HR leaders and venture investors: Pay attention to this “innovation generation” if you want to drive growth and reduce risk.

UConn Research Project at the International Space Station

Posted on December 4, 2018April 4, 2019 by Scott Slater III

UConn Today – An experiment devised by researchers at UConn startup LambdaVision was launched into space this month.

New Stamford BCLC Road-Trips to NYC’s ‘Shark Tank’

Posted on November 28, 2018December 3, 2018 by Kimberly Nguyen

BCLC Students from UConn Stamford arriving in Grand Central Station in NYC, on their way to visit the set of Shark Tank (Courtesy BCLC)

What better way to launch the new Business Connections Learning Community (BCLC) in Stamford than to arrange a trip to New York City for students to get a behind-the-scenes look at how ABC’s Shark Tank show is produced?Continue Reading

Most Gen Z girls and women lack a key success lesson in their education

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Scott Slater III

CNBC – A new study of female business students shows that women don’t opt into what is being judged by their own professors and corporate hiring managers as the most important part of B-school education: not books, but competitions.

Who should profit from the sale of patient data?

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Scott Slater III

Brookings Institution – – Patients’ medical data constitute a cornerstone of the big data economy. A multi-billion dollar industry operates by collecting, merging, analyzing and packaging patient data and selling it to the highest bidder.

For Olympic Athlete the Goal is Dual Degrees

Posted on November 20, 2018January 3, 2023 by Camille Chill

Donn Cabral's professional running career has taken him around the world and provided some unique opportunities – including translating something for celebrity gymnast Simone Biles in Rio de Janeiro. (U.S. Olympics Photo) — Donn Cabral’s professional running career has taken him around the world and provided some unique opportunities – including translating something for celebrity gymnast Simone Biles in Rio de Janeiro. (U.S. Olympics Photo)

The day before he ran the 2018 Hartford Half Marathon, Donn Cabral attended a seminar called “A Lawyer’s Primer on Blockchain.” After he won the race, he headed home to tackle a take-home exam for a course called “Motivating Individuals and Teams.”Continue Reading

Enthusiasm, Hard Work Keep Hockey’s El-Mir ’19 On Top

Posted on November 15, 2018November 29, 2018 by Kimberly Nguyen

Karl El-Mir '19 follows an intense schedule on and off the ice - and it pays off. (Courtesy UConn Athletics) — Karl El-Mir ’19 follows an intense schedule on and off the ice – and it pays off. (Courtesy UConn Athletics)

One of the most embarrassing things that has happened to Karl El-Mir, a senior in the School of Business and a forward on the UConn Men’s Hockey Team, is stepping on a hockey puck and taking a fall during warm-ups.Continue Reading

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