School Honors Three Top Business Leaders Who Also Make Time to Give Back
The UConn School of Business honored three of its top alumni on May 6, inducting them into the School’s Hall of Fame during an elaborate and festive ceremony at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.
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New York Life President John Y. Kim ’87 MBA Delivers Light-hearted, Advice-Filled Commencement Speech
Be kind to your siblings and your co-workers, never show up at a celebration empty handed, and listen to your mothers.
That was some of the advice that alumnus John Y. Kim ’87 MBA, the president and CIO of New York Life, offered to School of Business graduates during commencement on May 8. Continue Reading
Having a strong network of colleagues and friends is crucial in every business, but especially in commercial real estate.
“The professors really preached to us that it is important to maintain your friends and network with your classmates,” said Brendan Moore ’16. “It is such a big industry, but everyone is connected in some aspect.”
Moore, a native of Trumbull, was namedContinue Reading
Grace Kim: Accounting
‘I think UConn was one of the better choices I’ve made’
Grace Kim ’16 pursued her college education with zeal. An accounting honors student, she also minored in Spanish and art history, lived abroad with a Spanish family for a month, and worked at the Benton Museum of Art on campus.
“I figured I’m paying for a great college education, I may as well take every opportunity I can and enjoy it,” she said.
For this first-generation college student, the only child of Korean immigrants, graduation is bittersweet.Continue Reading
The UConn School of Business has earned re-accreditation by AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—for both its business and accounting programs. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest-serving, global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.Continue Reading
Hartford Business Journal – UConn has extended its accreditation in business and accounting with AACSB International, a global accrediting body.
One of the first things people notice about Accounting Professor Mo Hussein is his warm personality. The second, is that he enjoys a little mischief.
“I once told students that my grandfather was a witch doctor,” he said, with a twinkle in his eye. “And some of them believed it!”
Hussein has spent his 38-year career at UConn, where he has taught thousands of students and helped to build the accounting department’s reputation as among the best in the nation. He also served as accounting department head from 1989-90 and from 2003-15, and as interim dean of the School of Business from 2006-07. Continue Reading
When pricing is being discussed for IPOs, are underwriters overlooking important financial information that could more accurately reflect the value of a start-up’s publicly offered stock?Continue Reading
UConn Baseball Pitcher/Grad Student Ryan Radue Didn’t Let Cancer Call the Play
On the baseball mound, UConn pitcher Ryan Radue can strike out his fiercest opponent with the combination of a steely gaze, a powerful right arm and a sizzling fastball.
If only cancer were that vulnerable.
“If the person next to you in class leans over and whispers, ‘I love you,’ you have to say: ‘Not until after class. I have to focus on Kochanek’s lecture now!'”
That’s one of the many witty remarks that Professor Richard “Dick” Kochanek has used to engage the 250 underclassmen in his “Principles of Financial Accounting” class.
Kochanek, who retired at the end of fall semester, is one of the most beloved and highly regarded professors at UConn. He has extremely high ratings from his students and is widely credited with turning their curiosity about accounting into a life-long career.Continue Reading