Hartford Business Journal – While new staffers during a recent evening were still getting familiar with their fifth-floor space, CEO Mike Kalen found himself in familiar territory spearheading Hartford’s next insurtech hopeful.
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Homegrown Hydroponics Project Spreads Around the World
UConn Today – Heiden started the non-profit organization Levo International in his freshman year at UConn to bring hydroponics to those in need in both Haiti and in Connecticut. He soon reached out to Jonathan Moore, an instructor at the operations and information management department (OPIM) in the School of Business.
Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program
Undergraduate non-profit teams up with UConn Child Development lab
Daily Campus – The partnership between Levo International and UConn Child Labs will pilot the non-profit’s first solar-powered hydroponic system, founder of Levo International and a sixth-semester applied and resource economics major with a concentration in international development Christian Heiden, said.
Hartford HealthCare, Trinity, UConn to launch Hartford medtech accelerator
Hartford Business Journal – Hartford HealthCare, Trinity College and the UConn School of Business on Wednesday are expected to announce the launch a medical technology and digital health accelerator, which would join insurance and manufacturing startup programs that have launched in the Capital City in the past few years.
New Technology Designed to Reduce Mortality Rates in Cancer Patients
Student fund managers fuel colleges’ clean energy investments
Energy News Network – As colleges and universities divest from fossil fuels, investments in clean energy have not been as quick to catch on, in part because of unpredictable changes in government policy.
Editorial: School of Business teaching students the art of investing
Daily Campus – This past fall semester, the UConn Stamford Campus began offering lessons to business students in the art of investing. The Student Managed Fund program grants young investors the opportunity to gain experience within the realm of financial risk-taking by managing a $500,000 portfolio, of course, under the close supervision of investment advisors.
Why it pays to have Gen Z women on business teams
Fox Business – For most CEOs, HR partners and operations directors who have never given much thought to Gen Z, those born between 1995-2010, data from a new report should be their wake-up call: Pay attention to the “innovation Opens a New Window. generation” if you want to drive growth and global competitiveness.