Finance


UConn Team Wins First Place

Pictured, from left: Chris Wilkos, CFA (advisor), Vivek Tedla '18, Jack Leyland '18, Bartosz Walas '18, Ana Walas '18, Anthony Mottolese '18 and Leslie White, CFA (industry advisor). (Ana Walas/UConn School of Business)
Pictured, from left: Chris Wilkos, CFA (advisor), Vivek Tedla ’18, Jack Leyland ’18, Bartosz Walas ’18, Ana Walas ’18, Anthony Mottolese ’18 and Leslie White, CFA (industry advisor). (Ana Walas/UConn School of Business)

Senior Finance Majors Win CFA Challenge; Proceed to Boston

A team of five undergraduate finance majors won first place in the CFA Institute Research Challenge Hartford, and will advance to the Americas Regional Challenge in Boston from March 19-20. Continue Reading









MBA Candidate Tackles Challenging Internship to Benefit Medical Patients

Enuma Ezeife (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)
Enuma Ezeife (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

Undeterred: Enuma Ezeife ’18 MBA

Enuma Ezeife cringes when she talks about some of the older methods of harvesting bone graft for surgery.

Not only are the procedures excruciating, but they can have numerous unintended consequences, including fracture of a patient’s femur, she said. Continue Reading


Op-Ed: As Houston, Florida Recover from Hurricanes, Home Values May Drop—Even in Areas That Weren’t Flooded

Hurricane

Perceptions of Danger

After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, New Yorkers not only had to rebuild their damaged homes, but they also faced a crisis of consumer confidence.

Even in areas that weren’t impacted by flooding and storm damage, the value of homes decreased, testimony to the wariness that future homebuyers had about the impact of forthcoming storms.Continue Reading