ABL Advisor – Citizens Bank announced Brent Hazzard has been named Head of Structured Finance at Citizens Commercial Banking.
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UConn Students’ Business Brings Solar Energy To Developing Communities
AACSB International Extends Global Business or Accounting Accreditation For More Than Sixty Schools, Across Eleven Countries
UConn Extends Biz School Accreditation
Hartford Business Journal – UConn has extended its accreditation in business and accounting with AACSB International, a global accrediting body.
Nerac to Host the Next XcellR8 Meeting April 28
Nerac – Nerac (www.nerac.com/) is pleased to announce the next XcellR8 meeting which will be held Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Nerac headquarters in Tolland, CT. The XcellR8 meetings are high energy, interactive gatherings for entrepreneurs to pitch ideas and concepts and to brainstorm creative solutions to challenges. XcellR8 welcomes Greg Kirber and the team from PartsTech, Inc. (www.partstech.com/)
The Real Story: The Baby Boomer Effect
Fox61 – The authors of a new study of Connecticut’s aging population discuss what they call the “Baby Boomer Effect” on the state’s business landscape and economy. Al and Jenns’ guests are Tom Devitto from Blum Shapiro, New England’s largest business advisory group, and Professor David Souder of the UConn School of Business.
IBM Expands Data Science Education Around the World
The Financial – The University of Connecticut is incorporating Watson Analytics into several MBA courses taught by Professor Girish Punj, including “Digital Marketing” and “Big Data and Strategy Marketing” classes, to teach future marketing professionals how to analyze data without the help of a data scientist.
Consumers Care about Carbon Footprint
Science Codex – How much do consumers care about the carbon footprint of the products they buy? Would they care more if the goods were labeled with emissions data? Does it matter at which stage in the lifecycle of a product the carbon is emitted? Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making offers a way to find out.
This Man Has ‘The Best Job in America’ — Here’s What His Days Are Like
Financial Times Updates Global MBA Ranking for 2016
Find MBA – Two schools make their debut in this year’s ranking. China’s Renmin University of China School of Business, which is ranked 43, and the University of Connecticut School of Business, which is ranked 96.