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Innovation Quest Organizers Expect ‘Extraordinary Turnout’ for This Year’s Competition

Posted on February 3, 2022February 14, 2022 by Claire Hall

UConn Today – The leaders of UConn’s highly successful Innovation Quest (iQ) competition said there are millions of varied ideas that could create prosperous startups.

But one irrevocable dynamic separates those who succeed from those who fail.

“The key to being successful is that you have to continually innovate,’’ says Rich Dino, director of the iQ program, who is also a serial entrepreneur and an associate professor emeritus. “Our entrepreneurs learn to ‘hear the footsteps behind them’ and accelerate the move forward by continued innovation.’’

UConn Redesigns MBA Programs to Offer More Flexible Course Options

Posted on January 20, 2022January 25, 2022 by Claire Hall

UConn Today – The UConn School of Business announced plans on Thursday, Jan. 20 to redesign its Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, a decision reflecting growing student interest in more flexible educational options.

MBA, Law Students Vie To Represent UConn at International Negotiations Challenge in Greece This Spring

Posted on January 14, 2022February 1, 2022 by Claire Hall

Shot of two colleagues shaking hands during a meeting at work — (istockphoto.com)

Only a few days remain to register for the popular Negotiations Case Competition and management professor Nora Madjar expects this year’s event, like years past, will draw some of the brightest MBA and law students at UConn.Continue Reading

UConn’s Global Business Competition Allowed Students to Partner with International Peers to Solve Key Business Challenges

Posted on December 14, 2021January 10, 2022 by Meredith Guinness

Employees from the Rinjani Mountain Coffee growers, pictured above, harvesting coffee beans. UConn’s International Business Case Competition was focused on providing solutions to the business challenges of several international companies. (Contributed Photo) — I Nengah Dana (left) and Komang Mandi(right), employees from the Rinjani Mountain Coffee growers, harvesting coffee beans. UConn’s International Business Case Competition was focused on providing solutions to the business challenges of several international companies. (Contributed Photo)

For every 300 kilograms of rich, flavorful coffee beans Rinjani Mountain Coffee growers pick on their farm in Indonesia, about 100 kilograms are unusable husks, suitable only for composting.

Or so co-owner Brett Tagrin thought.

That was before he saw the myriad opportunities to repurpose the waste byproducts dreamed up by resourceful students in the 2021 UConn International Business Case Challenge. Hosted by the School of Business for the eleventh year, the competition brought teams of undergrads from around the world to compete virtually by solving real-life business issues, and boosted their global expertise in the process.Continue Reading

Women Are Facing Greater Interruption Challenges with Remote Work Than Their Male Colleagues

Posted on December 13, 2021December 15, 2021 by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Women employees are facing bigger career challenges than their male colleagues with interruptions to their work-from-home life, according to new research by UConn management professor Nora Madjar.

Business Leaders Recommend Their Favorite Business Books of 2021

Posted on December 10, 2021December 14, 2021 by Claire Hall

After Attending UN Climate Conference, Business Major Is Hopeful that Companies, Climate Activists Can Successfully Collaborate

Posted on December 8, 2021December 13, 2021 by Claire Hall

Management major Duygu Ozcan at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland (Contributed Photo)

Management major Duygu Ozcan was among 14 UConn students selected to attend the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, nicknamed COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, last month.

With access to the conference’s prestigious Blue Zone, where key negotiations between world leaders take place, Ozcan said the experience heightened her professional and personal interests in the intersection of business and sustainability.Continue Reading

Student Investors Endorse Their First Startup: A Gaming Company that Teaches Kids Social/Emotional Skills

Posted on September 13, 2021September 20, 2021 by Claire Hall

Young girl playing video games — (istockphoto.com)

The recently created, student-run Hillside Venture Capital investment team has selected its first company to support–an educational-technology startup that strives to enhance social and emotional learning in children through a video-game app.Continue Reading

Strong Backgrounds, Proven Scholarship Are Hallmarks of School’s New Faculty Members

Posted on September 2, 2021February 25, 2025 by Scott Slater III

New faculty members include (left to right): Rachel Chambers, Xiang Zheng, Sami Ghaddar, Mary Vernon, and James Warren (Contributed photos)

The incoming cohort of new business faculty includes a consultant on human rights for the United Nations, an award-winning researcher focused on fintech, two enthusiastic accounting experts, and a management professor who researches corporate governance, innovation and performance.Continue Reading

Lobster, Innovation, and A Dream Job Are All on the Menu for This Recent Grad

Posted on August 18, 2021September 2, 2021 by Claire Hall

Fresh out of college and struggling to pay his sky-high New York City rent, Joshua Allen applied for a job as a restaurant busboy to supplement his full-time income.

He not only landed the job, but also earned some powerful insight into the restaurant industry and developed new ideas for improving it.Continue Reading

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