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.
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External media mentions
Grim Forecast: UConn Economist Says Global Change is Reshaping Connecticut, Despite the State’s Best Efforts to Forge Its Own Future
Lawsuit: Sackler Emails ‘Shocking and Offensive’ to Opioid Victims
CT Post – Connecticut Attorney General William Tong released Tuesday an unredacted version of the state’s lawsuit against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, revealing emails from 2001 that he said showed company co-owner and former CEO and President Richard Sackler’s “shocking and offensive” disregard for victims of the opioid crisis — an assertion contested by Sackler’s attorney.
The Best of the Valley Shore 4-29-2019 – CCEA
CCEA’s Fred Castensen was interviewed on the Best of the Valley Shore on WLIS/WMRD
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Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program
Hartford MedTech Accelerator partners lay out their vision
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.
The Best of the Valley Shore 4-19-2019 – CCEA
CCEA’s Fred Castensen was interviewed on the Best of the Valley Shore on WLIS/WMRD
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Connecticut Turns Up Pressure on OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma
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.