CNN– Reducing the cost of medical care, rather than health insurance, is so often underemphasized or even absent from discussions of reforming the health care system. And yet lowering costs of medical care is essential for broadening access to care, reducing insurance premiums and ultimately ensuring better health.
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Litchfield County Struggles With Population Decline
Fodor Inducted to UConn Hall of Fame
Telegram.com– The University of Connecticut School of Business inducted investor and entrepreneur John R. Fodor into its hall of fame.
Mr. Fodor recently retired as executive vice president of Capital Group/American Funds, a mutual fund investment company. He also serves on the UConn business school dean’s advisory cabinet and has lectured at the school.
2017 Best & Brightest: Romanna (Roma) Romaniv, University of Connecticut
11 MBAs With the Highest Return for Grads Earning $100,000-Plus
U.S. News – MBA grads from these business schools have at least a 240 percent average return, U.S. News data show.
The Social & Academic Case for Living in a Learning Community
Poets & Quants for Undergrads– As a freshman business major at the University of Connecticut, Elizabeth Perry has already hobnobbed with the dean of the business school, helped organize a case competition for Target and attended speed-networking events that have helped her forge valuable connections in the business world. Those types of experiences would have been out of her reach had she not checked off a box on the housing application for UConn’s Business Connections Learning Community back when she was a senior in high school.
Study on Naugatuck Greenway Notes Potential Economic Impact
The Register Citizen– The final version of a study on the potential impact of the Naugatuck River Greenway was released last week by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments and it predicts strong economic benefits and as many as 2.6 million visits by 2031.
West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor Inducted Into UConn Hall of Fame
UConn School of Business Dean Elected Officer of International Business-School Accreditation Program
Hartford Business Journal– John A. Elliott, the dean of the University of Connecticut School of Business, has been elected an executive officer of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the ‘gold standard’ accrediting body for business schools.
Looking Through the Glass Ceiling
Symposium Examines State of Women’s Advancement
News @ Northeastern– Kim Eddleston, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in Northeastern’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, and Gary Powell, management professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business, have studied the differences between male and female entrepreneurs. While they cautioned that their findings are broad and can’t be applied to every individual, Eddleston and Powell said that women and men define success very differently.