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Alumni Couple Funds New Entrepreneurship Course to Help Hartford Start-Ups
Student Investors Endorse Their First Startup: A Gaming Company that Teaches Kids Social/Emotional Skills
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
Lobster, Innovation, and A Dream Job Are All on the Menu for This Recent Grad
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
Ph.D. Alumna Wins Highly Competitive Management Research Award
The Academy of Management has awarded a prestigious dissertation award to UConn Ph.D. alumna Semin Park ’19 for her research about friendships and conflicts among future paramedics participating in a mock emergency drill.Continue Reading
Former WWE Exec: You Can Bend the World To You, If You Do the Right Things
Entertainment titan and UConn alumnus George Barrios is frequently asked for career advice, and he tells his proteges is to be optimistic, passionate, and maintain a good attitude.Continue Reading
Deloitte Foundation Funding Helps UConn Attract, Retain High-Performing Accounting Educators
The Deloitte Foundation, together with a team of passionate Deloitte alumni, has donated $1 million to help attract and retain high-performing educators within UConn’s prestigious accounting program.Continue Reading
MBA Program Helped Physician Make Bolder Leadership Choices During Pandemic
During the height of the pandemic, when hospitals were overflowing with COVID-19 patients, Dr. Mohammed “Ameer” Shams ’18 MBA made a bold decision.Continue Reading
MSA Candidate Bailey Crowe Awarded $10,000 Scholarship
MSA candidate Bailey Crowe ’20 has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The scholarship will be a tremendous help as he begins his graduate studies this week, Crowe said.Continue Reading
Santander Bank Supports Initiatives to Benefit Minority Students, Minority-Owned Businesses
Santander Bank, N.A., through its Santander Universities program (“Santander”), has awarded a $100,000 grant to the UConn Foundation, to support initiatives that will benefit both minority business students and minority-owned small businesses.
The grant marks a new relationship between UConn and Santander, one of the country’s largest retail and commercial banks.Continue Reading