Most of us are aware of the state-wide efforts underway to jumpstart the Connecticut economy by inspiring entrepreneurship. As we consider these efforts, it is worth contemplating how it is that the entrepreneur does what she does. Continue Reading
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Goldman Sachs Events Draw 200+ Students in Stamford
More than 200 UConn business students recently attended a series of career presentations sponsored by investment giant Goldman Sachs.Continue Reading
UConn’s MS Degree in Human Resources Draws Diverse Specialists
As academic director for UConn’s Graduate Programs in Human Resources, I had the pleasure of welcoming 39 new master’s students to campus earlier this fall. We are excited to have a student cohort with a wide range of prior experience and knowledge coming into the program, because we believe such diversity enriches the classroom and online discussions with varied perspectives, beliefs and questions. Continue Reading
Creative Collaboratorium Draws Top Scholars
How do you host a conference for 40 of the top creativity researchers in the world?
By giving them activities that are novel, useful, and intellectually stimulating, said Management Professor Nora Madjar, who hosted the Creativity Collaboratorium in Storrs from Sept. 13-15.Continue Reading
New Business School Faculty for 2018
Bottom row, from left: Wei Chen, Redona Methasani ’18 Ph.D., Jo (Kyoungjo) Oh.
Four UConn alumni, high-ranking executives from Anthem and Electric Boat, and professors with ties to Harvard and Yale are among the 14 new faculty joining the UConn School of Business this fall.Continue Reading
Week of events to mark a celebration of innovation
Coach Auriemma Welcomes 2020 EMBAs, Shares Strategies
UConn Women’s Basketball Head Coach Geno Auriemma faced one of the biggest challenges of his life in the second grade.Continue Reading
UConn Fuels Insurtech Boom with Innovative New Program
When Hartford Innovation Places announced a plan to make the state capitol a center for the burgeoning insurtech industry, professor Timothy Folta, faculty director of the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI), was listening very carefully. Continue Reading
UConn Prominent in Stamford Innovation Week 2018
The UConn School of Business will bring top experts to present three timely and cutting-edge programs as part of Stamford Innovation Week (SiW), running Sept. 14 through 23 throughout the city. Continue Reading
UConn Presents First-Ever Blockchain Symposium
More than two dozen researchers from around the world gathered at UConn’s Stamford campus last week to discuss one of the hottest topics in business:
How will the powerful and quickly-emerging Blockchain technology revolutionize businesses, both within organizations and between them? Continue Reading