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Real Estate Center Hosts Annual Celebration

Posted on April 30, 2019May 1, 2019 by Claire Hall

Mallika Winsor, Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield, is surrounded by colleagues during the Real Estate Center's annual banquet. (Zack Wussow) — Mallika Winsor, Senior Associate at Cushman & Wakefield, is surrounded by colleagues during the Real Estate Center’s annual banquet. (Zack Wussow)

The Real Estate Center held its annual end-of-year banquet on Thursday evening in the Rome Ballroom, honoring outstanding students, alumni and other achievers in the field of commercial real estate.

Among those honored were: William Carlson, senior managing director at Cigna, with the Lifetime Achievement Award; Keith Kockenmeister, senior managing director of Kroll Bond Ratings, with Distinguished Alumni of the Year; and Caleb S. Manchester, president of Gansett Ventures with Alumni of the Year.

In addition, the Early Career Alumni Award went to Erik Edeen, director of Avision Young, and Mallika Winsor, senior associate at Cushman & Wakefield. Student of the Year was Caci Rhuda and the Industry Partner Award went to Cushman & Wakefield.

Student Profile: Grace Guertin ’19

Posted on April 30, 2019May 10, 2019 by Claire Hall

Grace Guertin '19 (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business) — Grace Guertin ’19 (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)

Full name: Grace GuertinContinue Reading

Prudential Immersion Bootcamps Offer UConn Students Real-World Exposure

Posted on April 26, 2019May 20, 2019 by Claire Hall

Second year students from UConn’s School of Business pose during their visit to Prudential for the yearly Immersion Bootcamp, where students have an opportunity to fine tune skills in a real-time environment. (Contributed Photo)

Spending three days at Prudential Immersion Bootcamps was an eye-opener for William Mudlaff, a sophomore majoring in finance.Continue Reading

FinTech: The Financial World of the Future

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Meredith Guinness

On April 10th, UConn's School of Business and the CFA Society Stamford presented a panel on FinTech. (istockphoto.com) — On April 10th, UConn’s School of Business and the CFA Society Stamford presented a panel on FinTech. (istockphoto.com)

When Professor Yaacov Kopeliovich looks at blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, he sometimes sees “a hammer looking for nails.”Continue Reading

Graduate Students’ Trip to Munich a Success

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Claire Hall

Graduate students, most from the MSBAPM program, visited Munich last month to expand their knowledge of international business. Pictured above, the students gather around a mobile indoor mapping system. (Contributed Photo)

Eleven graduate students recently traveled to Munich, Germany, as part of a course that was designed to deliver an international experiential opportunity that could be personalized to each student’s interest.Continue Reading

Hartford MedTech Accelerator partners lay out their vision

Posted on April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 by Scott Slater III

Hartford Business Journal – A newly announced medical technology and digital health accelerator in Hartford’s Constitution Plaza promises to find plenty of synergies with the city’s two-year-old insurance technology accelerator, Mayor Luke Bronin said Wednesday.

Undergraduate non-profit teams up with UConn Child Development lab

Posted on April 24, 2019September 10, 2021 by Scott Slater III

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.

Why the Uptick in Strikes? A Negotiations Expert Responds

Posted on April 23, 2019December 18, 2020 by Claire Hall

Thousands of unionized Stop & Shop workers across New England walked off the job early this month, leading to an 11-day strike. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Although the Stop & Shop strike is over, that may not be the end to the tide of recent labor action. In the past year, there have been prominent teacher strikes across the nation, and here in Connecticut, a possible strike is looming among nursing home employees.Continue Reading

The Best of the Valley Shore 4-19-2019 – CCEA

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Scott Slater III

CCEA’s Fred Castensen was interviewed on the Best of the Valley Shore on WLIS/WMRD

For more WLIS/WMRD Podcasts, Visit the WLIS/WMRD website

Connecticut Turns Up Pressure on OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma

Posted on April 23, 2019May 7, 2019 by Melissa Ferrigno

CT Post – Connecticut’s expanded lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and its owners positions the state to more aggressively pursue its claims, but does not assure a full redress of its allegations of deceptive marketing and fraudulent finances against the much-maligned OxyContin maker.

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