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Department News
Articles about activities within the academic departments
xCITE 2018 to Feature Women Technology Innovators
The UConn School of Business’ xCITE conference for women in technology has announced two prominent speakers for its May 2018 conference. Continue Reading
Susan Campbell: Diapers Can Be Underpinning Of A Household
UConn Team Wins First Place
Senior Finance Majors Win CFA Challenge; Proceed to Boston
A team of five undergraduate finance majors won first place in the CFA Institute Research Challenge Hartford, and will advance to the Americas Regional Challenge in Boston from March 19-20. Continue Reading
CT Realty Agents Optimistic About Active Spring Homebuying Season
How To Capture the Entrepreneurial Talent of Women
BRINK The Edge of Risk– All the recent headlines on gender issues have prompted a debate about how gender differences affect ROI and, specifically, whether women drive the same business performance as men.
Recent research has found that a significant determinant is how early women are exposed to entrepreneurial opportunities.
Dan Haar: Economists Call Sweeping Plan a Good Start
Management Department Ranked Highly for Research Productivity
Professors in the Management Department at the UConn School of Business are among the most prolific and highly regarded scholars in the nation, according to a new report. Continue Reading
OPIM Innovate Investigates Blockchain
This semester OPIM Innovate has partnered with the newly formed Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to give students proper understanding and structure surrounding Blockchain.
How Visual Technologies Influence Virtual Teams
Professor Lurie Discovers Visual Technologies Foster Persuasion, Agreement among Virtual Teams
In a business climate where colleagues may never share office space or even meet face-to-face, Marketing Professor Nicholas Lurie has found that more visual information technologies can help virtual teams build consensus under tight deadlines. Continue Reading