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Entrepreneurship
Family Businesses: ‘Your Name is On It!’

UConn Revamps Family Business Program, Offers Bootcamp, Summer Internship Program to Help Multi-Generational Companies Thrive
Ask Julie Paine-Miller, vice president of Paine’s Inc. Recycling and Rubbish Removal, what it is like to be employed in a family-owned business, and she will share that some of her fondest childhood memories involve riding in her family’s garbage trucks.
“I have a deep-seated love for trash!,” Paine-Miller said with a laugh. “I have memories of being around the trucks from the time I was a little girl.”Continue Reading
Blumenthal: Those responsible for GI Bill benefit debacle will be held accountable
Stars and Stripes – U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Friday he expects there to be a congressional hearing early in the new Congress to “pin down” who is accountable for delays in education benefit payments to hundreds of thousands of veterans across the country.
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Global Entrepreneurs Address UConn Students
Let your idea grow with Get Seeded
First ‘Get Seeded’ Event Awards $3k to New Ventures
Junior Daniel Ruskin has an idea for creating an in-home, hand-held voting machine that electors would receive when they register to vote.Continue Reading
UConn Research Project at the International Space Station
Dean’s Report 2018
Entrepreneurship
When entrepreneur Peter J. Werth pledged more than $22 million to the University of Connecticut last winter, for the creation of the Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, a new chapter was written in UConn’s history.Continue Reading
Social Media Sensation Alexa Curtis to Speak at UConn
Everyone is terrified to get out of their comfort zone and pursue their passion, but everyone wants to do it.Continue Reading