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Male Fertility Test Developers Win Venture Competition

Engineering doctoral student Reza Amin presents the QRFertile concept to a panel of judges during the Wolff New Venture Competition.
Engineering doctoral student Reza Amin presents the QRFertile concept to a panel of judges during the Wolff New Venture Competition.

One grew up in the shadow of UConn and the other, on a distant continent. But Stephanie Knowlton and Reza Amin are happy they made their trip to the state’s flagship university – no matter the route.Continue Reading


Research Series Draws Top Scholars in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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The Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI) recently announced a research seminar series aimed at furthering professorial interest and expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation.Continue Reading


Entrepreneurship Doesn’t Always Deserve the ‘Risky Business’ Reputation That It Is Assigned


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



UConn Fuels Insurtech Boom with Innovative New Program

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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






UHART, UCONN SET TO LAUNCH INSURTECH CURRICULUM

Innovation Destination Hartford– This piece originally appeared in HartfordBusiness.com August 22, 2018.

Timothy Folta, professor of management, leads a class at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford. (Photo courtesy: Peter Morenus/University of Connecticut.)

Q&A talks with UConn School of Business professor Timothy Folta and University of Hartford Barney School of Business clinical instructor Ken Goldstein about the schools’ joint InsurTech program.