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UConn, Innovate Stamford Collaboration Bolsters Innovation Ecosystem

Posted on February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 by Melissa Ferrigno

UConn Today – A new partnership between the University of Connecticut and Innovate Stamford aims to provide a platform of new programs that will strengthen the city’s position as a leader in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Global Entrepreneurs Address UConn Students

Posted on December 17, 2018April 21, 2026 by Claire Hall

David Noble (left) and Peter Barkman (Right) during a recent installment of the Global Entrepreneurship Speaker Series at UConn. (Arminda Kamphausen / UConn School of Business)

Four prominent entrepreneurs came to campus this semester to talk about their companies, their visions, and ways in which students can embrace industry disruption.Continue Reading

Let your idea grow with Get Seeded

Posted on December 11, 2018September 10, 2021 by Scott Slater III

Daily Campus – Are you a student entrepreneur with an idea for a project or business but no way to fund it? Then Get Seeded is for you.

First ‘Get Seeded’ Event Awards $3k to New Ventures

Posted on December 4, 2018April 21, 2026 by Claire Hall

Portrait of Daniel Ruskin. — Junior Daniel Ruskin, one of the winners of the first “Get Seeded” competition, organized by the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)

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

Posted on December 4, 2018April 4, 2019 by Scott Slater III

UConn Today – An experiment devised by researchers at UConn startup LambdaVision was launched into space this month.

Dean’s Report 2018

Posted on December 3, 2018November 19, 2019 by Claire Hall

UConn School of Business 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

UConn Startup Wins R&D Grant for Voltage-Sensitive Dyes

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

UConn Today – Potentiometric Probes, a biotech startup based on UConn Health technology, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new class of voltage-sensitive dyes.

Enthusiasm, Hard Work Keep Hockey’s El-Mir ’19 On Top

Posted on November 15, 2018July 7, 2026 by Kimberly Nguyen

Karl El-Mir '19 playing hockey wearing a UConn jersey. — Karl El-Mir ’19 follows an intense schedule on and off the ice – and it pays off. (Courtesy UConn Athletics)

One of the most embarrassing things that has happened to Karl El-Mir, a senior in the School of Business and a forward on the UConn Men’s Hockey Team, is stepping on a hockey puck and taking a fall during warm-ups.Continue Reading

First Innovation Expo: Opportunities Abound on Campus

Posted on November 7, 2018November 8, 2018 by

UConn Today – Nursing students Jasmeen Mohammed and Katlin DiPietro couldn’t wait to tell visitors at the Fall Entrepreneurship & Innovation Expo about their project, which is designed to calm elderly patients when they’re in the hospital.

National Startup Analysis Sees Potential, Standout Efforts Underway in Hartford

Posted on November 6, 2018October 31, 2019 by

Connecticut by the Numbers – A new analysis of the status of the business startup community in six American cities – including Hartford – has found that Connecticut’s Capitol City has “strong startup potential,” and in some ways is already standing out among peers and competitors.

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