Hartford Business Journal – On a recent weekday afternoon in February, graduate students from UConn’s business school met with nearly a dozen major employers at the college’s downtown Hartford campus, but there was something unusual about this career fair.
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EMBAs: Trip to South Africa Among the Highlights of Education
Before the EMBA Class of 2020 had landed in South Africa, Brian Waddell, director of process improvement at The Hartford, got a bird’s-eye view of the racial disparity that has divided the land for so long. Continue Reading
UConn MBA Program Ranked Among Public Top 20
The Financial Times released its highly regarded 2020 MBA rankings today and the UConn MBA program was among the Top 20 public universities for its academic rigor.
The UConn MBA ranked No. 16, up from No. 20 last year, in the category of public MBA programs in the U.S. It also ranked No. 5 in value for the money compared with its public peer institutions.Continue Reading
Janette Edwards ’11 MBA: Making Patients Better Faster
As vice president of operations at Hartford HealthCare, UConn alumna Janette Edwards ’11 MBA, oversees three acute-care hospitals, in Meriden, New Britain, and Southington.Continue Reading
Predictive Modeling Class Projects Become Twin Wins for UConn
If a pet-adoption agency wants to quickly find a home for a puppy, is it better to post a picture of the pup with its littermates—or a series of photos of the dog alone?
And if soccer club owners are trying to identify which FIFA players are underpaid based on their talent, could they accurately do so by analyzing public data about each player’s skill ratings?Continue Reading
UConn’s MBA Program Ranks Among the Best in 2019-20
UConn’s MBA program has been named to Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of the best U.S. business schools of 2019-20. The MBA program ranked #29 among public universities, based on survey responses from MBA students, alumni, and corporate recruiters about their goals and experiences, as well as compensation and job-placement data from each school.Continue Reading
EMBA Students Dive Right In to ‘Real Life’ Business Challenges
As a self-described ‘mushy-gushy’ type, Catherine Davis-Gomez wasn’t exactly counting the days until the first session of her Financial Controls course in UConn’s Executive MBA program.
“When I learned what Financial Controls was, I thought, ‘I’m gonna hate this,'” said the highly trained therapist who helps create school-based programs to address post-traumatic stress in children.
The feeling didn’t last long.Continue Reading
Grad Students Help PCX Aero Go ‘Full Throttle’
When it comes to the aerospace industry, PCX Aerostructures is in the big leagues.Continue Reading
UConn: Low(er) Cost, High ROI
Kerry Fochi Sanders ’93 was born a businesswoman, according to her family. From an early age she had ambition, determination and a keen financial sense.Continue Reading
Get career-ready with an MBA from a Premier American business school
Study International News – UConn School of Business has established a strong reputation for high-quality research, teaching, collaboration and outreach, and has been continuously accredited by AACSB International since 1958. Their MBA programmes are flexible – they offer full-time, part-time, executive MBA (EMBA) as well as a non-degree MBA programme for students to choose from.