Professor Amy Dunbar, who has been described as an enormously talented, passionate, unyielding champion for her students, has been awarded UConn’s Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.Continue Reading
Graduate Programs
UConn Students Repeat Winning Tradition During National Analytics Challenge
For the second consecutive year, a team of UConn graduate students earned the first-place award in a national analytics competition. Their award-winning presentation addressed how a telecom company can analyze and utilize data to help retain existing customers.Continue Reading
New UConn Study: Feds Typically Back Startup Winners
The U.S. government is an important driver in identifying and funding successful entrepreneurial ventures and is adept at identifying those with strong potential.Continue Reading
Geno Auriemma Supports New Program to Further Boost UConn Grad Students at the Recruiting Table
UConn Today – Geno Auriemma, head coach of the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team, is again partnering with the UConn School of Business – this time by supporting a new lecture-and-workshop series to help 2,000 graduate business students enhance their leadership skills.
The series, which began Oct. 13, focuses on value-centered leadership, learning to reset and transform, and intentional networking. Each executive lecture will be followed by workshops led by a career coach to reinforce the lessons.Continue Reading
UConn Students Take Third-Place Trophy in International Negotiation Challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a team of business and law students from traveling to Barcelona, but not from finishing in the Top Three in a prestigious, international negotiation competition.Continue Reading
With MBA invitational, UConn aims to keep talent in the Northeast
MSBAPM Program Among Top 20 in Nation
The UConn MSBAPM program is among the best masters of business analytics programs in the nation, according to The Financial Engineer (TFE) Times. The program was ranked No. 19.Continue Reading
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
Life’s Challenges Didn’t Derail This Ph.D. Student
When she began pursuing her Ph.D., Monique Domingo was familiar with the statistics. At the time, approximately one third of LatinX/Hispanic graduate-school candidates dropped out before completing their degrees, due to a host of issues from finances to academic fit.Continue Reading