Graduate Programs

School Launches MBA Alumni Mentorship Program

Posted on by Claire Hall
A man in a suit speaking with a women at MBA Alumni Mentorship Program.
(UConn School of Business)

The School of Business is expanding its Alumni Mentor Program to give Full-time MBA students additional professional contacts, who can guide, advise and encourage them in their career pursuits.

“We have some fantastic alumni out there who want to give back to the school in various ways. They recognize the importance of mentoring in their own careers and want to pay it forward. And what better way than to mentor current MBA students?” said Suresh Nair, associate dean for graduate programs.Continue Reading

Trams, Fast-Talk and New Friends: UConn Students Test Their Negotiation Skills In Vienna

Posted on by Nora Madjar
In a twist to The Negotiation Challenge, preparation and negotiations were held on a tram in Vienna, Austria.
In a twist to The Negotiation Challenge, negotiations were held on a tram in Vienna, Austria (Nora Madjar/UConn School of Business)

Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement, while riding a tram around Vienna, one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and trying not to get distracted by all there is to see.

How well would you do?Continue Reading

AACSB International Extends Global Business or Accounting Accreditation For More Than Sixty Schools, Across Eleven Countries

Posted on by Melissa Ferrigno

AACSB International – AACSB International announced today that 64 business schools have extended their accreditation in business, and 24 schools have extended their accreditation in accounting.

Nerac to Host the Next XcellR8 Meeting April 28

Posted on by Melissa Ferrigno

Nerac – Nerac (www.nerac.com/) is pleased to announce the next XcellR8 meeting which will be held Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Nerac headquarters in Tolland, CT. The XcellR8 meetings are high energy, interactive gatherings for entrepreneurs to pitch ideas and concepts and to brainstorm creative solutions to challenges. XcellR8 welcomes Greg Kirber and the team from PartsTech, Inc. (www.partstech.com/)

Spring 2016 Research Newsletter

Posted on by Melissa Ferrigno

Welcome to the Spring 2016 Research Newsletter of the University of Connecticut School of Business. As a top public research institution, our faculty are drawn, in part, by the opportunity to merge their love of teaching with their passion for discovery. This spring, our professors have studied a wide range of topics in the business field. In this issue, we feature a fascinating article about how…

Cybersecurity Must Be a CEO’s Top Priority, Former Military Defense Expert Tells Risk-Conference Audience

Posted on by Claire Hall
Panel at Connecticut Risk Management Conference 2016.
Connecticut Risk Management Conference 2016 (Zack Wussow)

It isn’t a question of if your company’s cyber-security system will be breached, it is a matter of when.

That’s what retired Air Force Major General Brett T. Williams told more than 150 business executives and graduate students gathered at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center for the UConn School of Business’ 4th Annual Connecticut Risk Management Conference.Continue Reading

A Network of Pipes, Pools and Filters

Posted on by Claire Hall

A businessman in a suit interacts with a digital network of smiling faces connected by lines, conveying professionalism and connection.

UConn Professors Uncover Optimal Configurations of Collaboration Networks to Improve Innovative Performance

There is an old saying that it doesn’t matter what you know in life but whom you know that makes you successful. While the former may not be true, evidence by some University of Connecticut researchers indicates the latter certainly may be accurate.Continue Reading

Teaming Up

Posted on by Claire Galvin

McEvoy and Jackson Earn Best Presentation Award

At the Academy of Business Research Conference in New Orleans on March 23-25, Nicole Jackson, Assistant Professor of Management, and Kevin McEvoy, Assistant Professor In-Residence of Marketing, earned a Best Session Presentation Award for their work titled, “Mindfulness, Marketing and Management – Is it all that?”Continue Reading