Graduate Programs

GARP Interview: Prof. Chinmoy Ghosh of UConn Launches New Risk Management Master’s Program, Set to Commence this Fall

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GARP Interview: Prof. Chinmoy Ghosh of UConn Launches New Risk Management Master’s Program, Set to Commence this Fall
CT Indian Life, Vol. 4, No. 1

The UConn MSFRM program will place more emphasis on practical applications, and operational and behavioral issues in risk management. Through collaboration with the financial services industry in the State of Connecticut, the program will provide a forum for interaction of academics and practitioners to focus on the practice of creating economic value by managing exposure to risk.

Ph.D. Student Teaching Awards 2013

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On February 27, business PhD students and coordinators for the five Ph.D. concentrations celebrated student accomplishments during the last year at the sixth annual “Ph.D. Student Night of Appreciation.” School of Business Dean John Elliott was also in attendance, providing the doctoral students with an opportunity to chat with him informally.

At this event, we announced the winners of the school’s 2013 PhD Student Teaching Awards. Each of the five Ph.D. program concentrations gave a teaching award to a qualified student in their concentration. The coordinators of the five concentrations (John Phillips – ACCT, Joseph Golec – FNCE, Qing Cao – MGMT, Bill Ross – MKTG, and Jan Stallaert – OPIM) then decided as a group which of the winners of a teaching award in a concentration would receive this year’s School of Business teaching award. Dean Elliott made the announcement.

The winners of the 2013 teaching awards in each concentration are:

Accounting – Elizabeth Kohl

Finance – Tingyu Zhou

Marketing – Jeff Carlson

Management – Lauren D’Innocenzo

OPIM – Gang Wang

The winner of the 2013 School of Business Ph.D. Teaching Award (program-wide) is:

Management – Lauren D’Innocenzo

Please join us in congratulating these doctoral students for their superb performance in the classroom and as outstanding teacher-scholars.

UConn School of Business Ranked Among “Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly MBA Schools for 2013”

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Evaluated on presence and activity levels on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and others, the University of Connecticut School of Business was ranked among the “Top 100 Most Social Media Friendly MBA Schools for 2013” by OnlineMBAPage.com. The ranking site is ‘a social education community formed in 2012 in response to the growing demand of MBAs in the United States, China and the emerging markets,’ according to their website. The rankings are based on a comparison of data from over 400 business campus-based schools and their use of various social media platforms.Continue Reading

2013 Risk Management Conference

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Thursday, November 14, 2013
7:30 AM – 4:45 PM

Marriott Downtown
243 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut

Join us at the second annual Connecticut Risk Management Conference which has been designed to align risk management with strategy. This conference will bring together professionals engaged in risk management, senior management, and regulators, as well as faculty members and students in UConn’s MS in Financial Risk Management (MSFRM) Program. Continue Reading

UConn MBAs Take 1st Place in Illinois Strategy Case Competition

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A team of four University of Connecticut MBA candidates took first place in the fifth annual MBA Strategy Case Competition hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held February 7-9. Ten schools participated in the competition: Arizona State, Baylor, Connecticut, Hong Kong UST, Illinois, Iowa State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue. Continue Reading

MBAs Enhancing “The Palace – Stamford Center for the Arts” Brand

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Experiential learning in action. As part of Professor Wynd Harris‘ strategic brand marketing class at the University of Connecticut-Stamford, MBA candidates received a backstage tour of The Palace Theatre prior to attending a live performance of The Temptations & The Four Tops last Wednesday evening. The experience is all part of an introduction to their semester-long team project to help enhance “The Palace – Stamford Center for the Arts” brand.

The MBA candidates will create a brand audit review and a brand-oriented marketing action program for “The Palace – Stamford Center for the Arts,” and will be meeting with The Palace management team throughout the course. Each team will present their findings and recommendations to management at the end of the semester.

UConn Graduate Programs ranked among Top 200 “Best Masters and MBA Worldwide” 2012-2013

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The University of Connecticut School of Business was recently ranked among the Top 40 programs in North America and Top 200 worldwide for three graduate programs. The rankings were awarded by Eduniversal’s Top 200 “Best Masters and MBA Worldwide” 2012-2013, which provides a global overview of the best post-graduate programs in 30 specializations in 153 countries.Continue Reading

UConn Ranked #8 by U.S. News & World Report for Online Graduate Business Programs

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The University of Connecticut School of Business online Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) program has been ranked #8 among the 2013 Best Online Graduate Business Programs in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Online Education Program Rankings, 2013 Edition.

According to U.S. News, these are the best online master’s in business degree programs, based on factors such as level of accreditation, reputation for excellence among peer institutions, and academic and career support services offered to students.Continue Reading

School of Business Ph.D. Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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On November 8-9, 2012, the University of Connecticut School of Business Ph.D. Program celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Since the beginning of the Ph.D. Program there have been 164 graduates including; 35 in Accounting, 48 in Finance, 31 in Management, 26 in Marketing, and 24 in Operations and Information Management (OPIM). Continue Reading