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How Visual Technologies Influence Virtual Teams
Professor Lurie Discovers Visual Technologies Foster Persuasion, Agreement among Virtual Teams
In a business climate where colleagues may never share office space or even meet face-to-face, Marketing Professor Nicholas Lurie has found that more visual information technologies can help virtual teams build consensus under tight deadlines. Continue Reading
U.S. Seeks Repayment from Purdue Pharma
MSBAPM Student and Team Win Hartford Hackathon
UConn Graduate student Jacques “Jack” Caspi and his team won first prize in the Hartford InsurTech Digital Health Hackathon from Feb. 9 to Feb. 11. The event was sponsored by Cigna and the first-place award included a $5,000 prize. Continue Reading
Splunk Certification Opportunity
Splunk is a big data platform that specializes in taking machine data from different types of computing systems. Once it retrieves that data it can process it, parse it out, and then people can run queries. As a member of the Splunk Pledge, the University of Connecticut receives free training and certification to become a Certified Power User.
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Hackathon Winners Laud Diversity, Ingenuity for Alexa-Driven Customer Service Technology
Hartford Business Journal– Startup innovators Corey Harris Jr. and Rajasekar Narayanan are crediting diversity and authenticity for their team’s recent victory at a digital health hackathon in Hartford.
UConn-Inspired Methods Helped Student Win Prestigious Hackathon
Shree Reddy ’17 MSBAPM was the winner of a competitive McKinsey Online Analytics Hackathon last fall. McKinsey & Co. is one of the most well-known global management consultancy groups in the world. Continue Reading
These ‘Car Guys’ Aren’t Slowing Down!
Outstanding Customer-Service Strategy Helped Create $30 Million Business
How do you take a small, mom-and-pop car parts business and turn it into a $30 million, online retail blockbuster?
The secret, according to FCP Euro owners Scott Drozd ’03 (CLAS) and Nick Bauer, is that you always, always, always put the customer first, and never stop growing, developing and expanding your business. Continue Reading
Auriemma Leadership Conference Adds Speakers to Impressive Lineup
The Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference has announced its full lineup of speakers for the April 17-18 event. Continue Reading
Donations to The Diaper Bank in North Haven Reach Record-Breaking Number
News Times– There are going to be a lot of dry baby bottoms around thanks to a record-breaking number of donated diapers.
Connex Credit Union donated 82,919 diapers — almost double the amount from last year— Thursday to The Diaper Bank, a local nonprofit that seeks to prevent the risk of health and parenting complications caused by limited access to diapers.