HBJ – The UConn Innovation Fund has awarded $200,000 in seed funding to two startups in UConn’s Technology Incubation Program.
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UConn Innovation Fund Invests in Two More University Startups
Family Businesses: ‘We Will Not Let This Business Fail, No Matter What!’
There’s an old adage among family-owned businesses that you adapt with the times or you perish. That’s never been more accurate than during a global pandemic, said Robin Bienemann, entrepreneur-in-residence at UConn’s Family Business Program.Continue Reading
Seeing Green: iQ’s First-Place Finisher Innovates Lawn Care, Wins $15k
A lush green lawn may be the envy of every suburban neighborhood, but many homeowners find it too expensive to hire a lawn service, and too difficult to maintain it properly on their own.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
First cohort of 15 startups get set for Vimson Group & New Lab’s Prospect Mining Studio
International Mining – Back in October 2019, leading Indian mining conglomerate, Vimson Group and innovation hub, New Lab, announced a partnership to establish Prospect Mining Studio, a venture studio program bringing together entrepreneurs and industry experts to address the biggest challenges facing the mineral and natural resource mining sector. The focus is on enhancing sustainability and closed-loop production, environmental sensing, worker performance and safety, mineral extraction and energy efficiency, and data optimisation.
Professor Caravella Wins Prestigious Marketing Award for Retail Research
Marketing professor Mary Caravella and three colleagues have been named the recipients of the American Marketing Association’s 2020 Louis W. Stern Award for research excellence.Continue Reading
UConn Alum Nadav Ullman Co-Creates ‘COVID-19 Clearinghouse’ to get PPE to Health Care Workers
UConn Students, Alum Shine As Part of ‘The Ventilator Project’
UConn Today – A pair of UConn students and a recent graduate are part of a Boston-based effort that is trying to bring an emergency ventilator to market as quickly as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noah Pacik-Nelson ’20 (ENG) now serves as the lead engineer for The Ventilator Project, an all-volunteer organization.