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Coach Auriemma Welcomes 2020 EMBAs, Shares Strategies

Posted on September 12, 2018April 21, 2026 by Claire Hall

Geno Auriemma, head coach of the UConn Women's Basketball program, shared stories of basketball, leadership and success with the new cohort of the Executive MBA program on Thursday. Lucy Gilson, head of the management department, served as event moderator. — Geno Auriemma, head coach of the UConn Women’s Basketball program, shared stories of basketball, leadership and success with the new cohort of the Executive MBA program on Thursday. Lucy Gilson, head of the management department, served as event moderator. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

UConn Women’s Basketball Head Coach Geno Auriemma faced one of the biggest challenges of his life in the second grade.Continue Reading

Colleges, students embrace entrepreneurship as course of study

Posted on September 11, 2018September 14, 2018 by Melissa Ferrigno

The Hour– The word “entrepreneur” evokes images of a small-business owner or one attempting to bring an invention to market, but that only begins to scratch the surface, said college professors who teach in the burgeoning field of study.

UConn Fuels Insurtech Boom with Innovative New Program

Posted on September 11, 2018April 21, 2026 by Meredith Guinness

When Hartford Innovation Places announced a plan to make the state capitol a center for the burgeoning insurtech industry, professor Timothy Folta, faculty director of the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI), was listening very carefully. Continue Reading

Charter Communications rolls out mobile platform

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Stamford Advocate– Charter Communications announced this week the full launch of its Spectrum Mobile service for its internet subscribers, marking one of its most ambitious undertakings in recent years.

UConn Prominent in Stamford Innovation Week 2018

Posted on September 7, 2018April 21, 2026 by Meredith Guinness

The UConn School of Business will bring top experts to present three timely and cutting-edge programs as part of Stamford Innovation Week (SiW), running Sept. 14 through 23 throughout the city. Continue Reading

UConn Spinout Wins NIH R&D Grant for Artificial Salivary Gland

Posted on September 6, 2018April 4, 2019 by Scott Slater III

UConn Today – Oral Fluid Dynamics, LLC (OFD) is a technology startup working to improve the lives of millions of people suffering from a debilitating condition, chronic dry mouth.

Stamford Innovation Week: Cultivating Unexpected Opportunities for Growth

Posted on August 31, 2018December 18, 2020 by

Spoke– The region’s most enterprising minds will gather at venues across the city September 13-23, 2018, for Stamford Innovation Week (SIW), an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs, tech talent and investors to create unexpected opportunities for growth.

Stamford Innovation Week launches Sept. 13

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Melissa Ferrigno

Stamford Advocate– Entrepreneurs from across the region will gather in Stamford from Sept. 13 to Sept. 23 for Stamford Innovation Week, an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs, tech talent and investors.

Sierra Club Ranks UConn a Green Campus Leader Again

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Melissa Ferrigno

UConn Today– UConn has once again been rated among the top 10 in Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” rankings. UConn placed third overall, an accomplishment that Richard Miller, director of UConn’s Office of Environmental Policy, says is something that has distinguished UConn as a leader among its peers.

UHART, UCONN SET TO LAUNCH INSURTECH CURRICULUM

Posted on August 27, 2018December 18, 2020 by Melissa Ferrigno

Innovation Destination Hartford– This piece originally appeared in HartfordBusiness.com August 22, 2018.

Timothy Folta, professor of management, leads a class at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford. (Photo courtesy: Peter Morenus/University of Connecticut.)

Q&A talks with UConn School of Business professor Timothy Folta and University of Hartford Barney School of Business clinical instructor Ken Goldstein about the schools’ joint InsurTech program.

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