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Artificial Intelligence-Savvy College Students Introduce New Skills to Business Professionals at Hartford AI Day

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Sophomore Samarth Gupta ‘26 stood in front a room filled with business leaders at Hartford AI Day and explained why artificial intelligence can dramatically improve everyday life.

MIT has created ICU Intervene, which predicts what treatments will be most effective for critically ill patients, he said. Paypal uses AI to analyze transactions to curtail cybersecurity fraud. And Amazon is using image detection to support a ‘smart store,’ which eliminates the need to wait in checkout lines.

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‘A Beautiful Coincidence’

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – What are the odds that two women, complete strangers from Dallas, Texas, would enroll in the UConn Online MBA program during the same semester?

How about the chances that these two graduate students happen to live on the same street?

Whether it was destiny, or just a rare and delightful coincidence, Anna (Neupert) Wildfeuer ‘19 (BUS) and Julia Carter are glad they met at orientation in Connecticut last fall. They have since become both collegial classmates and good friends.

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Study Says Black Households Pay Higher Heating Costs, Seek Cold-Related Medical Care More Often

Posted on by Kimberly Phillips

UConn Today – Ticking up the thermostat a degree or two is going to cost anyone more money, but a new study from UConn researchers suggests Black households pay more to keep their homes comfortable, in part due to increased cold sensitivity.

The finding, published this fall in Energy Economics, spans the socioeconomic spectrum and also states Black people who can’t afford those couple extra degrees end up seeking medical attention more often than white counterparts.

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Colleges expand business analytics, data science programs to meet industry demand

Posted on by Scott Slater III

Hartford Business Journal – Ever-evolving technology and near-limitless information storage capabilities mean massive amounts of data are available for companies and other organizations to analyze. That’s created a significant need for business and data analysts and similar positions at companies large and small that are in search of a competitive edge.

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Colleges expand business analytics, data science programs to meet industry demand

Posted on by Hanna Snyder Gambini
UConn School of Business students used data analytics to help Connecticut Foodshare increase and improve donations.
(Photo Courtesy of Hartford Business Journal)

Hartford Business Journal – Ever-evolving technology and near-limitless information storage capabilities mean massive amounts of data are available for companies and other organizations to analyze. That’s created a significant need for business and data analysts and similar positions at companies large and small that are in search of a competitive edge.

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Amid increasing demand, CT colleges in arms race to add cybersecurity programs, faculty

Posted on by Scott Slater III

Hartford Business Journal – With thousands of cybersecurity job openings around the state — and entry-level positions that can command a six-figure starting salary — training the next generation of security engineers is a key challenge for Connecticut.

Colleges around the state say the fast-changing curriculum, difficulty of retaining expert faculty, importance of linking closely to industry, and looming challenge of AI make cybersecurity one of the most dynamic fields in education right now.

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