This past week was my first week of my London internship while interning at IlliquidX. Although the office is rather small, I was quite surprised by the ethnic diversity within the office. Continue Reading
London Week 9: First Week at IlliquidX
Perspectives Blog
London Week 8: A Trip to Italy
While my classmates decided to venture further into Eastern Europe for the remainder of the Spring Break, I decided to head down to Italy and enjoy some warmer weather. Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Our Private Data and the Market for Third-Party Providers of Functionality to Websites
When Faced with High Privacy Concerns Among Users, the Third-Party Industry Gets More Concentrated
Your personal information is out there. You did not give it out, so how did it get there? Continue Reading
Op-Ed: 5 Suggestions for an OpEX Practitioner in a Digital World
iSixSigma – The Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt and Black Belt curriculum needs an overhaul. The original operational excellence (OpEx) Lean Six Sigma methodology developed by Motorola in the 1980s and made famous by Jack Welch at General Electric (GE) in the early 1990s is finding itself a bit long in the tooth in comparison to the digital transformation activity going on around it. Practitioners of Lean Six Sigma who learned their craft more than 10 years ago need on-the-job training or CE (continuing education) classes to remain valuable to their client companies. The digital transformation has overtaken this quaint methodology, and unless continuous improvement teams embrace the new paradigm, their ability to affect the world will get smaller and smaller.
London Week 7: A Trip to Berlin
The structure of my program had my academic classes finishing up this past week. Thus, I was quite busy finishing up classes with projects, essays and final exams. The following weekend was the start of my semester break. Continue Reading
UConn Grad Students Volunteer for Hartford Riverfront Recapture
UConn Net Impact Graduate Chapter – On October 13th, 2017, UConn’s Graduate Net Impact Chapter hosted a volunteer day for Riverfront Recapture, a non-profit organization that manages downtown Hartford’s riverfront park system.
London Week 6: Wrapping Up Classes
Since the Study Abroad program I am a part of has required classes for the first half of the semester and a for-credit internship for the second half, my major courses were in their second-to-last week this past week. Continue Reading
London Week 5: Sky Garden
My 5th week in London was rather mellow. The most exciting part was probably going to the Sky Garden. Continue Reading
London Week 4: West End and Museums
My fourth week in London was also my first week with a test. That is not exactly interesting but it shows my academics are taking up more of my time.
Anyway, I stayed in London for the entirety of the week. On Thursday I went to see the West End production of Les Miserables. Continue Reading
Op-Ed: As Houston, Florida Recover from Hurricanes, Home Values May Drop—Even in Areas That Weren’t Flooded
Perceptions of Danger
After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, New Yorkers not only had to rebuild their damaged homes, but they also faced a crisis of consumer confidence.
Even in areas that weren’t impacted by flooding and storm damage, the value of homes decreased, testimony to the wariness that future homebuyers had about the impact of forthcoming storms.Continue Reading