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Retired Professor Offers $100K Matching Gift to Save Veterans’ Entrepreneurship Program

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – United States Marine Corps veteran Tony Audette builds custom motorcycles for celebrities, business titans, and other enthusiasts who want a bike that’s unlike any other. His exclusive motorcycles sell for upwards of $130,000.

After two years in business, Audette Motorcycles, in Canton, is thriving. Audette credits much of his business knowledge and expertise to the School of Business’ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV). The startup accelerator steered him away from several costly business mistakes, he said.

Q&A: A Tax on Billionaires’ Assets?

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – If President Joe Biden’s proposed multi-trillion dollar economic and climate package can get Congressional approval, one key factor hangs in the balance: how to pay for it. One option is a “wealth tax’’ that would be levied on the assets of billionaires.

UConn accounting professor Steve Utke studies the implications of tax changes. He recently spoke with UConn Today about his work.

Student Investors Endorse Their First Startup: A Gaming Company that Teaches Kids Social/Emotional Skills

Posted on by Claire Hall
Young girl playing video games.
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The recently created, student-run Hillside Venture Capital investment team has selected its first company to support–an educational-technology startup that strives to enhance social and emotional learning in children through a video-game app.Continue Reading

Strong Backgrounds, Proven Scholarship Are Hallmarks of School’s New Faculty Members

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Portraits of Rachel Chambers, Xiang Zheng, Sami Ghaddar, Mary Vernon, and James Warren with the text "Welcome New Faculty: Fall 2021."
New faculty members include (left to right): Rachel Chambers, Xiang Zheng, Sami Ghaddar, Mary Vernon, and James Warren (Contributed photos)

The incoming cohort of new business faculty includes a consultant on human rights for the United Nations, an award-winning researcher focused on fintech, two enthusiastic accounting experts, and a management professor who researches corporate governance, innovation and performance.Continue Reading

Lobster, Innovation, and A Dream Job Are All on the Menu for This Recent Grad

Posted on by Claire Hall
Portrait of Joshua Allen in front of a scenic landscape.
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Fresh out of college and struggling to pay his sky-high New York City rent, Joshua Allen applied for a job as a restaurant busboy to supplement his full-time income.

He not only landed the job, but also earned some powerful insight into the restaurant industry and developed new ideas for improving it.Continue Reading

Ph.D. Alumna Wins Highly Competitive Management Research Award

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The Academy of Management has awarded a prestigious dissertation award to UConn Ph.D. alumna Semin Park ’19 for her research about friendships and conflicts among future paramedics participating in a mock emergency drill.Continue Reading

Former WWE Exec: You Can Bend the World To You, If You Do the Right Things

Posted on by Claire Hall
George Barrios (right) at the 2019 UConn School of Business Hall of Fame ceremony. Barrios also spoke to EMBA students in Hartford, Connecticut.
Geroge Barrios, right, at the 2019 School of Business Hall of Fame ceremony. Barrios spoke to EMBA students in Hartford, Conn. (Tom Hurlburt / UConn School of Business)

Entertainment titan and UConn alumnus George Barrios is frequently asked for career advice, and he tells his proteges is to be optimistic, passionate, and maintain a good attitude.Continue Reading