Broken Pipes But No Broken Spirit

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Natasha Roggi '05 (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)
Natasha Roggi ’05 (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business)

For Yoga Studio Owner Natasha Roggi ’05

The first five times that broken pipes damaged her thriving downtown Hartford yoga studio, UConn alumna Natasha (Grove) Roggi ’05, mopped, scrubbed, repaired–and soldiered on.

But the sixth time was devastating. The water damage was so extensive that the studio was a total loss, the building uninhabitable.

“I felt like it was the worst day of my life,” Roggi said of March 4, 2015, when flooding forced Bikram Yoga Downtown Hartford studio to shut its doors. “I’d been in business for three years and we had just turned a corner. We had a solid following of loyal clientele.”Continue Reading

Defending Against Cyber Attacks is Focus of Cyber Security Conference June 13-14 in Stamford, Conn.

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TakeDownCon | EC Council Event | June 2016

EC-Council Foundation Announces Partnership with University of Connecticut School of Business for TakeDownCon

Some 250 information-technology professionals will learn about the latest threats in cyber security, gain a better understanding of the minds and motives of hackers, and learn how to effectively defend against cyber-attacks during “TakeDownCon: Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Conference” on June 13-14 at the University of Connecticut campus in Stamford.

The prestigious event is sponsored by the EC-Council Foundation, the non-profit sister organization of the creators of Certified Ethical Hacker. The organization has announced that the UConn School of Business will be its partner in the endeavor. The school’s Connecticut Information Technology Institute (CITI) will be the presenting partner for the state’s first hacking and offensive cyber security conference.Continue Reading

‘We Can Do That!’

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Ronald Patten, Robert Steele, and Wallace Barnes 1977 (UConn School of Business)
From L to R: Former School of Business Dean Ronald Patten; Robert H. Steele, United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut 1970-1975; and Wallace Barnes, retired Chairman and CEO of The Barnes Group, at the Beta Gamma Sigma – Alpha of Connecticut Chapter induction on May 1, 1977 (UConn School of Business)

School of Business Dean Ronald Patten Used Faculty’s Competitive Spirit to Advance Research, Ph.D. Program

Ronald Patten, the third dean of the UConn School of Business, was a bright, fair, likeable and hard-working leader, whose knowledge of business was surpassed only by his charm, and an enviable talent for coaxing the best out of people.

Meanwhile, the faculty who served during his tenure, from 1974 to 1988, were also exceptionally intelligent and enthusiastic. But the trait that most defined the professors and department heads was an unyielding competitive streak.Continue Reading

Internship Success Story: Stacia Smart

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Stacia Smart is a marketing senior who interned with Frito-Lay, a large corporation that markets and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. Over the course of the summer, Stacia worked as a Consumer Insights Marketing intern for the Oven Baked Lays brand. She was responsible for developing a comprehensive situation analysis of the Oven Baked business while collecting historical work, marketplace audits, organizing data and key stakeholders, looking at trends and identifying opportunities. After all this, she initiated a re-branding project and research for the brand.Continue Reading

Living Wage or Personal Dignity? A Choice Workers Should Never Have to Make

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Recently, a company was ordered to pay $1.75 million to thousands of employees who had to clock out during bathroom breaks.

A living wage or personal dignity is choice that workers should never have to make. It is also an imposition that employers should never be able to place on anyone. The allegations made by the employees in this case were primed to go viral because of how this conduct shocks our conscience. While the practice is unjust and unfair, it also illuminates deeper implications about how a workplace is managed. Continue Reading

UConn MBA Program Gains Additional Recognition

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CEO Magazine - MBA Rankings

CEO Magazine Ranks Program Among the Best Globally

CEO Magazine has rated the University of Connecticut’s MBA program among the best in the world, according to a ranking released earlier this month.

UConn was the only Connecticut university named in the survey, and one of only four in New England (Boston University, Bryant and UMass). It is ranked with the likes of Georgetown, University of California-Berkeley and Purdue as a Tier 1 school of excellence.Continue Reading

Best for Vets

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2016 Military Times | Best for Vets | Business Schools

For Third Consecutive Year, UConn School of Business Ranks Among Nation’s Top Programs for Veterans

The UConn School of Business is among the “Best for Veterans—Business Schools 2016,” according to a report released Feb. 8 by Military Times.

This is the third consecutive year that the program has received the prestigious recognition. UConn ranked No. 48 nationally, up from No. 54 in 2015. As of last fall, the business school had 56 military veterans enrolled in its programs, part of a 900-member veteran student body. More than 300 UConn faculty and staff are also veterans.Continue Reading

UConn Business School Announces 10 New Professors

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Hartford Business Journal – The UConn School of Business has welcomed 10 new professors to this year’s faculty roster.

Decreasing Infant Mortality

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Decreasing Infant Mortality

UConn Professor, Colleagues Discover That Turkey’s Take-Charge Healthcare Initiative Saves Lives

Since the nation of Turkey launched an aggressive healthcare initiative, providing free and convenient access to primary care for all its citizens, at conveniently located walk-in clinics, the mortality rate has decreased, most dramatically among infants.Continue Reading

Internship Success Story: Kendra Thomas

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Kendra Thomas is a senior marketing major who interned with Apple, the multinational technology company, this past summer as part of the social strategy team in California. She interacted with all types of social media and participated in social listening to detect buzz generated about Apple. She miraculously got this internship by simply applying on their website. She received a phone and Skype interview before the company flew her out to begin her internship. She thought they’d never get to her application but they did!Continue Reading