Air travel is no longer glamorous and sometimes, well, often, just annoying – too many people on oversold flights, crammed into tight spaces, and fighting over whether it is OK to put a seat back.
Add to this weather delays, mechanical problems, TSA screenings, and having to pay for every little extra, and it is not surprising that the flying passenger is no longer a happy, friendly person. Continue Reading
Ozy.com- For years it has been a widely held superstition among sports fans that the outcome of key games has an effect on the stock market. With the Super Bowl, it’s called the halo effect — a solid 80 percent of the time, the Dow declines for a year after the AFC team wins, and goes up, also for a year, when the NFC team wins. But, hey, investors: The pundits may be telling it all wrong.
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Halloween is a popular occasion in American culture and we host a Halloween celebration every year. Students can dress in costume, carve and paint pumpkins and experience this fun American cultural festivity by creating their own Jack-O’Lanterns!Continue Reading
Hartford Courant- Can Hartford become a real college town? The Hartford Consortium for Higher Education sure hopes so. The anticipation of two new downtown campuses in the next two years has educational leaders dreaming of a Hartford where college students are more visible, and where city students can aspire for higher education without having to travel to a leafy suburban campus for a peek at college culture.
On October 16, Professor Ahmed Khwaja from Yale School of Management gave a research seminar for the School of Business Marketing Department about “firm expansion, size spillovers and market dominance in retail chain dynamics.” This research examines firm expansion and contraction decisions, and in particular, focuses on the role of firm size on future profitability and market dominance. Continue Reading
PR Web- Professor David Souder of the UConn School of Business said small businesses represent 87% of all businesses in Connecticut, and with so many owners nearing retirement age, the implications run deep.
‘Pink Tie Affair’ Spreads Message that Disease Impacts Everyone
Students, faculty and families gathered in a powerful display of reflection and hope during a breast cancer awareness fundraiser called The Pink Tie Affair.
Hosted by the UConn Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) and Travelers EDGE, the most touching moment of the Oct. 16 evening was when members of NABA and the audience shared their personal stories of how breast cancer has taken their loved ones.Continue Reading
Seasoned Professors Take on New Roles in Accounting, Management
In their new roles as department heads in management and accounting, Professors Lucy Gilson and George Plesko say they plan to build on their departments’ traditions of success while expanding partnerships within and beyond UConn.
“I am honored to take the helm of the management department and humbled by the trust that my colleagues have placed in me,” Gilson said. “This is a fantastic department with some of the most productive scholars at the University and some of the finest teachers. Over 70 percent of our faculty received letters from the Provost praising them on their teaching excellence.”Continue Reading
David B. Greenfield ’84, a 2015 inductee into the School of Business Hall of Fame, a member of the UConn Foundation Board of Directors and the CFO of the Hanover Insurance Co., passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 17.Continue Reading