Assistant Professor in-Residence of Marketing, Kevin McEvoy, received a Session Best Paper Award for his presentation of The Toolbox-An Innovation Connecting Marketing Education and Practice, at the Academy of Business Research Conference held New Orleans in March. He also served as session chair. The Academy of Business Research is an international society of scholars and practitioners who exchange ideas and collaborate in all areas of business and business education.Continue Reading
UConn Has Reception for Grads in Waterbury
Degrees Completed at Brass City Branch
Rep-Am.com – Professor William Ryan, left, with UConn’s School of Business, hands a certificate to graduate Richard Coore. The student was recognized for three majors: Business Administration, Human Development & Family Studies, and Psychology. UConn Waterbury held it’s senior reception Friday night at the downtown campus.
Dinner and a Show
Faculty Retirees Gather to Socialize, Reminisce
By Cynthia Adams, Group Coordinator
Retirees from the School of Business recently participated in a second social event this academic year, which included a scrumptious dinner in the School’s Boardroom and the opportunity to attend a performance of Rhythmic Circus at the Jorgensen Auditorium.
The April 18 event drew some newcomers to the group, including Karla Fox, Tom and Sondra Morrison and Marge and Dick Kochanek. Others in attendance were: Dean John Elliott and Laura Philips, Rob and Mary Hoskin, Harry Johnson, Keith and Marietta Johnson, Lin and Waldo Klein, Richard Norgaard and Karen Zimmer, Murphy Sewall and Virginia Fulton, Crayton and Harriett Walker, Susan Spiggle and Tom Martin, and Roger and Cindy Adams. In addition, we were pleased to welcome alumnus Roger Adams, ’74 MBA, who was the graduate assistant of Keith Johnson.
A brief survey will soon be emailed to retirees to see what programs will best meet their needs in the Fall.
Photos from the gathering can be viewed here.
Marketing Scholars Address “Research Mobile Marketing”
The Marketing Department hosted the 2015 VOYA Global Colloquium, Research Mobile Marketing on April 10. The colloquium provides the great opportunity for researchers to gather and discuss research in the growing areas of social media, mobile marketing, and digital analytics. Faculty and Ph.D. students along with the vice president for Voya Financial Services enjoyed a day of presentations from some of the most distinguished scholars in marketing: David Bell, Adam Brasel, Sam Ransbotham and Andrew Stephen.Continue Reading
Creating a Better World
Mission-Focused Businesses Subject of Recent Conference
Business partners Spencer Curry and Kieran Foran go to work at their FRESH Farm Aquaponics business in South Glastonbury every day, believing they’re one step closer to solving world hunger.
When Justin Nash was a Captain in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, his soldiers looked to him for guidance. Now a civilian, he’s using those leadership traits at Til Duty is Done, an organization he created which seeks to provide housing, employment training and career opportunities for returning veterans. Til Duty is Done, Nash said, gives him a renewed sense of purpose.Continue Reading
UConn Graduates First Majors in Chinese
UConn Today – This May, UConn will graduate its first students with majors in Chinese. “It’s an important major to have at such a large university, and the language and cultural elements are critical,” says Chinese and accounting double major Marc Schuman ’15. “To be able to travel, live somewhere else, and be in the position of the immigrant gives you a lot of perspective.”
Spring 2015 Research Newsletter
Message from the Associate Dean of Research
Welcome to the inaugural Research Newsletter of the University of Connecticut School of Business. We are excited to share our many far-reaching faculty research achievements with our colleagues around the world. Continue Reading
‘Accelerate UConn’ Begins
New Program Prepares to Welcome Inaugural Teams of Inventors
The University of Connecticut is launching a new program, called Accelerate UConn, which will encourage and fund student and faculty teams interested in developing technology-focused start-up companies.
The program is made possible by a $100,000, one-year grant from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), that may be extended for two additional years.Continue Reading
$300,000 NSF Grant
UConn Receives a $300,000 NSF Grant Toward Student, Faculty Research
By Molly Stadnicki. This article originally appeared in The Daily Campus.
The University of Connecticut was recently recognized as a National Science Foundation I-Corps Site (NSF) and will receive a grant of $300,000 distributed over the next three years.
NSF’s I-Corps program focuses on fostering entrepreneurship that will lead to the development of technological advancements. Institutions recognized by this program are those that incorporate teams that are committed to strengthening local innovations.Continue Reading