This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (Summer 2013)
Accomplished and aspiring leaders from all corners of industry gathered in late April to be inspired by some of the nation’s best business minds, as the first participants in the inaugural Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference.
The conference, held April 29 and 30 at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center, was sold out to capacity with more than 150 registered attendees.Continue Reading
Business law faculty in the marketing department hosted a colloquium titled, “Bridging the Gap between Business and Human Rights.” The event took place on May 14-15, 2013 at the UConn School of Business and was organized by Robert Bird, associate professor of business law in the School of Business and Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics. Assistance was provided by Karla Fox, emeritus professor of business law and special assistant to the provost, and Michele Metcalf, program manager at the School of Business.
The purpose of this colloquium was to explore the potential for common ground between business and civil society groups in the area of human rights. Attendees at the conference explored how firms perceive and interact with human rights, examined how voluntary regulatory regimes can positively influence business behavior, and analyzed how multinational corporations can align their interests with human rights in their chosen markets.
This conference brought together academics from many different disciplines and universities. Authors included Norm Bishara, University of Michigan; Dan Cahoy, Pennsylvania State University; Lucien Dhooge, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janine Hiller, Virginia Tech; Radu Mares, Lund University; David Orozco, Florida State University; Stephen Park, University of Connecticut; and Jamie Prenkert, Indiana University.
From UConn, Shareen Hertel, associate professor of political science, Department of Political Science and Human Rights Institute, Lisa Laplante, interim director, Dodd Center, and Emma Gilligan, associate professor of history and co-director of the Human Rights Institute, gave valuable input during the conference. Executives in residence included Kate Emery ’81, CEO of the Walker Group and reSET (Social Enterprise Trust), and John F. Sherman III, general counsel, secretary, and senior advisor at the Shift Project.
School of Business Dean John Elliott gave opening remarks by emphasizing the importance of human rights and the timeliness of the conference. At the closing dinner, Anthony Ewing, Columbia University, presented the topic, “Teaching Business and Human Rights: an Emerging Discipline.”
The conference was sponsored by the UConn School of Business, the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, the UConn Human Rights Institute, the UConn Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), and the Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics.
Papers from the conference will be published as a collection by Elgar Press in 2014.
Click here to view photos from the event.
On Friday, May 3rd, the Business Leadership Council and Macy’s hosted “Suits2Shorts,” an end-of-year celebration to recognize the hard work and dedication of all UConn School of Business students during the 2012–2013 academic year. Students were recognized for their leadership and career development efforts throughout the year and were invited to put aside their business suits for the day in order to relax and enjoy the sunshine in their summer shorts. School of Business Dean John Elliott, along with Jim Lowe, Robin Coulter, Mo Hussein, Min Lin, Brandy Nelson and Seanice Austin all joined in the festivities to congratulate our students. Danica Porter, our sponsor from Macy’s, was a gracious hostess who asked nothing of the students except to enjoy the day. We look forward to partnering with Macy’s more in the future to support the synergies between School of Business students and the Macy’s / Bloomingdale’s Careers after College program.
On Friday, May 3, 2013 the UConn School of Business celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its annual Hall of Fame Induction and Award Celebration. Around 200 guests gathered in the Rome Ballroom on the Storrs, Connecticut campus to celebrate the occasion.
The annual School of Business Hall of Fame celebration recognizes UConn alumni who have achieved outstanding success in a business career while at the same time making significant contributions to their profession and community.
This year’s alumni inductees are Mark P. Coville ’79, Managing Director, Trading & Liquidity Strategy, BlackRock; Myron Dickstein ’61, Owner, Myron Dickstein LLC; Craig A. Douglas ’77, Vice President and Treasurer, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; and S. Brian Simons ’60, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, OEM Controls, Inc.
Twelve School of Business students were honored as Hall of Fame Student Fellows. The student fellows are selected by their programs based on academic excellence as well as school and community involvement. The Student Fellow awardees are: Undergraduate Program: Travis J. Bloom ’13, Emily M. Finn ’13, Brian Laureano ’13; Full-time MBA Program: Dawei Zheng ’13 MBA; Hartford Part-time MBA Program: Maria A. Falvo ’12 MBA; Stamford Part-time MBA program: Elizabeth P. Lowe ’13 MBA; Waterbury Part-time MBA Program: Donald Rogers ’12 MBA; Hartford EMBA Program: Julian S. Gross ’13 MBA; MS in Accounting Program: Kristina K. Allen ’09, ’13 MSA; MS in Financial Risk Management Program: Rodrigo A. Toledo ’13 MSFRM; MS in Business Analytics and Project Management Program: John R. Wilson ’13 MSBAPM; and Ph.D. Program: Hang Thu Nguyen.
UConn School of Business Ackerman Scholars and 2013 Faculty Award recipients were also recognized.
Pictured (L-R): Myron Dickstein ’61, School of Business Dean John Elliott, Craig A. Douglas ’77, and Mark P. Coville ’79
On February 27, business PhD students and coordinators for the five Ph.D. concentrations celebrated student accomplishments during the last year at the sixth annual “Ph.D. Student Night of Appreciation.” School of Business Dean John Elliott was also in attendance, providing the doctoral students with an opportunity to chat with him informally.
At this event, we announced the winners of the school’s 2013 PhD Student Teaching Awards. Each of the five Ph.D. program concentrations gave a teaching award to a qualified student in their concentration. The coordinators of the five concentrations (John Phillips – ACCT, Joseph Golec – FNCE, Qing Cao – MGMT, Bill Ross – MKTG, and Jan Stallaert – OPIM) then decided as a group which of the winners of a teaching award in a concentration would receive this year’s School of Business teaching award. Dean Elliott made the announcement.
The winners of the 2013 teaching awards in each concentration are:
Accounting – Elizabeth Kohl
Finance – Tingyu Zhou
Marketing – Jeff Carlson
Management – Lauren D’Innocenzo
OPIM – Gang Wang
The winner of the 2013 School of Business Ph.D. Teaching Award (program-wide) is:
Management – Lauren D’Innocenzo
Please join us in congratulating these doctoral students for their superb performance in the classroom and as outstanding teacher-scholars.
UConn School of Business Dean John Elliott welcomed Dr. Mark Boxer ’87 MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Cigna, to campus on March 12th. Dr. Boxer spoke to a full audience of 240 undergraduates about the importance of information technology in the insurance industry and for Cigna. He was joined by Cigna staff Ida Chaplinski ’96, Willis Gee, Kirstin Ferreira ’12, and Fatima Quraishi.
Dr. Boxer shared his career experiences and spoke about Cigna’s career opportunities in information technology for business majors, and shared an overview of the company’s Technology Early Career Development Program (TECDP).
The Cigna Executive Lecture event was part of the Management Information Systems (MIS) Executive Lecture series, where senior business IT executives share their experiences with undergraduates at the UConn School of Business.
Learn more about the UConn MIS major at http://www.business.uconn.edu/MIS
The University of Connecticut has been ranked #1 worldwide for campus sustainability and environment friendly university management, according to the results of the third annual Universitas Indonesia (UI) Greenmetric Ranking of World Universities. Started in 2010, the international ranking was initiated to give “credit to those [universities] that were making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and thus help combat global climate change.”Continue Reading
IBM, developer of the “Watson” computing system best known for beating human contestants on the TV game show, “Jeopardy!” has turned to student teams at the University of Connecticut School of Business’ Stamford Learning Accelerator for ideas on turning data among Watson’s vast inventory of unstructured information into purpose-based recommendations.Continue Reading
On November 8-9, 2012, the University of Connecticut School of Business Ph.D. Program celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Since the beginning of the Ph.D. Program there have been 164 graduates including; 35 in Accounting, 48 in Finance, 31 in Management, 26 in Marketing, and 24 in Operations and Information Management (OPIM). Continue Reading
At a University of Connecticut press conference this morning, Coach Geno Auriemma, School of Business Dean John Elliott, Professor Lucy Gilson, and UConn President Susan Herbst, along with other members of the university community, officially announced a major new leadership initiative: the inaugural Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference, presented by Walmart, to be held April 29-30th at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center in Uncasville.Continue Reading