School of Business

Kathryn Friedrich, Head of Global Monetization, YouTube speaks at UConn's Xcite conference. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

‘You are an Entrepreneur!’

UConn’s New Xcite Conference Draws 200+ Women; Strives to Increase Connecticut’s Women Business Leaders It was a simple assignment that YouTube executive Kathryn Friedrich gave to the audience of 200 business women: take a minute and think of an entrepreneur. “If you’re not thinking of yourself, think again, because you are an entrepreneur,” she said. […]

Current accounting students working with Associate Professor Todd Kravet (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

The Search Is On!

UConn Invited to Participate in Accounting Scholar Hunt The Accounting Ph.D. program at UConn has again been selected to participate in the prestigious Accounting Doctoral Scholars (ADS) Program, which encourages auditing and tax professionals to pursue careers in academia. Accounting faculty are preparing to interview tax professionals for Fall 2017 Ph.D. admissions. On Nov. 5, […]

An artist's rendering of the future Innovation Partnership Building to be located at the UConn Technology Park. (Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

New UConn Center Will Give CT Manufacturers Access to Modeling Technology

The center will share computer modeling facilities and expertise with small and medium-sized Connecticut manufacturers, and work with the community colleges to create a workforce pipeline.

UConn Marketing Professor Kevin McEvoy (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Marketing Professor Wins Faculty Recognition Award

UConn marketing professor Kevin McEvoy doesn't mind putting in extra work if it fosters greater success among his students.

Students at a recent Beta Gamma Sigma induction ceremony. (Tina Pierce/UConn photo)

UConn Business Society Receives Highest Honors

The UConn chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society that recognizes outstanding academic achievements of collegiate business scholars, has been qualified for Highest Honors for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Sumit Kumar '17 MBA, one of five UConn graduate students who participated in a new summer program called The Verge Consulting Group. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

‘The World Is …Brimming with Opportunities’

Graduate Students Find Fulfillment in Assisting Startups; Business Owners Grateful for Helping Hand

Matt Fleury '07 EMBA, Connecticut Science Center CEO and chairman, Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

A Place Where Science is Always Fun

'You Can See People Enjoy What You've Created' Says Matt Fleury '07 EMBA, CEO of CT Science Center

Jeffrey Cohen, who specializes in real estate and finance, has received a $194,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation to start investigating economic changes along the CTfastrak bus route. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

A Fast Track to Economic Growth?

Will the state's new bus rapid-transit system – CTfastrak – which has already carried 4 million riders since its inaugural trip in March 2015, also spur growth in housing, restaurants, and other businesses along its route in central Connecticut?

New faculty members pose for a photograph during orientation. Fourteen new faculty members join the UConn School of Business for the Fall 2016 semester. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

School of Business Welcomes New Faculty

An OPIM professor with a near-perfect student rating, an expert in entrepreneurship and startups, an MSA graduate who wants to help lead the program she loves, and a management professor who specializes in international business growth are among 14 new faculty members joining the School of Business for the Fall 2016 semester.

Bent Cordy rides one of his COMA skateboards at the Mansfield Skate Park on Sept. 25, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Intellectual Property Clinic: Help for Inventors, Experience for Students

UConn's Intellectual Property Law Clinic assists clients with services such as patent applications, trademark registration applications, and copyright issues.