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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?
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.
Connecting Women MBA’s with Mentors, Sponsors
The National Association of Women MBA's (NAWMBA) will hold its annual conference and career fair in Stamford, from Oct. 20 to 22, with the UConn School of Business as the lead academic sponsor. Upwards of 1,500 professional women and MBA students are expected to attend the event at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center.
Embrace Your “Personal Brand,” Advises Alumna
"A brand is a promise of what's to come," Corliss Montesi '86, vice president and corporate controller at Stanley Black & Decker, told hundreds of enthusiastic students at one of several graduate student Convocation events held on Aug. 25 at the Gershon Fox Ballroom in Hartford.
Furthering the Study of Human Rights in Business
Business law professor Stephen Park and UConn colleagues have been awarded a $265,000 research grant under UConn's Academic Plan to investigate ways to protect and promote human rights in the business world.
Driven and Kind
Some of the members of the 2004 National Championship UConn Men’s Basketball Team would wear a weight vest in practice to improve their endurance as they ran up the bleachers in the old Memorial Stadium. Not Emeka Okafor '04.
Becoming Yourself as a Leader
The UConn School of Business will offer a free breakfast seminar titled "Becoming Yourself as a Leader," from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Graduate Business Learning Center, 100 Constitution Plaza, Hartford.
New School of Business Advisory Cabinet
UConn School of Business Dean John A. Elliott has assembled a new Advisory Cabinet for the School of Business, which includes 12 outstanding business leaders who are also passionate about their commitment to the University.
A ‘No Phony Gimmicks’ Guy
One of the biggest decisions that anyone will make in life is whether to work for themselves—or work for someone else, said UConn business school alumnus Bob Kaufman ’74, founder and president emeritus of Bob’s Discount Furniture.
‘Analytically Eloquent’ Dissertation
Margaret Luciano ’15 Ph.D. (management) was recently awarded the J. Richard Hackman Award for her Ph.D. dissertation.