School of Business

Faith Sportbert '23 (CLAS) works the shirt booth at the Innovation Expo

Students Invited to Go for Gold at the 2024 Experience Innovation Expo

'Everyone can be an innovator. The only prerequisite is having an alternative, creative view or idea'

Katherine Bates

Meet the Undergraduate Leader: Katherine Bates ‘25 (CLAS)

Panhellenic Council president Bates also organizes HackUConn, a yearly collaborative problem-solving competition open to all majors

UConn alumni and WheelPrice co-founders (from left) Kirk Vanderheijden, Kyle Mayers and Wally Namane.

UConn Alumni, Car Fanatics Creating Marketplace for Second-Hand Auto Parts

'If you’re looking for specific wheels only made in 1973, you can’t just walk into a store and expect to find them'

A group of people in a raft on a raging river.

Startup ‘Vamos’ Seeks to Help Companies Thrive—Even When Their Employees Live Thousands of Miles Apart

'We fill a very unique niche and we’re solving problems that haven’t been solved before'

Inventor of the Happy Dinosaurs plush toys speaks with a potential investor.

Alum Roars into Children’s Toy Market with Colorful Plush Dinosaurs, Plans for Complementary Books

'As a solo entrepreneur, there are so many jobs to do.  When you’re starting off, you kick down as many doors as you can'

Senior Brianna Linehan, a marketing major, was eager to meet potential employers at the School of Business' 10th Business Career Expo on Wednesday. More than 50 top employers attended, all seeking new talent.

Career Expo Draws Recruiters from 50 Top Corporations, Hundreds of Eager Student Job-Seekers

More than 50 companies attended the Expo, including Synchrony, IBM, Global Atlantic, FDIC, CVS Health, RTX, General Dynamics, Cigna, Target, Travelers and the U.S. State Department.

Yidan Zhang, a Ph.D. student at UConn, displays some of the seaweed she’s pulled from the Long Island Sound off Stonington. A member of the Atlantic Sea Solution startup, she is refining the process of using seaweed extract as an edible coating that reduces food spoilage.

A Marriage of Land & Sea: UConn Agricultural Startup Seeks to Slow Food Spoilage 

'Creating a company is very, very daunting, but at the same time it keeps life interesting'

Professor Folta to Co-Lead National Academy of Sciences Committee

“This appointment is not only important recognition of Tim’s stature in the academic community, but also a visible sign of our institutional strength as a School of Business,’’ said professor Greg Reilly, who heads the Boucher Management & Entrepreneurship Department.

Alumni Matthew Gravell ’09, Director of Program Finance at General Dynamics-Electric Boat in Groton, and Shane Driscoll ‘10, Director of Operations, observe the PCU Idaho before Float Off. Gravell will be honored with The Hartford Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty award this month. The two men were undergraduate roommates at UConn before becoming colleagues.

Three Alumni, Professor to be Honored As Outstanding Young Professionals

Whether they expanded their skills on a U.S. Navy submarine at sea, in a healthcare facility at the height of the pandemic, or by growing career programs at their alma mater, four members of the UConn Business community have been selected as among the most inspiring young leaders in Greater Hartford.

The exterior of the Werth Tower building at dusk.

Create and Succeed: Werth Institute Program Building Record of Success Engaging, Uplifting First-Year Women Entrepreneurs

'Self-confidence develops from doing'