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April 9, 2026

School of Business

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UConn Student Building ‘No Bad Days’ Lifestyle Brand

'My goal is to make the conversation more open,' says Jack Tarca '22 (BUS)

February 5, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

Entrepreneurship

Wolff Family Philanthropy Champions UConn Entrepreneurs with ‘Unstoppable Ambition’

Building a lasting legacy through the work of UConn entrepreneurs.

February 4, 2021 | Claire Hall

Alumni Entrepreneurship

Doctor's hands in surgical gloves preparing COVID-19 vaccine for female patient.

We Can Get Vaccines To People Faster: A Supply Chain Management Perspective

Right now, demand vastly exceeds supply; UConn's Cuihong Li explains how that can be fixed.

February 1, 2021 | Cuihong Li, Professor of Operations and Information Management

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Meet the Researcher: David Noble, Werth Institute

UConn's David Noble helps students find their way on the path to startup success.

February 1, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research

Entrepreneurship Research & Discovery

People walk by a GameStop store in Brooklyn on January 28, 2021 in New York City

Finance Experts, Rookies Watch Cautiously As Reddit Users Snap Up GameStop Stock

What 'GameStonk' might mean for the market in the future.

January 29, 2021 | Claire Hall

UConn Professor David Bergman, sitting at a desk and talking to an off-screen interlocutor, recently won $2.5 million in a fantasy football contest using skills he teaches to students.

Business Professor Wins $2.5 Million Fantasy Football Jackpot Using the Concepts He Teaches Students

For David Bergman, applying his knowledge and skills to the "cool math problem" of fantasy football has paid off - literally.

January 14, 2021 | Claire Hall

UConn graduate Dean Mahoney, founder of the 'Merican Mule cocktail company, posing with a pool cue.

Alum Who Created ‘Merican Mule Cocktail Company Has Plenty to Celebrate

Dean Mahoney '09 (BUS) is in high spirits, as the cocktail company he founded in South Norwalk continues to grow.

January 7, 2021 | Claire Hall

Alumni

The Executive Is In – at The Werth Institute

After achieving success in corporate America, Sarah Sandford Broderick is back on her Husky home turf as the Werth Institute's first Executive-in-Residence.

January 5, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance

Alumni Entrepreneurship

Emma Björngard-Basayne ’15 MA, ’18 Ph.D., left, and Kristi Kaeppel ’20 Ph.D.

Citing Friendship, in Academia and Beyond

Friendship is an oft-avoided term in the workplace, but it can be an essential component for success, especially among members of marginalized groups.

December 21, 2020 | Jaclyn Severance

UConn MBA Wants to Make It Easier to Shop Local

Donald Pendagast '20 MBA wants to make shopping local as easy as going online.

December 10, 2020 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA - UConn Communications

Alumni Entrepreneurship

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