School of Business

The April 10 Net Impact program, titled, "Careers for the Common Good: The Value of Sustainability in Business" featured panelists Rene O. Deida, Susan Rochford, Sara Bronin, Benjamin Simmons-Telep, and Daryl Shore. (Zack Wussow)

‘Always Think About the Common Good’

Daryl Shore's personal story silenced the crowd at the inaugural meeting of the new UConn graduate students' Net Impact chapter, an organization of people eager to make a positive change in the environment and the world.

The seven-week UConn Business Fundamentals Program runs from May 8 to June 29. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Business Fundamentals: Gateway to a Business Minor

For the third year in a row, the School of Business is offering a 10-credit summer business program for undergraduate, non-business majors who want to gain valuable business knowledge and expand their marketability.

This year’s three School of Business retirees all hail from the Marketing Department, and include Professors Vin Carrafiello, Susan Spiggle, and William Ross. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Three Marketing Professors to Retire

School of Business Wishes a Happy Future to Professors Carrafiello, Spiggle and Ross Kayaking in South Carolina, reading, gardening and tackling new research projects are on the retirement ‘to-do’ lists of three prominent Marketing Department professors. This year’s three School of Business retirees all hail from the Marketing Department, and include: Professor Vin Carrafiello taught […]

From left: Bill Ross, Remi Trudel, Jennifer Escalas, Karen Winterich, Mark Forehand, and Robin Coulter (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Voya Conference: Self-Identity and Marketing

"Identity and the Self in Marketing," was the theme of this year's Voya Financial Colloquium on April 7 at the School of Business.

Mark Driscoll holds the product that Shoreline Biome is developing -- a kit for identifying and quantifying the bacteria in the human microbiome. This kit takes 96 samples, such as human stool, cracks open the bacteria, and selects a 'fingerprint' region of the bacterial DNA to send off to DNA sequencing. The fingerprint region allows the bacteria to be identified down to the subspecies level. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Incubator Companies Raise $39.9 Million in 2016

The University’s Technology Incubation Program experienced record growth last year.

Honors student and marketing major Margo Bailey has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the prestigious IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. (Nathan Oldham for UConn)

Business Student Among Six UConn Fulbright Winners

Marketing major Margo Bailey was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright Scholarship to the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.

2017 GE Global Fellows Milin Chhanechhara, Nidhi Jaswal, Leonard Borriello, and Michael Ballard (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

GE Fellowship Recipient: ‘I Feel Very Privileged’

The four UConn MBA students who were awarded 2017 GE Global Fellow Scholarships to pursue their global business research interests presented their findings to faculty and administrators on April 7.

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

UConn Student Entrepreneurs

Students describe the ideas they turned into reality with funding from UConn's IDEA Grant Program.

Marketing major Margo Bailey was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright Scholarship to the Instituto de Empress Business School in Madrid Spain. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

UConn Senior Margo Bailey Awarded Fulbright

How do you top a college career that includes two study-abroad trips, internships at international companies, and a three-part honors thesis exploring bilingual advertising and the toy industry? Margo Bailey, a senior honors student majoring in marketing, did it by earning a Fulbright Scholarship.

Teams of students from the Schools of Nursing and Engineering collaborated on a concept they dubbed the Baby Breathing Bed, designed to prevent babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Nursing Students Tackle Real-World Healthcare Needs

Teams of UConn seniors will present their innovations on April 19, at the School of Nursing's annual 'Shark Tank' event.