School of Business

John Y. Kim '87 MBA, president and CIO of New York Life, offers advice to School of Business graduates during commencement on May 8. (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Graduates: Listen to Your Mother!

Be kind to your siblings and your co-workers, never show up at a celebration empty handed, and always put on some lipstick to make yourself feel good.

Marketing Professor Wynd Harris has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to study at Middlebury College.

Marketing Professor Wynd Harris Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Study at Middlebury College

Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, has awarded a prestigious fellowship to Wynd Harris, associate professor in-residence of marketing, which will allow her to pursue her interest in learning modern Hebrew, and ultimately assist her in researching the relationship between military expertise and entrepreneurship.

David J. Reilly, retired president and CEO of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, and John Glascock, director of the UConn Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies. (Zack Wussow/UConn photo)

Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award

David J. Reilly, the retired President and CEO of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, and a longtime friend of and instructor in the UConn Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies program, received the Center's Lifetime Achievement Award from Director John Glascock during the Center's 14th Annual Awards Banquet on April 14.

In a twist to The Negotiation Challenge, negotiations were held on a tram in Vienna, Austria (Nora Madjar/UConn School of Business)

UConn Students Test Negotiation Skills In Vienna

Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement, while riding a tram around Vienna, one of the world's most beautiful cities, and trying not to get distracted by all there is to see.

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School of Business Launches MBA Alumni Mentorship Program

The UConn School of Business is expanding its Alumni Mentor Program to give Full-time MBA students additional professional contacts, who can guide, advise and encourage them in their career pursuits.

UConn School of Business | AACSB Accredited

UConn Maintains Prestigious AACSB Business and Accounting Accreditation

The UConn School of Business has earned re-accreditation by AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—for both its business and accounting programs. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest-serving, global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of […]

Retired Air Force Major General Brett T. Williams (Zack Wussow)

Cybersecurity Must Be a CEO’s Top Priority

It isn't a question of if your company's cyber-security system will be breached, it is matter of when.

Compliance

Corporate Compliance as Competitive Advantage

Can Corporate Compliance be Achieved without Breaking the Bank? Two UConn Professors Offer a New Way to Answer this Increasingly Important Business Question.

UConn Accounting Professor Mohamed 'Mo' Hussein (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

Mo Hussein: The Story of a Beloved Accounting Professor

Hussein has spent his 38-year career at UConn, where he has taught thousands of students and helped to build the accounting department's reputation as among the best in the nation. He also served as accounting department head from 1989-90 and from 2003-15, and as interim dean of the School of Business from 2006-07.

Coach Geno Auriemma talks about "Changing the Game" at the last Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference in 2014. (Steve Slade/UConn)

Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference Announces Prominent Speakers for October Event

The Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference, one of Connecticut's premiere events for top executives and emerging business leaders, has announced some of its key speakers for the October 2016 event. They include: Lisa Borders, incoming president of the Women’s Basketball Association; John Ciulla, president of Webster Bank and Webster Financial; Wendy Kahn, the CEO of the Valentino fashion house, and Steven Raab, president of SNY.