Entrepreneurship
Fostering Innovation and Fueling Economic Growth in Connecticut
UConn is uniquely able in our region to create networks of large, small, and now medium businesses with strong connections to our knowledge base to foster innovation and fuel economic growth
February 11, 2022 | Combined Reports
Innovation Quest Organizers Expect ‘Extraordinary Turnout’ for This Year’s Competition
The 2021 iQ winner, Raina Jain, received a $15,000 check in support of her startup, The QueenBee, an all-natural, organic, immune-support beverage infused with honeybee products
February 3, 2022 | Claire Hall
Lab to Table? Induced Pluripotent Bovine Stem Cells Overcome Decades-Long Challenges for Cultivated Meat
Technology from animal scientists is paving the way for future advances in sustainable food production
January 27, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Law and Engineering Go Hand-in-Hand for this Enterprising Student
His studies at UConn Law are helping him take an invention from the idea stage to the finish line
January 25, 2022 | Jeanne Leblanc
Gov. Lamont Honors Grad Students Who Won Global Investment Championship
'We have students who want to innovate, who want to do research, and who want to stay in Connecticut'
January 24, 2022 | Claire Hall
Seeing Beneath the Trees: Using Robots and AI to Control Understory Invasive Plants
A PhD candidate and certified forester is developing a next-generation approach to invasive plant removal
December 15, 2021 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn Magazine: Bee Good
'Raina is different. She has the eye of the tiger, she has the thing you cannot teach, so you just try to support it'
December 10, 2021 | Claire Hall, and Jaclyn Severance
Business Graduate Students ‘Turned on the Jets,’ Topped Nearly 500 Teams to Win Bloomberg’s First Global Trading Challenge
The student investors' trading portfolio surpassed a Bloomberg benchmark by $467,961
December 1, 2021 | Claire Hall
The Real World Experience of the Stamford Startup Studio
'They're learning about politics. They're learning about the inner workings of Stamford. And then they're also learning their technical skills'
November 30, 2021 | Jaclyn Severance
With Help From UConn, Alumna Hayley Segar Dives Into Women’s Swimwear Industry
Hayley Segar ’17 says her mentors helped with everything from marketing to securing trademarks
November 18, 2021 | Claire Hall