Entrepreneurship

A portrait photograph of Sarah Sandford Broderick.

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.

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UConn MBA Wants to Make It Easier to Shop Local

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

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With “Rocket Fuel” Pilot Program, Werth Institute Sets Sights on Supporting First-Year Women Entrepreneurs

A new program launched by UConn's Werth Institute aims to empower undergraduate women to become innovators and entrepreneurs.

Q&A: The Magic of University Entrepreneurship

Abhijit (Jit) Banerjee, UConn's new AVP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, talks about the University's strengths in these areas, and the ways it can become even more successful.

The School of Business building

UConn School of Business Receives First-Ever Top 30 Ranking for Graduate Entrepreneurship from Princeton Review

UConn's growing culture of entrepreneurship has been recognized in new rankings by the Princeton Review.

Destruction of a cancer cell by nanoparticles, computer illustration. Conceptual image which illustrates the potential of nanoparticles in the treatment of cancer.

UConn, DIANT Pharma Licenses Continuous Manufacturing Nanoparticle System

UConn researchers have licensed a continuous manufacturing system for nanoparticulate drug delivery systems in support of commercialization.

Reza Amin and Khashayar Dashti of Bastion Health

Student Startup Gets $2.2M Investment to Bring Men’s Reproductive Health Ecosystem, Testing to Life

Reza Amin '18 PhD, founder of men's reproductive health startup Bastion Health, has turned a lifelong passion for innovation into a dynamic new company, with the help of UConn's entrepreneurial infrastructure.

Drone image of aluminium mine tailings, Queensland, Australia

One Pond at a Time: UConn-Affiliated Startup Looking to ‘Revolutionize’ Mining Industry

A UConn-affiliated startup is looking to solve one of the messiest problems in the mining industry.

Student entrepreneur Elijah Taitel holds his invention, the Velocity Pro Bat, in front of a UConn banner.

UConn Entrepreneur Smashes a Home Run With Sophisticated Baseball-Training Invention

Elijah Taitel '22 (BUS, ENG) swung for the fences in his first at-bat as an entrepreneur, and notched a grand slam.

Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins, winner of the Wolff New Ventures competition

Fish-food Entrepreneur Wins UConn’s Wolff Startup Competition

Student entrepreneur Peter Goggins '21 (CAHNR) has won the Wolff New Venture Competition, which boosts UConn-connected startup companies.