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A First Place Tie in Wolff New Venture Competition

The late Thomas John Wolff '56 was an entrepreneur, and UConn School of Business alumnus, who ran five businesses simultaneously. He exemplified values like enthusiasm, mentorship and appreciation. If he were here to witness the revised Wolff New Venture Competition on Sept. 29, his children said, there is no doubt he would have loved it all—especially the hard-fought, unexpected, first-place tie that crowned two UConn-led medical innovation teams as the champions. Read more.

Featured Stories

MSBAPM Program Coming to Stamford
The rapidly growing and immensely popular degree, currently offered exclusively in Hartford, will soon be added to UConn Stamford’s curriculum.

A Little White Lie - or Worse?
UConn finance professor Namho Kang discovers that retail executives downplay and mislead outlooks in reports to stockholders.

A Winning Team
A team of finance students took third place in the highly prestigious Cornell Stock Pitch Challenge.

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Featured Events

MSFRM Alumni & Student Networking
November 4, 2016
Stamford, Connecticut

Careers in Finance
November 10, 2016
Hartford, Connecticut

Exec. Breakfast: Building a Culture of Compliance
November 15, 2016
Stamford, Connecticut

Perspectives on
Private Capital

November 16, 2016
New York City, New York

MIS/BDA/Business Tech. Alumni & Student Dinner & Networking
November 30, 2016
Hartford, Connecticut

Brewery Takeover & Alumni Networking
December 1, 2016
Stamford, Connecticut

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School of Business

Alumni News & Notes

James B. Altemus '97
James B. Altemus '97 joined startup Lucas Oil School of Racing, handling everything from media planning to graphic design, sales & customer service.

Jane E. Fedorowicz '76
Jane E. Fedorowicz '76 was recently awarded the 2016 Mee Family Prize at Bentley University’s Convocation ceremony.

Kaveepan Lertwachara '04 Ph.D.
Kaveepan Lertwachara '04 Ph.D. will serve as interim dean of Ofalea College of Business beginning November 1, 2016.

Richard Martinez II '10 MBA
Richard Martinez II '10 MBA has been promoted to director of marketing for Robinson + Cole LLP.

Melissa L. Moore '00 Ph.D.
Melissa L. Moore '00 Ph.D. has been promoted to head of the department of marketing, quantitative analysis and business law at Mississippi State University College of Business.

Andrew P. Duxbury '16 Ph.D.
Andrew P. Duxbury '16 Ph.D. has successfully defended his dissertation titled, "Repatriating Foreign Earnings to Meet Analysts' Forecasts."

Mallory J. Paschich '12
Mallory J. Paschich '12 has been named the first full-time winery employee at Nicora Winery, located in Paso Robles, California.

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