Business Today: the latest news, events, and research updates from the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Student Investors Endorse Their First Startup: A Gaming Company that Teaches Kids Social/Emotional Skills
The recently created, student-run Hillside Venture Capital investment team has selected its first company to support— an educational-technology startup that strives to enhance social and emotional learning in children through a video-game app.
‘Propelling Change Forward’: School of Business’ Equity Series Tackles Compelling Workplace Topics
This year's EQUITY NOW Speaker Series will focus on racial and gender equity, voter disenfranchisement, and workplace privacy violations. Keep Reading
Strong Backgrounds, Proven Scholarship Are Hallmarks of School’s New Faculty Members
The incoming cohort of new business faculty includes a consultant on human rights for the United Nations, an award-winning researcher focused on fintech, two enthusiastic accounting experts, and a management professor who researches corporate governance, innovation and performance. Keep Reading
Lobster, Innovation, and A Dream Job Are All on the Menu for This Recent Grad
Fresh out of college and struggling to pay his sky-high New York City rent, Joshua Allen '20 applied for a job as a restaurant busboy to supplement his full-time income. He not only landed the job, but also earned some powerful insight into the restaurant industry and developed new ideas for improving it. Keep Reading
Amy Errett '79 Amy Errett '79 recently joined the Hippo board of directors. Hippo is the home insurance group that created a new standard of care and protection for homeowners.
Michael D. Horan '95 MBA Michael D. Horan '95 MBA joins Worcester Polytechnic Institute as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Sule Nur Kutlu '21 Ph.D. Sule Nur Kutlu '21 Ph.D. successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Essays on the Design of Digital Platforms."
Emma E. Romell '09, '18 MBA Emma E. Romell '09, '18 MBA, director of commercial finance at Stanley Access Technologies in Farmington, CT, has been elected to the board of the Tunxis Foundation, which provides a variety of scholarships to a diverse group of students from all walks of life.
Robert Shettle '89 Robert Shettle '89, former co-head of Barings North American Private Finance Group, has been named managing director of Star Mountain Capital.
Dat T. Tran '90, '93 MBA, '94 JD Dat T. Tran '90, '93 MBA, '94 JD has been named president of PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary and national leader in MicroGrid solutions.
The Office of Alumni Relations has made a page for the webinars in the Career Conversations Series. If you haven't had a chance to join live, now is your chance to catch up. Watch the videos
