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Managing Successful Company-University Partnerships

Successful industry partnerships is what Jennifer Eigo strives for in her work as associate director of the Digital Frontiers Initiative.  On Tuesday, she was invited by the Conscious Business Collaborative to speak about her partnership with Reality Interactive, a Middletown, CT tech company.  Joining Jennifer was Jack Nork, Implementation Director at Reality Interactive.  Together they […]

‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Used Analytics to ‘Beat the Game’ 

July 17, 2019 – Claire Hall Game-show contestant James Holzhauer developed a strategy to quickly maximize the amount of money he won, says OPIM professor David Bergman. An aggressive strategy, mathematical finesse, a sharp mind, and a willingness to take risks were some of the factors that spurred ‘Jeopardy!’ game-show contestant James Holzhauer to win 32 consecutive […]

Grad Students Help PCX Aero Go ‘Full Throttle’

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Claire Hall MBA student Don Pendagast (left) and MSBAPM student Chitra Reddy (right), were on a six person team dedicated to helping PCX Aerospace improve their critical data-collection systems. (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)   When it comes to the aerospace industry, PCX Aerostructures is in the big leagues.The company […]

UConn Takes 3rd Place in Global Analytics Challenge

July 3, 2019 – Claire Hall Left to right, Prasanthi Lingamallu, Carl Johnson, and Barbara Lucas Johnson accept the 3rd place award in the International Big Data Analytics Education Conference (Contributed Photo) A team of UConn students earned third place in the 2019 International Big Data & Analytics Education Conference with their passionate presentation on “The Catastrophic […]

Sharing Data to Boost Student Retention Rates

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Claire Hall Pictured above, Yuly Susaya from UConn’s MSBAPM Program. Graduate Students from UConn’s CABA shared data analysis with Captial Community College to bolster their student retention rates. (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business) G. Duncan Harris, Interim CEO at Capital Community College, and his team, know the strengths and the […]

CABA Shifts into High Gear

MSBAPM students Karpagam Vinayagam, Anoop Ramathirtha, and Suhas Nadiga, whose team came in third place. (Nathan Oldham/UConn School of Business) UConn MSBAPM Students Help Stanley Black & Decker ‘Nail Down’ Its Data Analytics Info Stanley Black & Decker executives wanted to optimize their vast repository of data from their Healthcare division, but were hampered because […]