UConn Today – Growing up as an impoverished child in Southern Italy, Antonietta ‘Toni’ (Iannuzzi) Boucher ’02 MBA never attended school. She and her brother were often left home alone, supervised by the family dog, while their parents worked in the fields. Her only toy was a “doll’’ consisting of a stone wrapped in one of her mother’s dishtowels.
At age 5, her family left their modest farmhouse, with its dirt floor, no running water, and no bathroom, and embarked on a new life in America.
UConn Today – The University has announced plans to relaunch its search for a permanent dean of the School of Business.
Management professor Greg Reilly, who has filled the interim dean position for more than a year, will return to the faculty in mid-May, and OPIM professor Robert ‘Bob’ Day will take the top leadership post until a permanent dean is named.
UConn Today – The School of Business is celebrating management professor John E. Mathieu for reaching an extraordinary milestone in scholarly research.
Mathieu reached an h-index of 100 on Google Scholar, meaning that 100 of his publications have each been cited at least 100 times.
“This is an extraordinary marker of sustained influence and a reflection of a career that has helped shape the study of management and organizational behavior for decades, serving both researchers and practitioners,’’ said David Bergman, Associate Dean for Faculty & Research at the School of Business.
UConn Today – Two teams of UConn MBA candidates are among an elite group of students advancing in the highly competitive National Ethics Case Competition.
The teams—that tackled ethics in the pharmaceutical industry and in artificial intelligence—are among the 10 percent of entrants to move to Round 2 in the competition. Only 37 teams in total were selected from the more than 300 who entered.
UConn Today – Ella Egan ’27 (BUS) won the jackpot as an Olympic intern, with assignments to accompany guests to both the U.S. Men’s and U.S. Women’s championship hockey games.
“The atmosphere was intense and so much fun,’’ says Egan, a junior majoring in business management. “Watching the hockey rivalry between the USA and Canada, and then cheering as our teams both won gold medals, was definitely the most memorable moments of the trip.’’
UConn Today – A deep curiosity and a relentless commitment to learning drove alumna Ashley Silva ’25 MS to become a vice president at a prominent investment firm while still in her mid-30s.
“You won’t be successful without understanding what’s important to the business,’’ said Silva, who earned her master’s degree in Human Resource Management at UConn last May. “It is critical to understand the bigger picture, beyond your own role and that of your department.’’
UConn Today – During the summers when the Olympics are held, the 20 members of the extended Egan family gather together to cheer for their favorite athletes as they vie for medals in the international competition.
“For us, it has always been a family event and a point of camaraderie,’’ says Ella Egan ’27 (BUS), a junior studying management at the School of Business. “That’s why I love the Olympics, because it brings people together.’’
UConn Today – A dream team with great chemistry, months of brainstorming, research and practice, and a well-executed presentation helped five UConn Case Club teammates finish in the Top 3 in the prestigious Boston University Questrom 50K Sustainability Case Competition.
UConn Today – The School of Business is launching a new One-Year MBA program, a fast-track alternative that offers the same rigor, coursework, and faculty instruction as the two existing MBA paths, but can be completed in about half the time.
The 42-credit One-Year MBA program will begin this summer. The School currently serves 750 MBA students, enrolled in either a completely online MBA program or a flexible, hybrid alternative.
UConn Today – UConn’s reputation as an entrepreneurship academic powerhouse climbed significantly in the 2026 rankings released Nov. 12 by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur.
The results were based on 40 data points including academic offerings, faculty credentials, experiential learning, mentorship, and more.