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Managers Can Help Their Gen Z Employees Unlock the Power of Meaningful Work − Here’s How

Posted on by Kelly Kennedy

UConn Today – Finding fulfilling and motivating work is a challenge for many people, but it can be especially difficult for those just starting their careers. And as Generation Z professionals – those born between 1997 and 2012 – increasingly seek personalized career paths, managers are tasked with helping employees find meaning in their roles while also meeting organizational goals.

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Rising prices hit CT student budgets

Posted on by Scott Slater III

ctpublic.org – M’Lynn Gonzalez walks up and down the aisles of her local grocery store, picking up ingredients for dinner tonight. She finds what she needs, heads to the register and rings herself up. She sighs and takes her card out to pay as she reads her total — $40. 

Gonzalez, a student at the University of Connecticut, says $40 is the average price she pays at the grocery store for just one dinner’s worth of ingredients. The cost of food and other essential items has risen beyond the budgets of many. Services such as food pantries continue to grow in popularity as the U.S. population deals with the increased costs of essential goods.  

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UConn School of Business to Induct Five Distinguished Business Executives into ‘Hall of Fame’

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – The School of Business will induct five alumni business leaders into its ‘Hall of Fame’ during a dinner and ceremony on Friday, April 11 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.

The School’s signature event typically draws hundreds for a night of celebration.

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UConn Marketing Professor Uncovers Circumstances Increasing Likelihood that Consumers Will Try New Brands

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Scroll through the top 22 product categories on Amazon, and odds are some 60% of the brands for sale will be ones you’ve never heard of before.

That poses a challenge for marketers looking for their brands to be chosen among the many options, including familiar ones. UConn marketing professor Danielle Brick wondered how novel brands could make inroads in a very crowded marketplace.

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UConn Business Students Help Landmark Harriet Beecher Stowe Center to Expand Its Audience, Thrive

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Agroup of first graders from the Annie Fisher Magnet School in Hartford sat cross-legged on the floor at The Stowe Center for Literary Activism in Hartford on a recent Friday morning, eager to explain what the word “freedom’’ means to them.

The Stowe Center is the final home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the acclaimed author of the anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’’ published in 1852, which helped change Americans’ attitudes toward abolitionism.

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Hartford, Stamford Campuses Open ‘Innovate Labs’ Where Technology, Fun, and New Skills Connect

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Freshman Barbara Hawke Lopez was the captain of her high school robotics team and enjoys coding and emerging technology.

When she discovered that Innovate Labs was opening a facility on the UConn Stamford campus, with hands-on learning opportunities in emerging technology, she was intrigued.

Today, Hawke Lopez is employed as a lab assistant there, teaching her peers how to experiment with new technology, and helping them develop their confidence in the automation of the future.

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FinTech Grad Student Nick Savignano Earns Competitive International Business Fellowship

Posted on by Claire Hall

UConn Today – Graduate student Nick Savignano ’25 has always been the type of person to roll up his sleeves and help others, whether spearheading a new project at work or clearing debris after Hurricane Katrina.

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