Recent Competitions
- An All-Nighter, Perseverance Helped UConn Grad Student Win Predictive Modeling ChampionshipUConn Today – Graduate student Uday Pandey was working so diligently on a model for the 2025 Travelers University Modeling Competition that he actually forgot to go to sleep one night. “I was working on the model and was so engaged that I didn’t notice the time,’’ he said, laughing. “When I finally looked at... […]
- Two Ambitious UConn Grad Students Win Top Prizes in National Insurance Competition Focused on Pet-Care PoliciesUConn Today – Two UConn graduate students took home the first-place and runner-up awards in the ACORD Student Challenge, an insurance-industry competition that drew dozens of participants from across the country. Manasa Ramaka, a graduate student in the Business Analytics and Project Management (BAPM) program, took first place and accepted the $5,000 grand prize. Rutendo... […]
- BAPM Grad Students Take First-Place in InsurTech NY Case CompetitionUConn Today – A UConn Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) team brought home the first-place award in the inaugural InsurTech NY Student Case Competition earlier this month, outshining ‘brilliant minds and razor-sharp pitches.’ “All the teams were incredible,’’ said Elia Cocoli who represented UConn with friend and classmate Rehaan Ahamed. Both graduate students will... […]
Recent Speaker Events
- Sustainability Summit: Doing the Right Thing for the Environment is Much More Complex Than It SeemsUConn Today – When a team of technicians travels by boat from New London, Conn. to South Fork Wind, the Orsted-company’s expansive offshore wind farm, their vessel travels at a very slow speed to prevent disruption to whales and other marine life. And while that is the best thing to do for the environment, the... […]
- UConn Alum to Discuss Bold Changes, Perseverance in Addressing Sustainability ChallengesUConn Today – When Brian Paganini ’03 (BUS) and the team at Quantum Biopower proposed building a food waste-to-energy plant in Connecticut about 10 years ago, there were plenty of cynics. “The challenges we faced were too many to list,’’ Paganini says. “We had to figure out the logistics of developing, constructing, and operating a... […]
- Innovation Experts Make Their Pitch for Quantum Technology, Unleashing Excitement, UrgencyUConn Today – If Connecticut is afforded the opportunity to develop the most advanced technology in the world—technology that would save lives, create jobs, strengthen the economy, and revolutionize many industries— how could it not vigorously pursue it? That was the question that Rajeeb Hazra, an international quantum-computing expert, and the keynote speaker at Thursday’s... […]
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