by aijanisakova | Jun 1, 2018 | GEIR program, Mentoring, Startups, Student Successes
by Stephan Manning, Associate Professor of Management at College of Management, UMass Boston, stephan.manning@umb.edu In Spring 2018, the UMass Venture Development Center (VDC) collaborated with my MBA ‘Strategic Management’ capstone class to jointly assess and...
by aijanisakova | May 24, 2018 | GEIR program, Mentoring, Startups, Student Successes
by Giovanni Conserva My first project as a GEIR reminded me that the best aspect of entrepreneurship is the opportunity to cooperate with brilliant and enthusiastic professionals from different backgrounds. During the last semester, 5 MBAs from Stephen Manning’s...
by aijanisakova | May 17, 2018 | GEIR program, Mentoring, Student Successes
by Himanshu Agrawal As a part of my GEIR responsibilities, I was asked to offer a semester long projects for a IT Capstone class of 2018. The course aims to prepare students for ‘successful careers in the industry’. As I began thinking about how to...
by william.brah | Dec 19, 2017 | Internships
The New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) has selected ten UMass Boston students as 2018 Hack.Diversity Fellows. They’ll receive career coaching, a summer internship with mentoring, and if all goes as planned, a full-time position, at a fast growing tech...
by aijanisakova | Jun 2, 2017 | GEIR program, Student Successes
By Robert Schultz Boston is home to the world’s leading life science supercluster. This provides ample learning opportunities for the next generation of health entrepreneurs. UMass-Boston’s MBA program now offers a course allowing student to quickly develop a new...
by william.brah | Oct 22, 2015 | Hiring, Startups, Student Successes
For any scientist, let alone an undergraduate, getting published in Nature or Science is very difficult to do. Less than 1% of the researchers at the entire university last year authored a paper in either journal, according to Nature Index. So, imagine the high-five...
