In April, I was offered the opportunity, along with two other students, to work with The Hartford Insurance Group on the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA) Talent Competition. Members of The Hartford served as our coaches and helped guide …
Name: Gabriel Camacho
Undergraduate education: University of Virginia
Graduate education: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut.
What are your research interests?
My research interests are to understand the role that stereotypes and prejudice play in racial/ethnic disparities across an …
Anastasia Campos received the Intern of the Year award from the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI). She had the exciting opportunity to intern with two programs at CIRI. In the Survivor Services program, Ana was responsible for providing …
Christina (second from left), Olivia (second from right) and their team members pose with the GDD 19x (Photo Source: UConn Today)
Each year, HackUConn brings together students and tech industry experts for a non-stop 24 hour invention competition. This year’s …
I came to be a career intern the same way that many of us did. I saw an email, completed the application, and gave it my best shot at the interview. As a freshman, I didn’t know much of anything, …
Name: Tuo Gao
Undergraduate Institution: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
B.Ch.E. – Chemical Engineering
B.S. – Chemistry
Graduate Institution: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Ph.D. Candidate – Chemical Engineering
Describe your research interests:
My research project topic …
Things haven’t always gone as expected for economics major and local business owner Tahj-Anthony Jean ’19 (CLAS), but at every fork in the road he’s …
Mitchell Hornak, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, discovered the thrill of innovation early from working on cars with his father, also a mechanical engineer, …
Major: Economics
Minor: Analytics
Year: Junior
What was your internship or co-op and how did you find it?
During the summer of 2017, I was a Market Risk Intern at The Hartford. In June of 2016, I took part in …
Undergraduate Institution: B.A., Universidad del Turabo (2015)
Graduation Institution: Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, UConn
How did you choose your particular internship?
“In January 2016, I went to a High Performance Computing conference (HPC) looking for possible non-academic work opportunities for …