07/08/2022

Accelerate UConn is UConn’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site and its mission is to catalyze the transition of new scientific discoveries and capabilities from the lab to the marketplace. Participating teams will receive an introduction to the most critical elements of the I-Corps Curriculum and Lean Launchpad methodology. Over the course of this virtual 4 week program, teams will learn how to determine the market opportunity for their product or technology. Participants will learn how to: Develop new ways to communicate the value of your product or technology Understand the structure of the market you are entering Develop strategies for generating demand for your product or technology Identify next steps needed to launch your venture Identify customers most likely to bring you revenue Teams will receive: 4 weeks of training on the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery Process Coaching from industry experts and access to next step resources $1,000 to support customer discovery and development of minimum viable product Help to identify team members The Summer Session of Accelerate UConn is co-run with MIT. Accelerate UConn is open to all UConn undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff. Applications for the Summer 2022 cohort will close on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. FIND MORE INFO AND APPLY HERE: https://accelerate.uconn.edu/apply/

07/11/2022

Presented by Professor Nina Brooks from the UConn School of Public Policy. This short workshop will focus on the hands-on skills needed to prepare data for analysis in R. Students will learn how to import different types of data, create new variables of different types (e.g., factors, dates), identify missing values, and re-shape data into different formats. Students will also learn how to compute basic summary statistics for exploratory or descriptive data analysis, create data visualizations, and run simple linear regressions. This workshop assumes prior knowledge of statistical analysis techniques, such as linear regression but no prior experience with the R programming language. In this workshop, we'll rely on the Tidyverse, which is an "opinionated collection of R packages designed for data science.” To register go to https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=3148

07/12/2022

UConn international students are invited to join the Center for Career Development to learn about Cover Letters. During this session, you will learn: - What is a Cover Letter? - Cover Letter Basics - Information to Include - Cover Letter Dos & Don'ts We welcome questions and participation in this engaging session. Registration link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?RGID=re19b6bdcea54de6c0d9ab02437a7d823 For questions, reach out to Desirée Martino at desiree.martino@uconn.edu.

07/12/2022

Presented by Professor Nina Brooks from the UConn School of Public Policy. This short workshop will focus on the hands-on skills needed to prepare data for analysis in R. Students will learn how to import different types of data, create new variables of different types (e.g., factors, dates), identify missing values, and re-shape data into different formats. Students will also learn how to compute basic summary statistics for exploratory or descriptive data analysis, create data visualizations, and run simple linear regressions. This workshop assumes prior knowledge of statistical analysis techniques, such as linear regression but no prior experience with the R programming language. In this workshop, we'll rely on the Tidyverse, which is an "opinionated collection of R packages designed for data science.” To register go to https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=3148