Roth in Hartford Business Journal, Move-In Coverage on WFSB-TV, Russell in Burlington Free Press, and More

Martin Roth, the new dean of the Barney School of Business, was profiled in an article in the Monday, Sept. 2, issue of the Hartford Business Journal. Click here read the profile.

WFSB-TV Channel 3 and NBC Connecticut both featured stories on their Friday, Aug. 30 evening newscasts about the members of the Class of 2017 arriving at the University. Watch the WFSB Eyewitness News report and the NBC Connecticut report.

The Vermont Sports Media Association has voted Hartford Hawks golfer Evan Russell as the state’s top athlete in July, following what has been a tremendous summer season. Check out this Burlington Free Press story on the award. Russell, a sophomore, won the New England Amateur Championship and qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship tournament (see this July 31 Hartford Courant story).

Hartford Art School sophomore Cynthia Lau recently had her piece, "Transfer," a mixed-media image of colored pencils and oil pastels that abstractly depicts the transportation system in Boston, known as the “T,” selected as one of 12 pieces of artwork selected by the Huntington (N.Y.) Arts Council to be displayed in Huntington Area Rapid Transit bus shelters throughout Huntington town. Click here to read the article about her selection in the Sunday, Aug. 7 issue of the Times Beacon Record newspaper.

In its story on the networking opportunities afforded in the Hartford Corporate 5K road race, theHartford Courant noted that Kevin Brandon, a 2012 University of Hartford graduate and cross country and track runner, was the overall winner in 16:12. It was his first time running the race, which has taken place since 1990 at Bushnell Park. He learned about it through his job as an assistant underwriter at Arch Reinsurance and headed up a 13-member team. Click here to read the Friday, Aug. 9 story.

Professor Richard Freund, director of the University’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and a noted Biblical archaeologist, was interviewed on the FOX News channel on Thursday, Aug. 1. Freund offered his insights and analysis regarding am announcement by the Israeli Antiquities Authority and archeologists that they have discovered what they believe to be the palace of King David at a site just west of Jerusalem. Click here to watch the interview