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Named to Connecticut Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2019 Summer McGee, Ph.D., Dean of the University of New Haven’s School of Health Sciences. McGee is cited as one of the top 50 healthcare management professors in the country and is also one of the youngest deans of a school of health sciences nationwide.
Nathan Pitruzzello ’18, a graduate of the University’s economics program and co-founder and CEO of SoluTech and Scroll Network. Pitruzzello, who began by coding and developing apps in his dorm room, has focused his successive business ventures on improving data security.
Jill Bryant Mayer, CEO of Bead Industries, a fifth-generation manufacturing company long recognized for its history of innovation. Mayer is the company’s first female CEO after more than a century of continuous operation. She also serves as a member of the University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Advisory Board.
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Nobel Laureate Speaks at West Haven Campus Michael W. Young, Ph.D., the 2017 Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine, spoke recently at the University of New Haven and discussed his work related to the discoveries of genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. The Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor, head of the Laboratory of Genetics, and vice president for academic affairs at The Rockefeller University, Dr. Young has studied the genetic regulation of biological clocks that underlie activities of living organisms. He has received many awards for his work and is an elected member of several professional organizations, such as the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Never Look Back Robert L. Dilenschneider, president of The Dilenschneider Group, a global corporate strategic counseling firm, and a respected communications adviser, spoke at the University of New Haven as part of the Bartels Lecture Series, the University's longest-running guest speaker series. Dilenschneider, a best-selling author who has been called the “Dean of American Public Relations Executives,” drew on his more than 50 years in the business world as he gave the students important advice on how to handle the personal decision-making process.
2019 ENTREPRENEURSHIP A N D I N N OVAT I O N H A L L O F FA M E
I hope my story shows students that they can, in fact, act on their vision and grow it to what they want it to be. The world is becoming a smaller place every day, and it doesn’t matter where you come from or who you may be. If you have a vision, build it. Nathan Pitruzzello ’18 Co-founder and CEO of SoluTech and Scroll Network
The Very Best in Community Policing University of New Haven Police Sergeant Luis Dos Santos was recently presented with an award in recognition of his leadership and commitment to connecting with students by Connecticut’s U.S. Attorney John H. Durham.
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