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February 15, 2016 Accolades & More

UConn Business Professor Earns Fulbright Specialist Award

Shantaram Hegde
Elizabeth Barton

UConn finance professor Shantaram Hegde was recently selected as a Fulbright Specialist Award recipient, allowing him to mentor doctoral students and faculty in India. His assignment was to instruct 30 to 40 students and faculty on financial research, a field that he is considered one of the most prolific journal contributors to in the United States.

Hegde, who is a native of India, taught at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode on the western side of southern India in late November. He offered seminars, as well as one-on-one instruction. He joined the UConn faculty in 1990 and served as a visiting scholar at Yale School of Management in 1996-1997.

Day Pitney Partner named Head of energy and environmental group

New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE), a Boston-based organization comprised of professionals in the energy and environmental sectors, has elected Elizabeth Barton of Day Pitney as president.

Barton, an environmental partner at Day Pitney, has been involved with NEWIEE since its founding in 2008.

She has more than 25 years of experience in environmental and land-use consultation, permitting and litigation at the federal, state and local levels. 

AAA Reveals Connecticut's Top Hotels of 2016

Winvian Farm, a hotel in Morris, has been awarded AAA's Five Diamond Award, which is given to fewer than half a percent of the 28,000 properties approved by AAA. Winvian was the only hotel in Connecticut to receive the honor.

Meantime, only 1,500 hotels made the Four Diamond Rating list in 2016, including eight in Connecticut.

They included:  The Homestead Inn, Greenwich; Marriott Hartford Downtown; Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket;  The Fox Tower, Mashantucket; Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Old Greenwich; Saybrook Point Inn & Spa, Old Saybrook; Delamar Southport, Southport; Mohegan Sun, Uncasville.

AAA uses professional inspectors to conduct in-person property evaluations for its awards.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Adams named to top CEO List

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England and Westchester Properties President and CEO Candace Adams was recently named to the Swanepoel Power 200 List for 2015. Adams is on the list for the third year in a row.

The Swanepoel Power 200 is a comprehensive roster of leading CEOs and senior executives whose leadership and experience drive the industry and their organizations.

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