School of Business Our Work and Research

The scope and scale of our student and alumni work speaks for itself. One day, students are meeting with entrepreneurs in Peru and standing on the trading floors in Asia. The next day, they're managing a $3 million portfolio and overseeing microlending projects in Latin America. Each year, dozens of students also organize the Global Asset Management Education (GAME) Forum, the largest student-run financial conference in the world. After graduation, these same students join our School of Business alumni — 20,000 strong — and add to this impactful and influential network. Collectively, our students, faculty and alumni contribute to our reputation for excellence in business education.

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Business students get in the GAME

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Quinnipiac GAME Forum

What’s the name of the game? Getting hands-on experience that translates into real-world success. Each year, 40 or so Quinnipiac business students play an integral role in organizing the annual GAME Forum, a three-day conference held in New York City that brings together the sharpest minds in the finance world. This engaging event — the largest, student-run financial conference in the world — draws more than 1,200 students and faculty from more than 150 colleges and universities. GAME Forum participants hear 140 high-level speakers sound off on everything from investment strategies to the role of social media in the stock market.

QU students, who act as hosts at the event, have the chance to get up close and personal with these finance superstars by participating in Q&A sessions, and attending breakout discussions and workshops on everything from investing to career development.

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VITA Free Tax Preparation Clinic

Students participating in the Quinnipiac University Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program help low-income residents in the Greater Hamden and New Haven areas with income-tax preparation and filing under the guidance of faculty members who are certified public accountants. Hundreds of local residents have benefitted from the program over the past decade.

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Congresswoman DeLauro highlights Quinnipiac’s tax assistance program and clinic

2023 VITA By the Numbers

$165K Practice in Action

The refunds generated for taxpayers in the Greater Hamden and New Haven communities through the VITA program in 2023.

190 In the Community

The number of taxpayers that Quinnipiac accounting students assisted through the VITA program in 2023.

$62K Real Results

The estimated tax preparation fees the VITA program saved low-income residents in 2023.

Impacting our surrounding community

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Fellow expands career goals and focus

Wanting to further her research and knowledge, Jessica VanOss ’27 is utilizing her role as a Quinnipiac Presidential Public Service Fellow to create a financial literacy summer program.

A double major in finance and economics, VanOss currently serves in the community services department at the Keefe Community Center in Hamden. Here, VanOss has been learning how diverse needs of the community allow her to learn more about Hamden and the important role the community center plays.

During her role as a fellow, VanOss has been working on a summer program that combines her double major with the needs of the community.

Currently researching personal finance and finishing her first year of college, VanOss has developed a financial literacy summer program. The program is meant for members of the community to learn about personal finance and how education affects the community when members have access to the information.

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Helping local small businesses

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CIS 4 Good, a capstone course for those enrolled in the computer information systems program, allows students to apply their knowledge and skills through free IT consulting for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The course led by Guido Lang, professor of business analytics and information systems, offered each spring, enables computer information systems students to positively impact the community through a semester-long educational initiative. The course aims to advance the public good by providing real-world learning opportunities for students enrolled.

To be successful with their projects, student work individually in teams to integrate what they have learned from previous CIS courses to understand and address their clients’ IT needs and problems.

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Making impactful, real-world decisions

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Microlending Initiative

Quinnipiac issues small loans of up to $1,000 alongside consulting services to entrepreneurs and small businesses through local community and international partnerships. As students manage the underwriting and approval of the loans, they have the rare opportunity to develop strategies and apply management techniques with real funds in preparation for their careers.

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Student-Managed Portfolio

The Student-Managed Portfolio gives undergraduate finance majors the rare opportunity to develop investment strategies and apply portfolio management techniques with real funds as they seek to outperform the market and prepare for a career in finance. Every decision is made by students with mentorship from industry-leading faculty.

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GAME Forum

The largest student-run financial conference in the world, Quinnipiac’s Global Asset Management Education Forum offers participants the rarest of opportunities: to discuss and debate financial best practices with world-renowned industry leaders.

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Providing Expert Analysis

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Accounting professor gives expert analysis on the future of IRS tax filing

January 3, 2024

This month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pilot program, Direct File, will be launched with hopes to benefit taxpayers and implement new technology that will pave the future of taxes. Matthew Maron, assistant teaching professor of accounting, provided his expertise on the initiative.

Shaping future business leaders

Our students believe that business acumen and an entrepreneurial spirit are instilled early on. During the annual Quinnipiac School of Business Community Service Day, they help to shape the next generation of marketers, managers, investors and business leaders at Cook Hill School in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Undergraduate and MBA students spend the day teaching schoolchildren about the business-related skills and collaborative problem solving they will need one day to be successful. The event is a collaboration with Junior Achievement, the world's largest organization dedicated to educating K-12 students about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.