The University of Hartford and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology have entered into a partnership to share resources to increase the global competitiveness of Connecticut companies. The plan is to leverage their resources to provide research and development assistance, help expand the advanced manufacturing sector, and help provide advanced technology education.
The agreement is expected to lead to initiatives that will involve a number of the University’s schools and colleges and provide hands-on experience to students, while at the same time supporting Connecticut companies through technological innovation and workforce education and development.
Martin Roth, dean of the University’s Barney School of Business, said that the Barney School anticipates placing interns in startup companies working with CCAT. “Students will offer their business knowledge and skills to these technical firms while gaining invaluable experience learning about the challenges of establishing and growing businesses,” Roth said.
Under the new partnership agreement, the university expects to extend CCAT’s involvement and collaborative opportunities to students and faculty in several of its other colleges, including the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions.
University and CCAT officials signed a memorandum of understanding in which they agreed “to collaborate and meet the growing technical assistance opportunities of Connecticut and the U.S. for advancing core technologies as well as developing new innovations for global competitiveness.”
