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22 Hartford Business Journal • February 6, 2017 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE UCONN FINANCE PROFESSORS HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH UConn finance professors Jose Martinez and Namho Kang (shown above) have both received recognitions for their research endeavors. Martinez won the BlackRock Prize, awarded to the best paper on cap- ital markets and mutual funds for a report he co-authored on "Measuring the Added Value of Stock Recommendations." Kang was awarded the PanAgora Asset Management's 2016 Crowell second prize for his paper titled "Real-time Corporate Sales and its Effects on Earnings Management, Surprises and Drift." • • • INTERNATIONAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE The International Facility Management Association Connecticut Chapter recently presented their 2016 Awards of Excellence. The recipients pictured (from left) are; Bob Meade, RAB Lighting; Glenn Sweet, Service Management Group for Connecticut Capitol Complex Light Efficiency Projects; Eric Connery, Connecticut General Assembly; and Larry Baker, Tradesmen of New England. • • • CBIA EDUCATION & WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP HONORED FOR STEM EFFORTS The Connecticut Science Center's Women in Science Committee will award its 2017 STEM Achievement Award to the CBIA Education & Workforce Partnership. The award recognizes achievements in science, technology, engineer- ing and mathematics education. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to news@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ Best Cleaners' eighth annual Coats for Connecticut campaign raised a record- breaking 18,168 coats to Salvation Army centers around Connecticut. The public was asked to donate gently used winter coats and jackets at any of Best Cleaners' 13 locations, where they were then cleaned and delivered to Salvation Army centers and shelters in Hartford, Middletown, Meriden, Bristol, New Britain, New Haven, Bridgeport, New London and Waterbury. ▶ ▶ Farmington Bank retail administration and assistant branch managers initiated a holiday children's clothing drive to benefit My Sisters' Place, an organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Greater Hartford. Collectively, Farmington Bank employees donated more than 300 pieces of clothing including outfits, outerwear, accessories and much more to My Sisters' Place. CT HISTORICAL SOCIETY CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW EXHIBIT BEST CLEANERS COLLECTS OVER 18,000 COATS FOR SALVATION ARMY FARMINGTON BANK LEADS CLOTHING DRIVE TO SUPPORT MY SISTERS' PLACE ▶ ▶ The Connecticut Historical Society recently celebrated the opening of its newest exhibit, "Connecticut Innovates! Presented by Connecticut Innovations." The attendees (shown above) included supporters from Connecticut companies such as UTC, Kaman, Electric Boat, Sikorsky and Protein Sciences. The exhibit tells the story of Connecticut's greatest inventions since the 1800s. ACCOLADES & MORE