M&T BANK CENTER’S UNIVERSITY PROGRAM

Mostafa Analoui has been appointed director of the M&T Bank Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac Universityin Connecticut where he will focus on several key priorities, including expanding Quinnipiac’s innovation ecosystem through external collaborations with corporations, small businesses and community organizations. He also will work to enhance hands-on workshops that promote multidisciplinary collaboration, develop programs designed to support faculty members in pursuing innovative ideas and aiding student entrepreneurs, and growing the network of mentors and executives to guide Quinnipiac innovators and entrepreneurs from concept to product.

Analoui, who holds the Carlton Highsmith Endowed Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and serves as a teaching professor of entrepreneurship and strategy, joined Quinnipiac in September 2023 following an international search.

In his first year, Analoui has been instrumental in accelerating the early-stage development of a health-care innovation lab, integrating innovative curriculum into the classroom and establishing pathways to enhance Quinnipiac’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

M&T Bank Regional President Frank Micalizzi expressed his confidence in the new appointment, stating “Dr. Analoui’s deep experience and extensive academic background make him the perfect candidate to lead the M&T Bank Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ensuring that Quinnipiac students will continue to become the leaders of tomorrow. Under Dr. Analoui’s leadership, the center’s future is very bright.”

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 9,000 students in 110 degree programs within its various schools. Quinnipiac is recognized by “U.S. News & World Report” and Princeton Review’s “The Best 388 Colleges.” The university is in the midst of program expansion and renewal for both traditional and adult learners, attraction of diverse communities, development of innovative corporate partnerships and construction of an ambitious set of capital projects.