<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2024/gaia-initiative.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>11/05/2024</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Students Are Shaping Their Futures Managing an Investment Fund</title><description>Members of the Gaia Initiative gained insights and expanded their professional networks at the Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium (SMIFC) conference in Chicago, boosting their skills to benefit a University scholarship fund and their careers.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>November 5, 2024</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2024/smerd_pitch_competition.jpg" alt="Thomas Portnoy '25 at a SMIFC Pitch Competition"/></image><image-caption>Thomas Portnoy '25 at a SMIFC Pitch Competition</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2024</tag></tags></item>