<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/uccountability-student-panel.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>02/23/2026</pubDate><title>Innovative Program Empowers Students Through Peer Support and Goal Setting</title><description>Entrepreneur David Sussman partnered with the University of New Haven to pilot Uccountability, a program designed to strengthen student success through structured peer accountability. Students from the first cohort shared the far-reaching impact of their experiences.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>February 23, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/sussman-group.jpg" alt="(left to right) Katelyn Beach '25, '26 MBA; Zoe Santos '28; David Sussman; Tess Blair '28; Connor Mooney '29"/></image><image-caption>(left to right) Katelyn Beach '25, '26 MBA; Zoe Santos '28; David Sussman; Tess Blair '28; Connor Mooney '29</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>initiative-uccountability</tag><tag>name-david-sussman</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>