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We’re not kidding around when it comes to impact. At Michigan Ross, we fundamentally believe business can and should make the world a better place. Our Business+Impact initiative is just one embodiment of this commitment, and it serves as a gateway to the many, many activities and opportunities that we’ve …

During the Winter 2019 pilot course of +Impact Studio: Translating Research into Practice (BA670), we sat down with student Sheela Lal (MBA ’19) to talk about her experiences in the class, tackling the wicked problem of lead service lines in Flint. This work drew on Ross Professor Eric Schwartz’s machine-learning algorithm—using municipal …

A newly published article, co-authored by Ted London of the Ross School of Business and Urs Jager of INCAE, appears in the summer edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and focuses on co-creating in low-income markets.  The article, titled “Cocreating with the Base of the Pyramid,” focuses on the …

Hear Eight Short Talks About the Future of Society from Some of the Smartest People at U-M Hear eight lightning talks from the “Working Toward Shared Prosperity” event, where professors from across U-M and academics around the world gathered to discuss the future role of business in society. READ MORE …

2019 Give-A-Day Fund Interns The majority of MBA funds we provide for summer impact internships are donations made by members of the prior MBA class through the student-led Give-A-Day Fund. Members of the MBA class donate a day of their regular salary in order to support those who have pursued social …

2019 Summer Fund Interns Each summer, Business+Impact awards competitive grants for summer internships to MBAs and BBA juniors in the Ross School of Business as well as MPP students in the Ford School of Public Policy. Below is a list of recipients and where they will be working this summer. …

by Tim Carter (MBA ’19) “If you’ve been to one hospital in Nigeria… you’ve been to one hospital in Nigeria.” This quote from the recent Unite for Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference that I attended at Yale University has stuck with me since returning to Ann Arbor. At the …

Three teams of four MBAs each are preparing to embark on road trips across America in May. They’re part of Open Road at Ross – Powered by Ford, an action-based social entrepreneurship program developed by Ross students for Ross students. Each team will spend the month of May visiting a …

Business+Impact is proud to announce that the U-M campus winner in the Aspen MBA Case Compeition is Team Stubborn Optimists (Vanessa Lynskey – MBA ’19, Cristobal Cevallos – MBA ’19, and Joseph Tulloch – MBA ’19)

Overview The 2018-19 Board Fellowship Program was our biggest and most competitive program in years. Students from Ross, Ford, School of Social Work, Public Health, and other programs developed project management and executive skills as board members of nonprofit organizations in Southeast Michigan. In addition to attending all board meetings …

Jerry Davis is the associate dean at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and leads the Business + Impact initiative. Davis’ research at the University of Michigan is broadly concerned with corporate governance and the effects of finance on society. Through his years as a researcher, he recognized the …

From the moment I was accepted into the Master of Management Program at the Ross School of Business, I started looking into opportunities that would supplement my academic studies and provide relevant experiences for my future career.