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Creating a better world through the power of business

Business is essential to building a better world, and Business+Impact is helping mobilize the business community as a leader in this work. Business+Impact creates, organizes, and publicizes efforts that highlight and guide business as a force for the greater good.

We amplify impact across Ross and UM and we bring together stakeholders across sectors to put impactful research into practice and uplift the role of business in society.

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Detroit Engagement

U-M’s engagement with Detroit has extended over two centuries, and the Michigan Ross commitment to Detroit has continued for over 30 years, a mission that inextricably links the campus with this city of makers.

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Impact Internships

Every summer, over 30 students from Ross and the Ford School of Public Policy along with undergraduate business minors deliver impact at organizations locally and around the globe. These roles may be in the public or nonprofit sectors or at social ventures.

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Social Innovation Series

Business+Impact hosts and sponsors innovative workshops and events at the Ross School of Business. Top impact leaders, scholars, and students work to advance innovative practical solutions to society’s toughest challenges.

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January 2026 Newsletter
Nonprofit Lightning Talks, ESG Dilemma Challenge Finals, Impact Studio in New York, Dawn Batts, Shareholder Primacy, and more!
SPOTLIGHT: Dawn Batts (MBA ’92)
Dawn Batts (MBA '92) has developed a career working alongside investors, founders, and ecosystem builders who are committed to expanding access to early-stage capital, particularly around the Detroit Metro area. A graduate of Michigan Ross, as well as MSU, with a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Wayne State, she is all-Michigan in her education. Her career has unfolded through a series of pivots that gradually brought together finance, strategy, and community-centered work
Podcast: Beyond Shareholder Primacy
In this episode of Social Impact Design for Business, Jerry Davis, Faculty Director of the Impact Studio, interviews Stuart Hart, Professor in Residence at the University of Michigan's Erb Institute and co-founder of InterNality.
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"The opportunity to partner with my alma mater on meaningful social change in Detroit was very exciting. We enjoyed this partnership, and it has been mutually beneficial to DEGC, the city, and the students.
Lily Hamburger, MBA ’17
"My time at Ross has been invaluable not only in preparing me to deliver social impact in the future, but also in making a difference while here.”
Tim Carter, MBA ’19