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Creating a better world through the power of business
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Graphic of person with backpack walking up road to a cityBusiness 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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Would you like to get involved, hear about important issues and connect with students and alumni delivering making an impact around the world?

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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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Impact Consulting Fellowship Applications Open, Sophia Savas of Cranbrook Partners & Co. Shares what it Means to Her
For the second year in a row, the Impact Studio is collaborating with Cranbrook Partners & Co, a company creating value through active ownership of businesses and advisory engagements. I sat down with Sophia Savas – Ross alumna, Vice President at the firm, and one of the people behind the fellowship – to talk about the partnership, what she's hoping for from this year's student team, and why she wishes she'd had this experience as an undergrad.
SPOTLIGHT: Shailesh Kumar (MBA ’01)
Shailesh Kumar (MBA '01) works with leadership teams on complex strategy and operations challenges that directly impact revenue, margins, and operational performance. He began his career in management consulting at Kearney and has since held senior operating and finance leadership roles across manufacturing and advisory businesses. Shailesh serves on the Board of Directors of Washtenaw Literacy, a nonprofit providing free adult literacy, ESL, and GED tutoring across Washtenaw County.
Podcast: Designing Work for Humans
In this episode of Social Impact Design for Business, Jerry Davis, Faculty Director of the Impact Studio, interviews Dart Lindsley, CEO and Co-founder of 11fold and host of the podcast, Work for Humans.
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Jasmin Lopez
"Through Business+Impact, I was part of the Nonprofit Board Fellowship where I served (and still serve) with Playworks Michigan, helping advance play-based social-emotional learning in schools. Working alongside nonprofit leaders has taught me how business principles such as strategy, structure, and storytelling can strengthen community impact when used intentionally."
Jasmin Lopez, MBA '26
"As a B+I Student Ambassador, I promoted impact-driven initiatives and connected students with opportunities to integrate business and social good.”
Yashvi Patel, MBA '25