- Moscow-Based WDI Alumnus Values Student Project Experiences
Moscow-Based WDI Alumnus Values Student Project Experiences
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Note: This is one in an ongoing series of articles profiling past WDI interns and Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP) team members and their career paths. Additional profiles in the series may be found here. It was a trip to the Soviet Union for a student exchange program when Per Hong was… - Case Writing Workshop Returns To The Philippines For Third Cohort
Case Writing Workshop Returns To The Philippines For Third Cohort
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Julie Felker, who will lead a WDI case writing workshop in the Philippines in April, said writing a business case is like penning a detective novel. “There are many unknowns, information is not always clear, and students have to put the pieces together to solve the mystery – meaning, make… - WDI-Sponsored MAP Teams Begin Field Work
WDI-Sponsored MAP Teams Begin Field Work
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Kerry Shields worked in the healthcare industry before coming to U-M’s Ross School of Business for her MBA and has plans to return to it after graduation. So she was eager to find a MAP (Multidisciplinary Action Project) in a different industry, and was ecstatic when she learned she was… - Students Hear From Global Healthcare Expert
Students Hear From Global Healthcare Expert
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Derek Johnson, director for development and sustainability for the U.S.-based nonprofit charity CURE that operates 10 hospitals in developing countries, recently spoke to students enrolled in the Ross School of Business travel-study course on healthcare delivery in emerging markets. Students in the class spent the first part of the semester… - WDI Staffer Makes Plans For June Health Hack-a-Thon
WDI Staffer Makes Plans For June Health Hack-a-Thon
Thursday, March 3, 2016
“Hack-a-thons” are best known as weekend-long events where software developers and computer programmers – fueled by pizza and caffeine – team up to create a new software app or build a new tech gadget. These marathon sessions are less commonly associated with tackling global health challenges. But the same spirit… - Video: How PATH Approaches Global Health Issues
Video: How PATH Approaches Global Health Issues
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Ray Cummings, director of market dynamics for the global nonprofit health organization PATH, recently sat down for a one-on-one video interview with WDI’s Andrea Bare to discuss how it works to improve global health outcomes. The two also talked about Cummings’ career and how U-M students interested in the healthcare… - Students Travel To Four Countries For Healthcare Course
Students Travel To Four Countries For Healthcare Course
Monday, February 29, 2016
Mel Melaku Negussie, chief operating officer and general counsel of the Ethio-American Doctors Group (EADG), jumped at the chance to partner again with U-M students participating in a travel-study course on healthcare delivery in emerging markets. He was very pleased with the student team’s work last year, saying one of… - U-M Regents OK Renovations Of WDI Offices
U-M Regents OK Renovations Of WDI Offices
Friday, February 26, 2016
The University of Michigan Regents at its February meeting approved the $5.1 million renovation of Sam Wyly Hall, which houses the offices of WDI. Since July 2014, WDI has been temporarily housed off campus at Domino’s Farms during construction at the Ross School of Business complex, which includes Wyly Hall.… - Walmart, WDI Team Up Again on Inclusive Supply Chains
Walmart, WDI Team Up Again on Inclusive Supply Chains
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
WDI’s Scaling Impact Initiative is working with Walmart to chronicle what the retail giant has learned from its efforts to include small producers in global supply chains. The successes, challenges, and lessons learned will become a policy brief and a teaching case, both written by WDI in collaboration with Professor… - WDI Alum: Changing Course from Assembly Line to Saving Lives
WDI Alum: Changing Course from Assembly Line to Saving Lives
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Note: This is one in an ongoing series of articles profiling past WDI interns and Multidisciplinary Action Project (MAP) team members and their career paths. Additional profiles in the series may be found here. With an engineering degree in hand, Patricia Griffin said she was probably destined for a job…