Around 30 students from six schools across the University of Michigan gathered in the +Impact Studio at the Ross School of Business on Nov. 21, to take insights from Michigan Ross faculty and create ideas on how to reduce inequalities around the world. The event was the second workshop in Business+Impact’s new Faculty Research for Impact (FR4I) series this year.
Each workshop in the series takes on a different UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and features a panel of faculty experts who present their related research to students. Then, the students participate in a design activity to develop ideas for real-world applications of the research directly addressing the goal.
“The purpose of these events is to take a very high-level impact issue like a UN SDG, view it through the lens of relevant scholarly research, and then have the students distill and articulate specific avenues we could pursue,” said Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, faculty director of the +Impact Studio course, who led the FR4I workshop.
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