Elise Hunter's ('13) interview with Mechai Viravaidya (Thailand's 'Mr. Condom') on the successes of one of his social enterprises is featured in the Huffington Post Social Entrepreneurship section as Cabbages and Condoms. A public health advocate and entrepreneur...
Cisco has achieved a 25 percent absolute CO2 reduction from a 2007 baseline, including business air travel scope 3 emissions. The company is looking to further reduce scope 1-2 and business air travel emissions worldwide on an absolute basis 15 percent by 2017, the...
Former Ross Dean, Alison Davis-Blake highlights commitment to business as a driver of positive social change. "Of course, we at Ross are not alone in recognizing that business must become a significant driver of progress. The largest corporations in the world have...
Grant Hughes ('13) and his business partner Cavan Canavan from Focus won the $20,000 Pryor-Hale Award for Best Business. Focus is a digital personal trainer integrated into a wristwatch-like device capable of automatically recording repetitions, sets, rest periods,...
Jonathan Huynh (Erb '13), Mike Wohl (Erb '13), Lawrence Han (Erb '14) and Therese Miranda (Erb '15) were on the team that took 2nd place. Congratulations! This is the first time Ross has placed at the case competition, which involves students from across the country...
Erb Director, Andy Hoffman met with the Irish President, Michael D. Higgins over lunch to discuss climate change while in Ireland. Read more: Lateral thinking at Burren gathering (hmtl)
Allison Shapiro and Rachel Smeak, Advisor: Rick Bunch Erb alumni give top priority to the potential for social or environmental impact in career selection. Read more in the Erb alumni employment survey....
Newsworthy renewables research and activity from faculty and students. http://issuu.com/erbinstitute/docs/renewable-energy-research-at-erb?e=3090542/45940757
Detroit: Serving and Learning in our Community / Report No. 124, 4 pages This report features the revitalization of Detroit’s lower east side, adaptive reuse of inner-city buildings, Ross School’s revitalization & business (R&B) initiative, new internships at...
Working at the Forefront of Climate-Change Action and Opportunity / Report No. 131, 4 pages Energized by overwhelming scientific evidence and agreement that human activity is causing serious changes in the Earth’s climate, the Erb Institute has joined environmental,...