By Eliza Phares This summer, I interned at Ernst & Young in their Detroit office, researching tax policyand assisting companies with applying for tax credits and incentives. I developed both myresearch and writing skills, as well as my professional network, through the internship. I was alsoable to explore Detroit through a different lens, living and […]
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This summer, I had the privilege of studying abroad in Scandinavia! I lived inCopenhagen, Denmark for a month, Stockholm, Sweden for 2 weeks, and Reykjavik, Iceland fora week. I took courses related to the fields of criminal and legal psychology. The first course Itook was called The Psychology of Criminal Behavior, and the second course
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By Amrita Kondur We are team Solar Fridge, a group of students creating a solar-powered storage fridge to holdvaccines. Over a million people die every year from vaccine-preventable illnesses. In 2017, ateam of University of Michigan students traveled to a community in the Monte Plata provinceknown as Rincon Claro.Rincon Claro is a community of less
By Rahul Nanwani We recently held our Day of Service on April 19th, 2025, and wanted to share a bit about how it went. Wehad 71 volunteers join us, along with four local organizations, to contribute to some meaningful projectsacross the Ann Arbor community. Working TogetherCollaboration played a big role in this event. We worked
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By Yixin Zhang While my original vision centered on language mastery, networking, and culturalimmersion, the outcomes taught me the value of adaptability. My Spanish skills progressedmodestly, though not to the level I’d hoped. Reflecting honestly, I recognize that challengeswith my instructor’s teaching style and my own hesitancy to seek supplemental resourcesplayed a role. Yet this
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By Rohan Athreya This semester, Michigan Data Consulting (MDC) ran five project teams consulting for the U-MFord School, NOMAD Science, Ballotpedia, Riot Games, and a student-led real estate start-up. For eachproject, a group of around 5 students plus two project leads provided data-related services to theirassigned organization, such as analyzing proprietary data regarding their performance
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By Thomas Gala-Garza Our ProjectFeelGood is the youth engagement program of The Hunger Project, where we create our ownsocial enterprise to fundraise on the University of Michigan college campus. Our project –FeelGood Care Packages – is made of themed boxes (Baked goods and movie night) soldduring the final exam season. To help ease students’ stress
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By Nancy Xu Attending the TSU 5th Annual Clinical Research and Engagement Conference was a meaningfulexperience that strongly aligned with the goals I outlined in my original BLI grant proposal. I setout to better understand how inclusive healthcare and clinical research can support marginalizedcommunities, especially people with disabilities. The conference created a valuable space forthese
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By Ridhi Gupta Portrait of South Asia (POSA) is the first South Asian magazine on campus, meant to be anauthentic portrait of the well-known and lesser-known aspects of South Asian identity, aspiringto include narratives from individuals regardless of their creative abilities or interests in order totruly gain an accurate representation of the South Asian student
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By Aayana Anand Last July, I first became aware of the world of deferred MBAs: an opportunity to apply for yourMBA in your senior year of college, securing a place in a program years down the road. Beingaccepted to such a program would allow one to gain work experience, perhaps even take risksin their work
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