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June 9, 2025

Michigan Ross Innovation Conference in San Francisco Showcases Future of Tech, AI, and Healthcare

The Ross School of Business brought together alumni, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders for a dynamic day of insight and inspiration at the 2025 Michigan Ross Innovation Conference, held June 6 in San Francisco. With a focus on emerging trends in autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and healthcare innovation, the conference highlighted the impact that Michigan Ross alumni are making across various sectors—and how the business school is helping shape the future of the industry.The event kicked off the evening prior with a private dinner at Roma Antica, where speakers and select guests gathered to connect and set the stage for the day ahead.

March 18, 2025

Alumni-Driven Advancement: Lichtensteins Propel Marketing Innovation at Michigan Ross

Ideas within the Ross School of Business are born, nurtured, and transformed into groundbreaking strategies impacting industries worldwide. One of the key ways Michigan Ross stays on the leading edge of research and faculty innovation is through our donor and alumni community. The Lichtenstein Marketing Innovation Fund, established in 2020 by Jay Lichtenstein, BBA ’93, and Julie Lichtenstein, BBA ’95, supports programs, curricula, and faculty research and development within the marketing department.

March 5, 2025

Vishal Chandawarkar, BBA ’13/MBA ’20: Translating Ideas into Opportunities

Vishal Chandawarkar, BBA ’13/MBA ’20, saw firsthand how language shapes wealth and opportunity. Driven to break workplace barriers, he created <a href="https://verbalista.com/en">Verbalista</a> to level the playing field.

February 24, 2025

Celebrating Impact: Michigan Ross Alums Reflect on Black History Month and Business

Three alums share their journeys since graduating from the Ross School of Business and celebrate the lasting impact of Black leaders in business and the Michigan Ross community.

January 24, 2025

Sucharita Dasa, MBA ’08: Banking on Positive Change

From launching her career in engineering to navigating the worlds of finance and investment banking, Sucharita Dasa, MBA ’08, has built a dynamic path that ultimately led to her true passion: driving the clean energy transition.

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June 30, 2025

On Pace to Succeed, In Running and In Business

Merrick Chernett, BBA ’28, a first-year student at the Ross School of Business, knows something about overcoming challenges and pushing himself to succeed. It’s something he’s been doing his whole life: transforming limitations into opportunities.

June 25, 2025

What is the Current Relationship Between Business and Government? Q&A with Professor Norm Bishara

Government regulation remains pivotal in balancing competition and fairness in business. But how are these decisions made, and what factors define the relationship between business and government? In the following Q&A, <a href="https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/faculty/norman-bishara"… Bishara, professor of business law and ethics</a>, shares his insights on the complexities of government regulation and ethical business practice.

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June 24, 2025

Quang Do, MBA/MS '12: Disrupting Consulting and Mentoring the Next Wave of MBAs

Quang Do, MBA/MS ’12, is on a mission to reinvent consulting in the age of AI, and he’s bringing Ross School of Business students along for the ride.

May 27, 2025

Jennifer Steiner, MBA ’10: Answering the Call for Compassionate Mental Health Care

Jennifer Steiner, MBA ’10, has built her career on a mission to serve and support people during life’s most vulnerable moments. As CEO and founder of <a href="https://lightfully.com/">Lightfully Behavioral Health</a>, she’s turning that commitment into action, using her experience to create solutions to meet the growing demand for mental health care and resources.