Team Spotlight

Maura McInerney-Rowley, a recent graduate from the University of Michigan’s Ross College of Business MBA program, conceptualized the idea for Memento Mori (formally known as WILD) after a series of experiences that brought death, dying, and grief into the forefront of her mind.

Chewy, Jawuan, and Nina joined Innovation in Action as Team Civic Junction. Driven by the vision of a user-friendly, gamified political engagement app, they began to create “Cityzen.”

Before forming Team Eatclusive and beginning their work toward making cultural produce more accessible in food pantries, Innovation in Action Participants shared a vision of making a positive impact on the communities around them.

Friend Time, created by Patrice Johnson and Taryn Cyrus, helps parents of children in grades K-2 coordinate social time with friends.

Paolo believes that by making information on the toxicity of everyday pesticides accessible, consumers can be empowered to make an impact by advocating for their health and protecting the environment. That’s where Beyond Barcode comes in.

For every $1 a white man earned in 2020, a woman made $.82, a black woman made $.62 and a latina woman made $.54. This data alone clearly demonstrates that a pay gap persists,  a phenomena that we became determined to figure out and approach in a new way.

When thinking about the planet’s most polluting industries, transportation and agriculture are the first to come to mind. Some might be surprised to learn that the fashion industry is also one of the top five polluting industries in the world.

Kartik and Dev became the Planet Optimist, a weekly newsletter dedicated to sharing climate action news that is business-focused and, quite radically for this day and age, optimistic.

While refugees have access to technical resources like English language training and cultural training, they do not receive any financial orientation. Like SNAP beneficiaries, asylum seekers and refugees desperately need a modernized process - FUSE could be that electronic, modern system, in any language refugees speak.

Recently, I caught up with co-founder Vanessa Woolley almost a year after I first learned about the Aquaducks’ Quality Water & Contamination Control device (QWACC) aimed to treat wastewater and overflows.