by Habib El Magrissy When Professor Minard announced the $10,000 impact-investing program in the Fall, my first thought was of Egypt. This program seemed like a rare opportunity to use my position as a student at a leading US university to directly impact my home country. I immediately asked if there Read more…
by Morgan Adderley Ava DuVernay’s Selma begins with a bang. Literally. Its opening moments seamlessly switch between scenes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize and a brutal bombing which left four little girls dead. The juxtaposition is jarring, and the finesse with which it is Read more…
Boston’s Top 5 Socially Conscious Coffee ShopsBy Emily O’Connorcoffee nerd, proud Husky, & social enterprise enthusiast Worth over $100 billion dollars in the global economy, coffee is one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world – second only to petroleum. Grown mainly in developing nations and Read more…
by Miranda Beggin Traveling to the Middle East for the first time this past December, I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect. As one of the most tumultuous regions of the world, often depicted as outdated, traditionalist, and repressive, I can’t say that I expected to meet some of the most Read more…
by Dennis R. Shaughnessy An earnest student dropped by my campus office during the course registration process for our current semester to ask if I was teaching any business courses that he could sign up for. He had heard that my classes might be worth signing up for, knowing that Read more…
I feel very fortunate to have gotten involved with SEI after my freshman year through the field study to the Dominican Republic in 2011, followed by my enrolment in ENTR 2206: Social Entrepreneurship, the South Africa Field Study Program, and ENTR 3301: Impact Investing.