I think it goes without saying that no one wants to leave. Personally, I'm not ready to spend an entire summer without seeing these people every day. If you think about it, we've been with each other nearly every day for the past school year and 24/7 for the past two weeks. I've gotten so … Continue reading Last day 😦 →

AB InBev was one of the coolest site visited we went on this trip. They took us around their office, which had a 360 degree view of Shanghai. Then their Director of Innovation shared with us about how they manage innovation--it was pretty similar to things we had learned in our classes. Afterwards, we went … Continue reading Good food, better company →

We've got some birthdays on our hands!! Erik turned 21 last night and Emily turns 21 tonight; we did karaoke last night for Erik and club SKY tonight for Emily. We nicknamed today "Passover", since it's passing from Erik's to Emily's birthday. It's a huge, fantastic end to a wild two weeks. We travelled from … Continue reading “Passover” →

This morning we went to Lion Grove, a huge garden with a giant koi pond in the middle surrounded by natural rock sculptures. The rocks were eroded by the water in a lake and then mined for use as sculptures. We all had a great time wandering through the man-made caves and taking lots of … Continue reading May 20th →

I don't think I've ever seen so many aspects of a culture, or talked into a microphone more often, than I did today. Our morning began with a tour of YiLi (a Chinese dairy company) and a trip to a senior living home. We got to stop by a wind farm, and thankfully everyone let … Continue reading A little bit of everything →

We saw solar panels in the mountains!!!! And wind farms!!! Best day ever. It was so cool to see China's green development policies in action and look at how beautifully the technology complemented the nature. It was a nice day to embrace the outdoors and the beautiful world we live in. Climbing through the mountains … Continue reading Great Wall // Great Day →

The factory tours today helped sink in the fact that the products we use all the time are globally developed. The plane we flew on to get to China was made with parts from the factory that we stood in at Boeing. If you take a step back and think about it, that's absolutely astounding. … Continue reading Day 3 in China →

Everything in this room is energy.Xinzhe, BP Employee BP's office At the end of the day, people just care about their families. Reid, Schwarzman Scholar Ask them "why", don't ask "why they don't". Gabby, Schwarzman Scholar We all just want to make the world a little better.Lucas, Didi employee *extensive whistling* clown, acrobat show