Students at Big Ten universities aren?t waiting until they get out into the ?real world? to make a difference. Find out how they?re working together to create positive, meaningful change in this BTN LiveBIG series: the Student Section. Keeping worms in a bin under your bed certainly doesn?t sound glamorous, but it?s what got Elizabeth […]
For nearly 70 years now, the Fulbright Program has given scholarships, international exposure and professional opportunities to some of the brightest minds among university students and faculty the world over. Historically, the Big Ten Conference has been well represented among Fulbright Scholars and Students, and this year is no exception. Five Big Ten universities had […]
A series that covers the true revolutionaries, Game Changers explores how innovators from Big Ten universities - students, faculty and alums - are inventing or reinventing their chosen fields. Someday, the scourge of malaria among African children will be more or less wiped out. And when that day comes, there?s a good chance we?ll have […]
[btn-post-package]Grit. Hustle. Ingenuity. Passion. Those are the qualities you find in the heart of a true champion. The Badgers and Spartans have displayed those characteristics on their journey to the 2015 Final Four - the second-straight year they?ve made deep runs in the NCAA tournament. But those traits are hardly limited to those respective basketball […]
Inspired by their experiences in college and elsewhere, these Pathfinders are passing by the typical, well-trod career paths and blazing their own trails. We?ll explore the unconventional approaches these Big Ten alums are taking to work. Athlete. Husband. Father. Inspiration. Spartan. Former Michigan State basketball player Anthony Ianni is all of these things and more. […]
?Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.? ?The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.? ?A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.? As the quotes above show, Winston Churchill, Britain?s prime minister during World War […]