This year’s research teams
Energy Prices and Emerging Markets
Colonization and its Lasting Effect on Public Health
Sustainability in Fashion
Factors of Inflation
Check out our work below!
When Fast Fashion Becomes Faster
Similar to the way fashion manufacturing was one of the first industries to be mechanized in the late 1800s, the industry has now become one of the first to become subject to the rise of automation.
Snipping Genes & Nobel Prize Queens
Two scientists, France’s Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry today for discovering and developing a powerful tool, CRISPR-Cas9, for genome editing that has enabled relatively quick and easy modification of the building blocks of life and promises new drugs for a range of diseases.
You're Fired! Bring in the Robot!
Imagine walking into your nearest Amazon warehouse and realizing that it is devoid of people. Instead, you find robots, a lot of them, and that all the work is done by these intelligent machines.
The Illusion of China's Diplomatic Shrewdness
China is so often seen as a cunning and forward-thinking global player in the West. But its true means of diplomatic engagement are far less thoughtful.
Dual Circulation: President Xi’s Trump Card
Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed the “dual circulation” initiative in response to heightened U.S.-China tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic. Will China ultimately be successful in implementing this long-term economic reform?
Past Research Teams
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Politics of Genocide
Adarsh Javvaji, Tisha Chaudhuri, Emma Costa, Shivani Purohit, Amina Syed
Crisis in Affordable Housing
Sernry Tu, Aditya Dronamraju, Sarah Lee, Sebastián Leal, Henry Stocker
Healthcare
Vedanth Ramabhadran, Aayan Khasgiwala, Anish Ravindran, Anisha Bhattaru
US-China Relations
Melanie Hsieh, Keshav Krishna, Arnav Myana, Zarik Tao
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Latin America’s Emerging Economies
Evan Bimaputra, Paul Choi, Grainne O’Casey,
Nikhil Guddati, Chloe Jin
The Global Rise
of China
Mauricio Aguilar, Sahana Rao, Sam Mills,
Jenna Chen, Morgan Myhill, Porter Slack
Artificial Intelligence and Automation
Sanchith Shanmuga, Brian Lee, Nehaarika Shridhar,
Juan Esparza, Faizan Firdaus
Spring 2020
US–China Relations
Evan Bimaputra, Justin Tran, Kaitlyn Marcatante, Mauricio Aguilar, Cameron Waltz
Climate Change
Paul Choi, Sanchith Shanmuga, Seann DSouza, Brian Lee