Tuesday, August 25, 2009

IHP Cities in the 21st Century!

My abroad program began yesterday in Detroit, and soon I'll have some pictures to share with you all. Detroit is grand and exciting in a "there's no one left here" sort of way, but it's incredibly interesting to learn about.

We had a couple speakers today- one from the human resources dept. of Ford, and the other from SMART, http://www.um-smart.org/ which is an innovative transportation organization working to connect already existing transportation infrastructure in cities around the worlds through inter-modal IT networks. I also gave a presentation on Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics, a contentious issue that I'm excited to see the outcome of on October 2nd. And now I'm off to pizza dinner.

1 comment:

Claire said...

you are so cool i can't even get my brain around it. truly, i am so impressed that you're participating in this program.

much love, and looking forward to more!

-c