Over spring break, 12 students from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Harris School of Public Policy Studies set off on a five-day Alternative Energy Trek to Boston and Washington, D.C.
The Trek was created to help Booth and Harris students interested in pursuing careers in clean energy better comprehend the complex field, by meeting with industry analysts, investors, corporate leadership and government officials. Clean energy is a growth industry that is attracting rising interest from students at UChicago and around the country.
"The goals of the Alternative Energy Trek are to provide students with opportunities to gain an in-depth understanding of a complicated industry that must take into account both public policy and private sector actors and to develop a network of contacts that students can leverage as they seek to develop careers in the energy space" said Jeremiah Schatt (MBA, '10 expected), who initiated the Trek in 2008 with two fellow members of the Chicago Booth Energy Group, with the help of Travis Bradford, Adjunct Professor of Management and COO/CFO of the Carbon War Room.
Asking the Harris School's Chicago Environmental Policy Association to join them was only natural because of the extensive political dimensions involved in the energy business, said Schatt. This year's trip was the second in what he hopes to become an annual event.
—Prof. Kunle Odunsi
