News stations all over the globe share headlines like “Study Shows That 88% of People Are Stressed During the Holiday Season” or “People Love Holidays, But Spend Them Doing Things They Hate.” And the list goes on. It’s no secret that this
Two Worlds Colliding: 8 QUESTees Tapped into ODK
Omicron Delta Kappa, better known as ODK, is the National Leadership Honor Society with a chapter at the University of Maryland. Membership in the organization is a great honor and is bestowed upon students with outstanding leadership. The most recent
Cohort 28 Presents at the Biannual QUEST Conference
On Thursday, December 7th, students in Cohort 28 presented the results of their 490H capstone projects at the QUEST Conference. I enjoyed seeing the concepts and tools learned in 190H and 390H being applied to real-life scenarios and having the opportunity
Our Graduating QUEST Students
As the semester winds down, we would like to congratulate the five QUEST seniors graduating this month, Matthew Ambrogi (Q27), Akshay Guthal (Q27), Yufei Huang (Q28), Meena Sengottuvelu (Q28), and Caitlin Thompson (Q28). I had the opportunity to catch
QUEST Featured at Maryland in Montgomery County
On the 27th of November, the Maryland is Coming to You event took place at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. This event was specifically for Montgomery County alumni. The aim of events such as these is to deliver an informative and engaging
We’re Thankful for QUEST!
Dear QUEST, It’s the time of year to give thanks, and I am so grateful to be part of such a great program on campus (objectively, the best)! QUEST has come to be my family away from my own in every sense of the word. I am thankful for… …the
Lots of data? QUEST students can handle it.
After a lot of thought and hard work, QUEST’s Applied Quantitative Analysis course (BMGT438A/ENES438A) really came to life this semester! In the tradition of QUEST having “a track record of experimentation and innovation in the classroom, the data course
Q31 Goes Digital: Bits Presentation Recap
On Tuesday, September 23rd, Cohort 31 gave their bits-based project presentations in 190H. The project focused on digital innovation and using technology to solve a critical problem. Teams were tasked with finding a solution to the problem by taking the
Diving Deeper into Innovation at the 3M Site Visit
One of the important components of the QUEST experience is the opportunity to learn in unconventional ways. QUEST students were fortunate enough to get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit 3M’s Innovation Center in Washington, D.C. on October 19, 2018.
Uniting Students and Alumni: QUEST Homecoming Tailgate 2018
The annual QUEST Homecoming Tailgate was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Students and alumni from different cohorts had fun eating burgers and playing cornhole, but the highlight for many of them was having the chance to interact with each other in