IDDEAS@Booth/Kellogg
We hosted IDDEAS@Booth/Kellogg in-person on Monday, November 6 and Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
About the Program
The program was cohosted by Chicago Booth and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management on November 6. Both schools hosted a diverse group of promising undergraduate students and introduced them to research at the doctoral level. The goal of this program was to support and encourage student and faculty diversity in business schools. Thank you to our wonderful scholars for participating!
Participants got the opportunity to:
- Learn about doctoral-level research in business
- Get information about graduate school opportunities
- Receive advice and insights on the application process
- Meet and interact with current doctoral students and faculty
- Discuss careers in research and teaching
Ideal candidates for future iterations of the IDDEAS program are current college sophomores, juniors, or seniors with strong quantitative skills and academic records. Because of its strong belief in the value of diversity (broadly defined) in the pursuit of its educational mission, Chicago Booth strongly encourages participation from students who bring to bear on the educational experience a diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds, and experiences, including groups that historically have been underrepresented in business schools.
Interested in participating?
The IDDEAS@Booth/Kellogg event is scheduled on a bi-annual basis. The next application cycle for IDDEAS @Booth/Kellogg will open in Spring/Summer of 2025.
In the meantime, IDDEAS@MITSloan will be held on November 7-8, 2024. IDDEAS@MITSloan will give participants an opportunity to experience what it means to be a PhD student and to enter a career as an academic researcher. Participants will take part in doctoral-level research exercises, take mini-master classes with MIT Sloan faculty, hear from MIT Sloan doctoral students, and much more. The program is designed for undergraduate students who demonstrate a strong interest in math, statistics, economics, psychology/sociology, and/or engineering-related disciplines and want to know more about PhD research degrees in business. To learn more about IDDEAS@MITSloan and to apply, please visit the site. The application deadline is August 30, 2024.
2023 Schedule for IDDEAS@BOOTH/KELLOGG
Day 1 was hosted on November 6 at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Programming then resumed on November 7 at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Please see below for a general sketch of the event timeline.
Note that program details are expected to shift in the next event iteration (Fall 2025)
| The Charles M. Harper Center, Chicago Booth School of Business |
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| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
Arrival and Breakfast |
| 10:00-10:45 a.m. |
Welcome from the Dean's Office & Self-Introductions |
| 11:30-11:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:45-12:45 p.m. |
Doctoral Student Research Presentations |
| 12:45-2:45 p.m. |
Practicing Research & Lunch |
| 2:45-3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:00-4:00 p.m. |
Presenting Research |
| 4:30-6:30 p.m. |
Group Picture & Pizza Dinner including transportation |
| Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management |
|
| 8:30 a.m. |
Meet in hotel lobby and transportation |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. |
A Scholar's Journey |
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15-12:30 p.m. | PhD Student Panel: Life as a PhD Student followed by lunch with PhDs |
| 12:30-1:00 p.m. | Break & Group Picture |
| 1:00-1:45 p.m. | Pathways to the PhD: Thinking Ahead |
| 1:45-2:30 p.m. |
Closing Reception & Certificates |
IDDEAS History
The IDDEAS program originated at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to support and encourage student and faculty diversity. It is our shared goal that the IDDEAS program will expose students from diverse backgrounds to the rich possibilities of careers in research and academia. To learn more about what past participants have said about IDDEAS, please visit the Wharton IDDEAS website.