McMaster graduate student part of winning team at international innovation challenge

A McMaster graduate student is part of this year’s winning team in the Universitas 21 (U21) and PwC Innovation Challenge — a global competition that aims to bring together bright young minds from around the world to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.

Sarah Arsalan, a first-year master’s student in the department of kinesiology — along with three other graduate students from around the world — impressed the judges with a creative and insightful response to this year’s challenge question, which asked participants to evaluate the extent to which they thought governments should support the private sector in addressing environmental and societal concerns.

The U21 PwC competition is managed by the Office of International Affairs at McMaster University. McMaster is a member of U21, a unique global network that brings together 28 world-leading, research-intensive universities who share a common belief in the value of collaboration and internationalization.

McMaster Daily News spoke to Arsalan about taking on the challenge and what she learned through the global networking opportunity.

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