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-Krista Lourdes Akiki | Thursday, September 22, 2022
“In recent years, we have grown accustomed to the use of games as models for understanding institutional behavior,” observes Peter French, Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University. The business as a game metaphor has undeniably become ubiquitous in the language and culture of business. Even though this linguistic device
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Thursday, September 8, 2022
This past summer, I had the chance to live in Washington, D.C. as I completed my internship. And while there is so much to learn from living alone in a big city in your twenties, one lesson that really stuck with me was undertaking living with more intention. This lifestyle entails practicing deliberate intention every
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, December 7, 2021
If you’re a student in Mendoza, chances are you’ve heard over and over again how crucial networking is. Our professors are not wrong: networking has proven time and time again to be the number one rule of success in business. As crucial as networking is, research has highlighted a pattern we see often: networking is
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, November 9, 2021
The beauty industry has definitely been shaken up in recent years, particularly as the beauty standards have increasingly shifted. Nowadays, we see more people of color being represented in ads and on the runway. Clothing lines claim to be more inclusive. But at the same time, social media and influencers have not been as forgiving,
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
I have noticed that in the past couple of months everyone around me seems to speak of the pandemic in the past tense. This is particularly true within the Notre Dame bubble. We’ve all been ecstatic at the idea of a normal semester. But we seem to forget that this situation does not mirror itself
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Last month, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College” and according to the findings reported by Douglas Belkin, the education gender gap is widening across the US. For years now, men have dominated the top positions in tech, finance, politics and entertainment while their female
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, September 28, 2021
When I refreshed my inbox this morning, the first subject line that popped up was “We want to know what you think!” The email was asking me to fill out yet another survey. If you haven’t noticed by now, I am not a big fan of filling out surveys. I am convinced that the rewards
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
I was less than two months old when this nation lost countless lives following the tragic events of 9/11. I cannot personally attest to the magnitude of this specific cataclysm, but I think we can all agree that this speaks volumes about how little control we have over our individual lives. I have so little
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, August 31, 2021
If the world you live in doesn’t allow you to dream and grow, then move to one where you can. That’s what I did when I traveled over 6,000 miles and started building a new life for myself at Notre Dame. And yet again, I set my bags down in a new city as I
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Thursday, April 29, 2021
Last week, I had to read the final chapter of “Data Feminism,” a book by authors Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. This entire work mainly explores the power behind data; not the power to be more efficient but rather the power to be more humane. It addresses a plethora of historical and modern socio-cultural