Ohio State Launches Innovative Internship Program with Accenture in OSU’s Translational Data Analytics Institute
Summary
“I am grateful for Accenture’s investment in our students and the extraordinary potential to work with this company to improve lives and make the world a better place,” said Michael V. Drake, president of The Ohio State University. Accenture will work with TDAI as a foundational corporate partner, providing business expertise and generating research ideas while helping students build analytical skills and explore careers in data science. “We will provide Ohio State students an immersive professional experience and enable them to apply data and analytics to solve real-world challenges,” said Josh Sandstrom, managing director in Accenture’s higher education and public sector practice. Time and Change has a financial goal of $4.5 billion — also the largest in Ohio State’s history — with three core areas of focus: student success; discovery; and healthy, vibrant communities. The institute’s faculty, who represent more than 50 different academic disciplines, work with industry and community partners to educate and train tomorrow’s data analytics workforce and create data-enriched solutions for societal challenges such as opioid addiction, climate-resilient agriculture and infant mortality.