Alumnus Hiroshi Nagai ('99) is a skilled inventor and businessman who has made a career out of trying to improve people’s daily lives. His story is a perfect example of the kind of entrepreneurial and innovative spirit that the University of Minnesota strives to nurture in its students.

How two former Judd Fellows are carrying out the legacy of a professor and changing the face of the international development industry one picture-based diary at a time.

It might not seem like a memorial website and a lakeside vacation could be related, but for Judd Fellow Alumni, Anna Martin and Sara Thompson, they were elements that set a life-changing business venture into motion.