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Chocolate factory tour offers students a sweet start to the new module

Hult San Francisco students returned from spring break and jumped right back into their busy class schedules this week as Module C, the third of five modules in the school year, began. But an afternoon visit to the nearby TCHO luxury chocolate factory offered a break in an otherwise tough week.

Learn by doing: BRAND BATTLE IN THE CLASSROOM [The Hindu]

Experiential learning approaches enhance scholastic learning and foster higher order thinking skills in preparing future business leaders.We learn best by doing — ask any cricket coach; the only way you master a sport is by strapping on the pads and going to bat.

Hult Prize: Ending Hunger, One Cricket at a Time [Businessweek]

If I broke the news to you that MBA students tend to be highly competitive individuals, you may not be too surprised. The Pope is, also, apparently Catholic, and all politicians are credible and reliable.

MOOCs: One Size Does Not Fit All

As massively open online courses (MOOCs) become more and more popular, the din from doubters and naysayers has also grown increasingly loud. There’s no shortage of opinions: “They’ll disrupt education!” or, “They’re just a passing fad!” or, worse still, “They’re ineffective!” Although the dust hasn’t yet settled, these points are worth digging into.

$1M Hult Prize picks finalists [Boston Business Journal]

The Hult Prize has announced the regional winners of its 2013 challenge, which will award $1 million in funding to the winner.

The MOOC Phenomenon: Here to Stay?

Are you interested in learning more about global sustainable energy? How about cryptology – or brain science? Or maybe you want to try a basic course on logic, and then mix it up a little with a class on ancient Greece?

Samsung Swung and Missed: Apple on Deck [Huffington Post]

Samsung stumbled last week in a sexist Broadway style product introduction that revealed the mobile king's limitations.

Prof Idol: Four professors, one class, $100,000 prize [BBC]

It seems that the popularity of reality television shows has encouraged other activities to become competitive.That was certainly the case with the final teach-off in the Business Professor of the Year Awards, held on Thursday evening at Hult International Business School.

Dog days at Hult: Therapy pups help ease the stress of finals

What better way to take a study break than to hang with some extra affectionate, extra furry friends?

Classes, Lectures and Zombies, Oh My

On a perfectly ordinary morning, Shaun went about his usual daily routine without much thought. He walked through his London neighborhood without noticing the signs of growing disorder and mayhem around him.

Hult Venture Group prepares to JUMP! into big ideas

There is certainly no shortage of events centered on entrepreneurship in San Francisco. But after attending several, Hult MBA candidate Mohamed Temraz feels like something is “missing” from many of them.

Honoring the Best Business Professor of the Year

The reason we humans have accomplished amazing things is due to the teachers who imparted the foundational wisdom required for the leaps (large and small) we’ve taken. But good teachers don’t always get a chance in the spotlight like they deserve – and they do deserve more credit, especially at the university and post-graduate level, where administration and research often are prioritized higher than teaching.

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