Recapping a Fantastic Year

Now that we have handed out diplomas, said our goodbyes, and are closing out the academic year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the year. We started off with a grand celebration of our 10 year anniversary – complete with cake cutting and TED-style talks from: Greg Dees: “Toward an Open-Solution Society“; Cathy Clark: “Capital […]

10 Years of Impact and Counting

After 10 years, our team at CASE is incredibly proud of our accomplishments and even more excited to look to the future.  Of course, none of this is possible without the support and partnership of so many in the field. We celebrated our anniversary with friends and partners, many in person and some sent in […]

Capital + Ideas + People + Timing = Social Change

Professor Cathy Clark gave this TED-style talk as part of CASE’s 10th anniversary celebration in December 2012.  To read more posts on CASE’s anniversary celebration, click here! How do social entrepreneurship and impact investing interrelate?  And what does that have to do with Sesame Street? At CASE’s 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Professor Cathy Clark used […]

Toward an Open-Solution Society

Professor Greg Dees gave this TED-style talk as part of CASE’s 10th anniversary celebration in December 2012.  To read more posts on CASE’s anniversary celebration, click here! Why should we care about social entrepreneurship? Why does it matter? According to CASE Founder Greg Dees, it is not just about making money while doing good. Nor is […]

Seeking Clarity

Rachel Lichte is a current student at Duke, pursuing her joint MBA/MEM (Master of Environmental Management) degree. She gave this TED-style talk as part of CASE’s 10th anniversary celebration in December 2012. To read more posts on CASE’s anniversary celebration, click here! Next time I’m having one of those days where I need a little […]

The CASE Top 10, a la David Letterman!

10 years. Time sure does fly! Our CASE team still cannot believe that it has been 10 years of social impact and innovation here at Duke! So many great memories and we really enjoyed celebrating them all at our 10 Year Anniversary Celebration this past December. Over the next few days, we’ll be posting the […]

Oh, What A Night!

What a great night!  Our CASE team and 180+ of our closest friends got together to celebrate 10 years of CASE and hear inspiring talks from our founder Greg Dees; student social entrepreneur Rachel Lichte; Fuqua alum and global health expert, Krishna Udayakumar; and, impact investing guru, Cathy Clark. Stay tuned on the blog for […]

Happy New Year!

Season’s Greetings and a very Happy New Year from our team at CASE! Take a quick look at our video celebrating 2011 – and keep watching until the end to see what we are so excited about celebrating in 2012: