Congratulations to the $50,000 grand prize winners of the 11th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge: Will Fadrhonc (MEM/MBA), Tripp Hyde (MEM/MEMP), and Matt Kaufmann (MEM/MBA)!. Their venture, HyTower Energy Storage, would convert out-of-service water towers into energy storage systems. The team was selected from a record 110 competitors. Read more in The Chronicle: “Energy storage project wins $50K grand […]
Coca-Cola’s Chief Product Supply Officer, Brian Kelley, shared insights about the company’s sustainability journey during the closing keynote at the 2011 Sustainable Business & Social Impact Conference at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. — RELATED ARTICLES: A conversation with Hannah Jones, VP of Sustainable Business and Innovation at Nike Rose Marcario on social […]
Nike‘s Vice President of Sustainable Business and Innovation, Hannah Jones, share her thoughts on sustainability in this plenary dialogue from the 2011 Conference on Sustainable Business & Social Impact at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. With opening remarks by Blair Sheppard, Dean of the Fuqua School of Business, and moderated by Dan Vermeer, Executive […]
These two events are free and open to the public. “The Future of the Energy Industry” Speaker: Ralph Eads, Chairman, Jefferies Energy Investment Banking February 24, 2011 5:15 – 6:30 pm McClendon Auditorium, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Organized by the MMS Energy & Commodities Club Ralph Eads Chairman of Jefferies Energy Investment Banking […]
by Brinda Ramaiya, MBA’11 Duke’s annual Conference on Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI), which is hosted by the Fuqua Net Impact Club, took place on Feb. 9. We were honored to have Hannah Jones, VP of Sustainable Business and Innovation at Nike, attend as our opening plenary in conversation with EDGE executive director, Dan […]
by Wyley Hodgson, MEM/MBA ’11 In January, Wyley traveled to Colorado and California to do career research and participate in informational interviews with industry executives. Here are his reflections: My trip began in Denver. Colorado has helped lead the pack among clean tech industries with a very strong renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and state-level incentives […]
by Koji Kitazume, MEM/MBA ’12 In January, the Fuqua Energy Club organized a “Week in Cities” trip to San Francisco. Ten students networked with alumni and visited companies including Bloom Energy (Fuel Cell), SCHOTT Solar (Solar), SunRun (Solar), 3Degrees (REC & Carbon Offset Trading), Silver Spring Networks (Smart Grid), SunPower (Solar), Claremont Creek Ventures (Venture Capital). When I first came to school […]
by Brinda Ramaiya, MBA ’11 “I am not the bad guy,” said Randy Little, owner of HM Oil, an independent exploration and production company. It was a cloudy morning in Houston and the Duke University Hydrocarbons Field Trip class was touring one of his private production sites. A proud, tall Texan in his jeans and […]