Tag Archives: social entrepreneurship

This post was written by Evelyn Powery, a 2015 graduate of the Duke MBA program. While at Fuqua, Evelyn served as student co-chair for CASE i3 and as a CASE fellow. The CASE i3 Fellowship allows practitioners to engage MBA …

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison A university-wide Ebola Innovation Challenge that inspired 160+ students to think about how they can use their skills to solve real …

This post was written by Joaquin Brahm (Daytime MBA ’15) and originally appeared on the Duke MBA Student Blog. It is not by chance that Fuqua has ranked consistently as best faculty among business schools. The school draws faculty members from …

This post was written by Diana Vining, a second year Duke MBA student and CASE Scholar. Diana reflects on the recent visit from Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year. Want to hear more from Michael Brown? Check out our …

The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), of which CASE is a partner, is proud to announce the 2015 cohort of innovators. These eight innovators now bring the SEAD network to 25 innovators in East Africa, India, and Latin America. From …

Congratulations to CASE i3 Director Cathy Clark for being named in Michael Chatman’s list of America’s Top 20 Women in Philanthropy, Social Innovation & Civic Engagement for 2014!  Cathy was chosen from over 400 nominees for her work in social entrepreneurship and …

There are more than 250,000 pregnancy-related deaths each year in sub-saharan Africa. Yet, more than 50% of pregnant women in Kenya don’t deliver in a healthcare facility. Jacaranda Health – a chain of innovative reproductive health clinics in Kenya and part of …

Though I now call North Carolina my home, I am a New Yorker.  Born and bred and proud to be a NYer. So, September 11th always brings back a rush of memories of that horrible morning where hatred and helplessness prevailed. …

By Lauren Trabold, Paul Bloom and Lauren Block Communicating persuasively about the value of healthier behaviours has become a critical challenge for many health-focused social entrepreneurial organisations that are interested in scaling their impact, Based on the literature in consumer …

This has been a year of ups and downs for the CASE team.  Most notably, this year marked the passing of our founder and dear friend, Greg Dees.  We are all still struggling to come to terms with his passing …