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Class of 2024 Fuqua Impact Scholars in Social Impact
The social problems that we face as a global community are urgent and we need leaders with the skills, courage, and support to drive for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. This is why CASE was thrilled to partner with Fuqua’s Office of Admissions in 2021 to launch the Fuqua Impact Scholarship– a merit-based […]
Welcome 2022-2023 CASE and CASE i3 Fellows
Each year, CASE selects a group of Fuqua MBAs to serve as CASE and CASE i3 Fellows. These students have stood out to us in their passion and commitment to taking a deeper dive into their social impact or impact investing learning with their peers, and in their ability to act as ambassadors for CASE’s work within Fuqua and […]
CASE Announces 5 Finalists for the F.M. Kirby Scaling Social Impact Prize
From a pool of 130, five social enterprises stood out above the rest in this year’s competition for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, which CASE has the privilege to manage. One of these five will ultimately be awarded the prize – a $100,000 unrestricted grant to support their achievement of impact […]
Fuqua students manage a portfolio with an ESG and sustainable finance strategy
October 2021 If we have one job at CASE, it’s to prepare our students to be leaders on a changing planet – one with significant social and environmental challenges. And through our CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing, we have been exploring emerging opportunities for addressing these challenges through finance for over 10 years. Two […]
The Work Continues: CASE’s Ongoing Racial Justice Journey
August 2021 One year ago, we shared with you A Message from CASE on Racial Justice in America as part of our journey toward becoming anti-racist, particularly using three levers: our thought leadership platform, training the next generation of business leaders, and our own operations. We write to share where we are now. As a […]
CASE 2020-2021 Annual Report
What year it was! Our 2020-21 academic year brought more challenges than any of us could have anticipated. A year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic with its horrific toll on health, livelihoods, education and so much more. Compounded by the continued systemic racial inequities experienced here in the US and abroad. Certainly, the challenges of […]
The Inaugural Kirby Impact Prize: What We Learned
April 2021 When CASE at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business launched the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact in July 2020, we knew that we would learn a lot during this inaugural year. We were specifically interested in three questions: Even as we share our year 1 reflections below, we’re committed to […]
Healthy Learners Wins Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact
While each of the 14 finalists for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact demonstrated innovative scaling strategies, resilience amid challenges, and powerful evidence of impact, one rose to the top of a competitive inaugural applicant pool. The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business […]
CASE Announces Finalists for Inaugural F. M. Kirby Impact Prize
After receiving 330 applications from enterprises serving 184 countries across 5 continents, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business is pleased announce 14 finalists for the inaugural Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact (F. M. Kirby Impact Prize). Named after early entrepreneur Fred Morgan Kirby […]
Advice from MBA Summer Interns Working in Impact
September 2020 CASE supports the Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF), which enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice, while simultaneously enabling organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit from their experience. This year, we asked some of the SIF interns […]