Social Entrepreneurship Education
Four Shifts Reshaping the Future of Impact
Erin Worsham, Executive Director of CASEMay 2026 The impact sector is navigating a moment of profound transition. At the 2026 Skoll World Forum, Skoll Foundation CEO Marla Blow described the “unexpected depth and callous speed” of the cuts to development funding in 2025, comparing the disruption to a forest fire that devastated the community. But […]
Five Messages for Anyone Building a Career in Impact
Reflections from the 2026 Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference Erin Worsham, Executive Director of CASEApril 2026 In my work with MBA students and emerging impact leaders, I see a common tension: a commitment to making a difference, paired with uncertainty about how to navigate a rapidly changing field. Expectations of business are evolving. Regulation […]
Lessons Learned in Impact: 2022 Summer Internship Fund Recipients
Summer internships are a valuable time for MBAs to explore and validate their interests. The Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social impact management without making a significant financial sacrifice – and enables organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit from their experience. We asked […]
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 […]
2022 Launch Pad Award
Translating lived experience into innovation to increase access for food allergy consumers Eighty nine million Americans avoid buying at least one of the top-9 allergen food products. Of these 89 million, 25 million have a severe or moderate allergy, 7 million have a mild allergy, 32 million have food intolerances. Twenty-five million are indirect avoiders […]
Michael McAfee on the CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
February 2022 “Sometimes my tone can sound absolute, but I am still learning and growing,” PolicyLink President and CEO Michael McAfee cautioned as he dove into a conversation with CASE Executive Director Erin Worsham as a part of CASE’s Executive Speaker Series. McAfee, noted for many accomplishments, is a “catalyst for a new and growing […]
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 […]
2021 Summer Internship Fund Recipients
September 2021 MBA summer internships are a time of great discovery, validation, and inspiration – and the Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice. (Related, SIF also enables organizations who otherwise could not afford MBA interns to benefit […]
Class of 2023 CASE Scholars
CASE welcomes the Class of 2023 CASE Scholars! Learn more about our scholars, in their own voice, below. Shreyas Chandra Shekar In India, a farmer commits suicide every 48 minutes. The majority of India’s population (58%, or 800M people), depends on agriculture as the primary income source. Of those individuals, 86% have an average of […]
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 […]