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Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty and Friends,

Welcome to the Hart Leadership website, a portal into a unique and dynamic teaching community that has transformed the lives of generations of Duke students and Duke professors alike. As the new Director of this storied leadership program, I am delighted to hold up the pedagogical values and aspirations that have not only made the Hart Leadership Program one of the jewels at Duke but also an incubator for lifelong practices of social and political change, innovation, and leadership among our students and alumni.

Events, Political Engagement

The Forced Return - podcast on immigration

Maggie Loredo and Adriana Figueroa visited the Sanford School recently to talk about the impacts of immigration policy in the United States and Mexico. Maggie is the founder of Otros Dreams en Accion, an organization that helps those who have been deported to Mexico get familiarized with their new home. Adriana is a returnee born

Hart Fellows

Announcing the 2018-19 Hart Fellows

We are pleased to announce our 2018-19 Hart Fellows. Since 1995, the Hart Fellows Program has placed recent Duke graduates with partner organizations around the world for intensive, 10-month community-based projects. Hart Fellows conduct research projects in collaboration with their host organizations, while simultaneously developing their own understanding of ethical leadership as they encounter the social

Faculty News

Book Party For Bruce Jentleson

The Hart Leadership Program recently hosted a party to celebrate the publication of Bruce Jentleson’s new book, The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-century Statesmanship. Bruce Jentleson is a Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. He previously served as Director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, which is now Sanford

Service Opportunities in Leadership

Sol Symposium Explores Reflective Practice And Leadership

Fifty SOL alumni, faculty, students and friends from all over the world returned to Duke for an afternoon to participate in a symposium about SOL’s signature pedagogy that combines adaptive leadership and critical reflection. The gathering included workshops and talks by Mitch and Linda Hart, the founders of Hart Leadership Program, Bob Korstad, the founder

SOL Students Present Research at Visible Thinking

Twelve students who participated in Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) last year presented their research findings at Visible Thinking, Duke’s annual event that celebrates the achievements of undergraduate researchers. SOL students represented ten percent of the total research projects showcased across the humanities, the natural sciences and engineering, and the social sciences. Below is a

Service Opportunities in Leadership

Meet the SOL Summer Grant Recipients

The Hart Leadership Program is proud to introduce eight students who have been awarded SOL Summer Grants. The grants are awarded to qualified undergraduates to design and conduct community-based research projects collaboratively with partner organizations for 8-12 weeks during the summer of 2018. In a competitive application process, students designed their own community based research project,