Applications are now open for the Hart Fellowship – 10 months of funding and mentorship for recent Duke graduates to conduct community-based research in the US or abroad. The Hart Fellowship offers recent Duke graduates an opportunity to partner with organizations addressing complex social, political, and humanitarian issues. Hart Fellows produce community-based research […]
In May, two of the Hart Leadership Program’s 2023-2024 Hart Fellows – Quinn Smith ’23 and Sophia Chimbanda ’23 – concluded their Fellowships after a year of community-engaged work and research. Ayesham Khan ’23, who is also a 2023-2024 Hart Fellow, will complete their Fellowship year in Cape Town, South Africa, in October. Over the […]
Gift Establishes Laidlaw Scholars at the Hart Leadership Program Duke University has received a $1.125 million gift from the Laidlaw Foundation that will greatly expand the Hart Leadership Program’s capacity to support community-engaged experiential learning opportunities for Duke undergraduate students. The gift will establish the Laidlaw Research and Leadership Scholarship Program at Duke University, […]
Announcing the 2024-2025 Hart Fellowship Recipients Five seniors have been awarded the Hart Fellowship for 2024-2025, a prestigious postgraduate fellowship for recent Duke graduates, offered by the Hart Leadership Program in the Sanford School of Public Policy. After graduation, the new Hart Fellows will travel across the United States and the globe to engage in […]
The latest issue of Duke Magazine shines a spotlight on the Initiative for Urban Studies, a student-led effort to build an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on urban studies and city planning at Duke. Two students in the Hart Leadership Program–Zoe Macomber ’24 and Lindsay Hu ’23–have been instrumental in organizing their peers and faculty around the […]
The Sanford School of Public Policy Executive Education and the Hart Leadership Program present a six-session intensive course: “Community Engagement and Participatory Design.” This three-week intensive course, presented by Prof. Andrew Nurkin, Director of the Hart Leadership Program, explores the theory and practice of community engaged leadership in public service. Beginning with an assets-based framework, […]