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  • How to Create a Problem-Solving Institution

    August 30, 2010 The Chronicle of Higher Education just published an essay adapted from Chancellor Thorp's and Buck Goldstein's new book Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century , being published next month by the University of...

  • Intern Innovates at Apple

    June 23, 2010 Anthony Gandy, a rising senior in the Minor in Entrepreneurship is a specialist at Apple. This internship has allowed him to take his involvement with the company to the next level, and  to really understand the importance of innovation, culture and creativity in Apple's...

  • EASTWEST PR Welcomes New Intern

    Beijing, China – July 20, 2010 – by Miranda Garrison EASTWEST Public Relations continues the tradition of passing on knowledge through the intern program with The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Miranda Garrison is the fourth intern to work with EASTWEST...

  • Just-In-Time Innovation

    This article appeared on Forbes.com . August 11, 2010 Oil-filled oceans, broken financial systems, inequality, lack of clean water and uncured diseases. The world's biggest problems are calling--and calling now. The good news is that college students are arriving on campus just in...

  • Intern impacts counties in Eastern NC

    June 22, 2010 Stephanie Schuler, a rising Senior in the Entrepreneurship Minor at UNC, is making an impact in counties in Eastern North Carolina through HOPE: Accounts for Women, a community-based obesity and empowerment program for overweight and obese, low-income and minority women in four...

  • Minor in Entrepreneurship students arrive in Beijing, China

    June 16, 2010 This week, twelve students from the Minor in Entrepreneurship and one student from the Kenan-Flagler Business School are getting settled in Beijing, China as they prepare to start internships at entrepreneurial companies across the city.  The interns will be living at...

  • Local internship allows student to explore interests

    June 16, 2010 Rising senior Meagan McGee, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor, is interning this summer at Pulse Health and Wellness Initiatives in Chapel Hill. Meagan said, "This internship allows me to combine my interests in healthcare and marketing." Pulse Health and Wellness...

  • DurhamCares: Social Entrepreneurship in Action

    June 15, 2010 Josh Weatherman and Susan Spencer, both rising seniors in the Minor in Entrepreneurship, are hard at work this summer interning at DurhamCares . DurhamCares is a local non-profit with a vision to see the city of Durham " engaged in serving each other, building relationships...

  • Minor hosts 2010 Triangle Internship Group

    June 15, 2010 The Minor in Entrepreneurship is hosting a Triangle summer internship group seminar to acquant students with local companies and facilitate networking and information sharing.  "The program is a unique 'study abroad at home' opportunity for twenty students completing...

  • Ethical Fashion to the College Campus: School House, LLC

    June 8, 2010 Meredith Kramer and Suzette Walker, students in the Minor in Entrepreneurship, are currently completing their internship at School House, LLC in Durham, NC. Rachel Weeks, A Fulbright Scholar and Duke graduate, started the company in 2007 to “bring ethical fashion to...