Below you will find info on: OPPORTUNITIES: Civic Rise seeks intern, Applications for Duke Net Impact Social Innovators, Invention Prize, Volunteer with America Reads/America Counts EVENTS: General Motors Info Session, National Academy of Sciences Special Lecture, Africa in Conservation, Careers in Global Health, Health Humanities & Social Justice
OPPORTUNITIES
Social impact startup CivicRise seeks Partnerships intern
CivicRise is an early-stage technology startup (founded by Tim Scales, Fuqua '17) that seeks to mobilize effective, sustained, and measurable civic engagement. The CivicRise action app allows users to subscribe to organizations such as the ACLU or Planned Parenthood and receive targeted action alerts that they can complete through the app. The Partnerships internship is focused on seeking and developing relationships with issue-advocacy organizations who would use the app to mobilize their supporters. This would include researching prospects, creating outreach materials, assisting with pitches and demos, and other marketing/bizdev activities that we come up with together. We are looking for an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial person who is excited about the unpredictability of a startup and eager to jump in and make a difference. A passion for social entrepreneurship and/or civic engagement is a huge plus. Impeccable communication skills, professionalism, and follow-through are a must. A willingness to do the unglamorous work as well as the fun stuff is required, because that's what we're all doing here. If this looks like a good fit, email Tim at tim@civicrise.io with a resume and a quick note saying one thing you could bring to this role plus one thing you'd hope to gain from this experience.
Applications open: Duke Undergrad Net Impact Social Innovators Program
Please apply before Sunday, September 10 at 11:59pm.
Designed for students who want hands-on consulting experience working on business and tech strategy-related problems with local nonprofits or social enterprises. It will last from September 2017-April 2018. This is a great opportunity for students who are passionate about entrepreneurship and are enthusiastic about tackling social problems. Partners for this year include Durham Scrap Exchange, Trinket, Alliance of AIDS Services Carolina, and the Helius Foundation. The link to the application can be found here: Social Innovators Application. Email netimpactdukeundergrad@gmail.com with further questions.
Invention prize: Lemelson-MIT Student Prize applications open
The Lemelson-MIT Program is searching nationwide for the most inventive college students to compete for the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Applications are due by September 29, 2017. If you’re interested in applying or referring a student, please find further details on the application process and past winners here.
The invention competition is open to teams of undergraduate students and individual graduate students nationwide across four categories:
- “Cure it!” for students with tech-based inventions that can improve healthcare
- “Drive it!” for students with tech-based inventions that can improve transportation
- “Eat it!” for students with tech-based inventions that can improve food and agriculture
- “Use it!” for students with tech-based inventions that can improve consumer devices
Winners receive:
- $15,000 to each winning graduate student
- $10,000 to each winning undergraduate team
- National media campaign
- Exposure to investment and business communities
- Trip to MIT for an award celebration in June 2018
Volunteer with America Reads/America Counts
Priority Application for the Fall is September 8th @5pm
The America Reads/America Counts (ARAC) program is designed to enhance primary-level reading and math skills of children in Durham, while providing Duke University students the opportunity to give
back to their community, gain work experience, and earn money. ARAC tutors are funded through Federal Work study.
Learn more here
and apply here!
UPCOMING EVENTS
General Motors Info Session
Monday, September 11 | 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
West Union Multipurpose room 068
Brought to you by: Career Center
National Academy of Sciences Special Lecture: In Search of Human Uniqueness
Thursday, September 7, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center
About the speaker: Duke cognitive scientist Michael Tomasello has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. National academy membership is regarded as the highest recognition for a scientist. He earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Georgina in 1980. He returned to teach at Duke in 2016 as the James F. Bonk Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and also has appointments in the Departments of Evolutionary Anthropology and Philosophy.
Click here to register for this event.
Africa in Conversation: Closing the Gap between Screening and Treatment using Pocket Colposcopy - Experience from Tanzania, United States and Peru
Tuesday, September 12
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference, Room 249
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As part of the Duke Africa Initiative's 'Africa in Conversation Series', Duke faculty members Nimmi Ramanujam, PhD and Marlee Krieger, MS will discuss cancer screenings in Tanzania, the U.S. and Peru. 'Africa In Conversation' is a new speaker series featuring the work of diverse faculty from a number of different disciplines at Duke University. 'Africa In Conversation' is an opportunity to learn about current research and work being conducted by faculty members, and provides a chance to get to know our colleagues working across the African continent.
Careers in Global Health: Thinking Outside of the Box Webinar
Thursday, September 14
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Webinar: Join Online
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Global Health University offers free webinars with leading experts in global health and social entrepreneurship.
Learn from leading experts about unique careers in global health. The webinar will include guidance and advice from five panelists, as well as ample opportunity to ask the speakers questions. Gain insight about paths to a career in global health, how to start a fulfilling career, and key tools for the hiring process, etc.
Health Humanities & Social Justice: Breath, Body, Voice
September 14 - 16
Various Locations (visit event website for more details)
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Register now for the culminating event of the 2014-2017 Mellon Grant at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Humanities Futures! The capstone conference, titled Health Humanities & Social Justice: Breath, Body, Voice, will focus on the health humanities. We define health on a continuum from the health sciences to states of health, and focus on social justice to bridge the lived experiences of health and wellness in both our academic and non-academic communities. Furthermore, in 2017, we ask: how are the humanities transforming health, and how is health transforming the humanities? And what do these mutual influences suggest concerning the health of the humanities? This conference will address the emergent field of health humanities through keynotes, panels, interactive workshops, and performances across a spectrum of arts - literary, theatrical, documentary, musical.