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BYU Marriott’s Ballard Center for Social Impact is the world’s largest university program focused on social impact.
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BYU Honored as ‘Changemaker Campus’

September 24, 2012
A new study co-authored by business professor Katie Liljenquist finds that powerful people are blind to risks.
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New Peery Social Entrepreneurship Research Fellows Announced

August 02, 2012
BYU professors Chris Mattson and David Wiley will utilize their areas expertise within the field of social entrepreneurship.
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Using Small Groups to Find Big Solutions

May 04, 2012
Solving global problems might seem daunting, but the Ballard Center is stepping up to the challenge.
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Student Experiences

SVC Competition Hosts Students with Big Plans

April 20, 2012
The Social Venture Comp. attracts students focused on improving lives around the world through sustainable businesses.
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Social Innovator of the Year Award Given to Journalist

April 18, 2012
The Ballard Center recently presented the SIOY award to David Bornstein, an author, and New York Times journalist.
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TEDxBYU Energizes Students

April 16, 2012
This year's TEDxBYU conference was jam-packed with inspiring speakers, a webcast, and an energetic crowd.
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Student Experiences

Investments taking over donations with Impact Investing

March 16, 2012
A group of Brigham Young University finance students are finding unique ways to use their investing skills while helping those in poverty worldwide.
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Center News

Ballard Center Names New Fellows

December 20, 2011
Two international educators will continue to use their innovative expertise as newly named fellows for the Ballard Center.
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Student Experiences

Focusing Social Innovation in Nation’s Backyard

November 18, 2011
For at least one BYU student participating in the Peery Film Festival, social innovation is just as important domestically.
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Center News

Ballard Center Names First Research and Teaching Fellows

June 20, 2011
The buzz around social innovation and entrepreneurship is growing as the Ballard Center welcomes seven new fellows.
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Student Experiences

Fish-Farming Franchise Wins 2011 Social Venture Competition

April 15, 2011
At the 2011 SVC, solving a few of the world's problems is possible — use tutoring, technology and tilapia.
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School News

BYU Recognized for Social Entrepreneurship Innovation

April 11, 2011
Social entrepreneurship is cropping up everywhere and BYU's internship program is among the best in the field.
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Center News

Collaborating to Make an Impact

December 29, 2010
Nearly 2.5 billion people around the world live on less than $2 a day. Lewis Hower is developing a solution.
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School News

Peery Film Festival Receives Rave Reviews

November 03, 2010
Lights. Camera. Make a difference. Four student films were showcased at the first-ever Peery Film Festival.
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Student Experiences

Ballard Center Names First Peery Fellow

August 11, 2010
The Ballard Center recently named Jason Fairbourne its first Peery Social Entrepreneurship Research Fellow.
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Student Experiences

Competition Promotes Social Entrepreneurship

July 19, 2010
BYU's Social Venture Competition (SVC) is designed to have students apply their entrepreneurial skills to solve social problems.
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Center News

BYU Center for Economic Self-Reliance Named for Melvin J. Ballard

April 13, 2010
The Melvin J. Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance was named to recognize Ballard's contributions to the Church's welfare system.
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Student Experiences

Students for Social Entrepreneurship's Internship Program Provides Practical Experience

February 09, 2010
How do you actively engage students in a field of study that most know little about? That's the question married BYU students Curtis and Misty Lefrandt asked themselves early last year when they founded Students for Social Entrepreneurship.
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