New Ideas Competition: 2025

Meet the Participants

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The Dialogue Project at Duke is an initiative aimed at reducing polarization through business. Students in their freshman, sophomore, or junior year in any academic major were invited to share proposals for how business can be a force for good in society. Grand prize winners spent a weekend on campus presenting these concepts to influential business leaders and networking with members of the Fuqua community. Meet some of these students and learn more about their new ideas for business.

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Nicole Álvarez

Hometown: Edmonds, WA
University: Rice University
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study: Business Management and Social Policy Analysis
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Eniola Badejo

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
University: University of Georgia
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study: Media Studies and Business
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Ananya Bhatia

Hometown: Shreveport, LA
University: Columbia University
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study:  Urban Studies and Political Science
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Shalin Bhatia

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
University: Georgia Institute of Technology
Year In School When Selected: First Year
Program of Study:  Industrial Engineering, Engineering and Business
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Greg Durgin

Hometown: Mechanicsville, VA
University: Boston University
Year In School When Selected: Third Year
Program of Study: Real Estate and Finance
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Ben Gottlieb

Hometown: Chappaqua, NY
University: Purdue University
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study: Finance
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Alexandra Mihailopol

Hometown: Galati, Romania
University: Mount Holyoke College
Year In School When Selected: Third Year
Program of Study: Economics and Data Science
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Noel Ullom

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
University: Barnard College
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study: Political Science and Theatre
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Finley Warren

Hometown: Dallas, TX
University: Spelman College
Year In School When Selected: Second Year
Program of Study: Political Science and Economics
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Stacy (Qian) Zhang

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
University: University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business
Year In School When Selected: Third Year
Program of Study: Finance, Accounting, Information Systems and Data Science
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