Welcome to Project Pyramid!
The Project Pyramid: Global Poverty Alleviation program is a Vanderbilt University organization dedicated to ending global poverty. Through its three pillars - Education, Collaboration, and Sustained Action - Project Pyramid looks to alleviate global poverty by targeting the future leaders of business, education, law, medicine and religion: Vanderbilt University graduate, professional and undergraduate students.
The Project Pyramid: Certificate Program will give any Vanderbilt University master’s degree candidate the opportunity to receive a Certificate in Global Poverty Alleviation Studies by taking courses from each participating school. Through classroom learning, international immersions, independent studies and active business management, Project Pyramid provides future world leaders with the tools needed to successfully alleviate global poverty.
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Recent Journal Posts
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Next Steps for Grameen - Technology?
Getting back into the swing of life and classes after returning from Dhaka has been interesting, and has included emptying out my rather full Inbox. Although, e-mails have a way of bringing back the trip. Case in point: two Fast Company interviews - one older one with Muhammed Yunus (pre-Nobel prize, even) and a more [...] ... -
Bangladesh= breathtaking
Bangladesh may not hold any architectural wonders of the world or majestic cities but the character of the people and their extraordinary hospitality is overwhelming. I have traveled in India, China and much of Southeast Asia and never experienced anyone like the Bangladeshi people. To adequately explain and even comprehend what this group has experienced in [...] ... -
Yunus
The entire Project Pyramid team arrived safely in Bangladesh this weekend. The group was fortunate enough to meet with Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Suday at the Grameen Bank headquarters in Dhaka. Yunus spent nearly two hours addressing the students and fielding questions about microfinance and social business. The Nobel laureate also [...] ... -
Corporate Val - Social Business Version
In talking with Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Grameen Bank, he challenged us to think more about the idea of a social business that Bart Victor had brought up in class this past mod. These types of businesses would be a hybrid of both for- and non-profit business models, where the bottom line wasn’t just judged [...] ...