Blum Center News

In this impassioned TED Talk, Isha Ray, UC Berkeley Energy and Resources professor and Blum Center affiliate, talks gender, dignity, and toilets. Watch the clip here. Source link

UC Berkeley changemakers built a cellphone-turned-microscope that detects parasites in the blood in just 30 seconds—without expensive equipment, a lab, or a clinic. Reporter Laura Ling meets with the team to discuss how the innovation could revolutionize the field of public health. Watch here. Source link

Save the Date: Impact Design Education Summit November 6th, 2017 9:00am-3:00pm The Blum Center For Developing Economies, UC Berkeley Social impact design, referring to the practice of design for creating positive change and lasting impact in low-resource settings, has increasingly gained popularity at universities across the country and indeed globally. Read more…

UC Berkeley student Connor Gallaher presents his innovation, PlasMachine, to President Bill Clinton. By Francesca Munsayac   In October the Blum Center will send 37 UC Berkeley students to the 2017 Clinton Global Initiative University, an annual meeting sponsored by the Clinton Foundation. This year CGI U will bring together Read more…

By Francesca Munsayac and April You In rural Uganda, extension services help farmers apply cutting edge technologies and best practices that promote agricultural productivity and improve rural livelihoods. While most African countries have extension programs that arm local farmers with the  agricultural information they need to succeed, limited resources often Read more…

This year two Blum Center student instructors, Sonia Travaglini and Julia Kramer, will receive Berkeley’s Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor award. The women were chosen for their command of the subject area, promotion of problem-based learning, and their ability to motivate students. Sonia attests that the key to being a successful Read more…