Take a peek inside the final scene of #GlobalPOV’s forthcoming vid, “Who Profits From Poverty?” It’s got potential. We just need to finesse Abby’s DJ skillz a bit. With motion graphics. Some sound effects. And perhaps a little…rhythm. (Shout-out to Professor Burns and the Lilac Field!)
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Of the nearly 200 pre-proposal applications that were received in November from students across every campus of the UC system, sixteen projects were selected from a diverse portfolio of innovations spanning a variety of social impact tracks, including global health, food and agriculture, financial inclusion, energy and resources, education and literacy, cities and communities, data and AI, and art and social change. UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC San Diego, and UC San Francisco all have projects in the finals. Half of the team leads for the finalist projects identify as female. A quarter of the projects are led by undergrads.
Shankar Sastry What is the role of the university in the wider world? What is the role of scholarship in an era of vast digitally
When Rachel Dzombak and Vivek Rao began planning for the spring 2020 Development Engineering course “Innovation in Disaster Response,” part of their motivation was to get students to think about the use of technology during past disasters. But by early March, it was clear to Dzombak and Rao that the COVID-19 pandemic was increasing the relevancy of their class in ways no one could have predicted.
By Veena Narashiman An injured soldier is rushed to a field hospital and is bleeding out. A surgeon needs to give the soldier meds to
The Global Poverty and Practice minor was the reason Grace Elam ended up at Berkeley in the first place. The university was “way too close
