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Siddharth Kara’s Garment Research Receives International Press Attention

“They work in huts with mud floors, shacks with crumbling roofs, and if they are lucky, a semi-concrete structure that may survive this year’s monsoon floods.

February 7, 2019

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In Salute and Celebration of Women Social Entrepreneurs

By Shankar Sastry At the Blum Center, women using their entrepreneurial and discipline-specific talents to start innovative projects and organizations has been a goal since

October 24, 2019

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The Blum Center and the Sustainable Development Goals

By Sybil Lewis On September 25, 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end

December 15, 2015

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Water Comes First: Ashley Miller’s Work To Support Infrastructure in Southern Kenya

By Sean Burns How can a wedding change a village? Sounds like some kind of development riddle, or maybe even a Hollywood screenplay. Not for

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Engineering Improvements for the World

(Published in the Washington Post) By Lina Nilsson and Shankar Sastry In labs around the world, a new generation of engineers is emerging. They are

October 5, 2014

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