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Undergraduate Research on the Rise at Cal
By Tamara Straus Over the past year, UC Berkeley PhD student Zack Phillips and a team of six undergraduates assembled an LED array dome to
October 27, 2015
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blueEnergy’s Water and Sanitation Technology for Nicaragua
By Carlo David The enormity of the world’s water and sanitation problems cannot be overstated. UN Water estimates that more than 3 million people die
November 4, 2015
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“Governments Don’t Want the Academic Paper, They Want Tailored Advice”: Daniel Kammen on Communicating Scientific Research
By Tamara Straus Daniel Kammen asserts that everything he has learned about communicating scientific research to a lay audience has been “by accident.” Yet Kammen,
November 30, 2018
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Electrification for “Under Grid” Households in Rural Kenya: Five Questions for Ken Lee
By Sybil Lewis In the summer of 2012, an interdisciplinary research group at UC Berkeley set out to study the demand for and effects of
October 21, 2014
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2022 Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Finalists Announced!
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.
February 22, 2022