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Why We Are Expanding the Field of Development Engineering
By Shankar Sastry This winter, the Blum Center was among the many groups in academia and development to celebrate the recipients of the Nobel Prize
December 9, 2019
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GPP Graduates Leave Berkeley with New Inspiration & Critical Perspectives
The 2014 Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor graduation ceremony hosted by the Blum Center for Developing Economies was a celebration of students’ successes, a
June 2, 2014
Why your iPhone Upgrade Is Good For The Poor
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November 14, 2013
Free Speech Movement Legacies and the Promise of Community Engaged Scholarship
By Sean Burns While the 1964 Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley focused on one central demand—the freedom of students to openly speak about and
October 1, 2014
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Fletcher Lab’s Mobile Phone-based Microscope for Neglected Tropical Diseases Receives Gates Foundation Support
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded a grant to Berkeley in July 2019 to support the scaled-up production of the LoaScope, a mobile phone-based microscope developed by Blum Center Chief Technologist Daniel Fletcher and researchers in his bioengineering laboratory, to enable mapping of Loa loa prevalence and intensity in Central and West Africa.
August 27, 2019