I-School Course Teaches New Approaches to Measuring Impact
By Tamara Straus Ever since Hansen Lui was a kid, he loved building things and then taking them apart. During his undergraduate years at UCLA,
November 23, 2015
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Gregory Chin’s Journey into Empathetic Medicine
By Nicholas Bobadilla Gregory Chin grew frustrated with the PT Foundation halfway through his eight-week practice experience in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was working with
December 4, 2015
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USAID’s Alex Thier on Ending Extreme Poverty
By Abhik Pramanik On October 20, the Blum Center for Developing Economies hosted a talk by Alex Thier, head of the Policy, Planning, and Learning
October 30, 2014
Makerere University Team First Africans To Win Big Ideas Contest
By Tamara Straus Growing up in a rural town in Kyankwanzi District, Uganda, Moses Rurangwa witnessed an epidemic of preventable blindness. In his community many
September 16, 2014
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Berkeley X-Force Fellows Team Up with Military Sponsors to Solve Real-World Problems
In South Dakota, Ellsworth Air Force Base has some 1,500 maintenance personnel, who are essential to maintaining the base’s aircraft and overall readiness. Every month, a small team of airmen must spend an entire week analyzing the efficiency and effectiveness of the 1,500 airmen’s training, certifications, and workflow. Much like the base’s aircraft, the team wants to ensure they have the right tools and resources to meet any challenge, but this burdensome process takes up a fourth of their time each month.
October 18, 2021