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Student Teams Partner with DoD to Improve Disaster Response

Language barriers, international communiques requiring Embassy review, and disaster workers who are 6,300 miles away — not to mention a global pandemic — were just some of the challenges addressed by UC Berkeley students working with the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Search and Rescue Unit. This incredible experience was part of a popular class supported by the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), in partnership with the Blum Center for Developing Economies.

May 26, 2021

More Than Hardware: Challenges in Education Technology in Africa

By Sybil Lewis In 2012, the Inter-American Development Bank concluded that children in Peru receiving computers from the American nonprofit One Laptop per Child did

April 22, 2015

Pakistan and the U.S. – Challenges and Opportunities

by Luis Flores Berkeley – The Center for South Asia Studies, in conjunction with the Blum Center for Developing Economies, hosted current Pakistani Ambassador to

October 17, 2011

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Empowering Students Inside and Outside the Classroom

By Shankar Sastry How do we educate students to become lifelong learners? University professors are continually grappling with this question, as we aim to spark

August 27, 2019

Clarifying Poverty Action: A Profile of GPP Student Kristian Kim

By Nicholas Bobadilla Kristian Kim decided to pursue a minor in Global Poverty & Practice because she felt a moral impetus to mitigate poverty. Instead,

November 9, 2015

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Student Teams Partner with DoD to Improve Disaster Response

More Than Hardware: Challenges in Education Technology in Africa

Pakistan and the U.S. – Challenges and Opportunities

Empowering Students Inside and Outside the Classroom

Clarifying Poverty Action: A Profile of GPP Student Kristian Kim

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