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IdeaLabs Reach Across Disciplines to Solve Global Problems
What we’ve found at Berkeley about how to get people to work together is that you define some kind of very big problem that needs
October 29, 2013
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Jennifer Doudna on the Pandemic Year: The Power of Mission-Driven Science
In this WSJ op-ed, Nobel prize-winning CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna describes UC Berkeley’s research response to the pandemic, including the creation of a new rapid, point-of-need COVID test developed with Blum Center Research Director and CellScope inventor Dan Fletcher.
March 23, 2021
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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
November 7, 2014
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Joshua Blumenstock: The Knowns and Unknowns of Big Data and Poverty Alleviation
In international development circles, the application of machine learning to monitor and alleviate poverty has become a much discussed aspiration. However, Joshua Blumenstock, assistant professor
March 18, 2019
Generation Innovation: Rebecca Peters, 4th Generation Cal Student, 2013 Truman Scholar
Rebecca Peters, a Blum Center student and the fourth woman in her family to attend UC Berkeley, was named a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar
April 17, 2013