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Although a majority of Americans think poverty is increasing, the proportion of the Earth's population subsisting on about $2 a day or less has dropped by more than 75 percent in the last four decades.
The Blum Center's Big Ideas Contest received a record 438 pre-proposal applications, representing over 1,200 students across 12 campuses. Now 43 teams have advanced to the final round for $5,000-$20,000 in prizes.
Why is the Blum Center's Global Poverty & Practice minor transformational? Find out in this video by Judah Marsden and Chloe Gregori about the program's practice experience, in which students partner with organizations domestically or abroad.
How can we meet human demands from the land while protecting natural systems? This is the question Matthew Potts, S. J. Hall Chair in Forestry Economics and Vice Chair of the Graduate Group in Development Engineering, asks in his scholarship.
For Big Ideas winner Aboubacar Komara, a combination of cultural values inspired the mission behind Kaloum Bankhi, a registered NGO in Guinea that maximizes existing and limited housing space for people in the slums of Kaloum.
One of the most consistently innovative and financially robust sectors in the United States is the “creative industry.” That's why the Big Ideas Contest has teamed up with arts entrepreneurship expert Richard Andrews for a series of workshops this spring.
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