Ann Mei Chang Advises a Lean Innovation Strategy to Maximize Social Impact
By Lisa Bauer Ann Mei Chang, former chief innovation officer at USAID and former senior engineering director at Google, thinks
February 7, 2019
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Big Ideas Innovation Ambassadors Nurturing Ideas into Enterprises
By Lisa Bauer Founded in 2005 at UC Berkeley, Big Ideas has become one of the largest and most diverse
February 1, 2019
Pursuing a Career in Engineering Co-Design: A Q&A with Ryan Shelby
By Tamara Straus When Ryan Shelby left UC Berkeley with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2013, he and his
January 31, 2019
Maria Artunduaga’s Mission to Manage Chronic Lung Disease
By Tamara Straus On February 26, 2018, Maria Artunduaga had a eureka moment that medical entrepreneurs dream of. In the
January 31, 2019
Graduate-Undergraduate Student Mentorships Grow
When Chancellor Carol Christ released UC Berkeley’s strategic plan for 2019-2029, two overarching goals were relevant to the Global Poverty
January 25, 2019
Fletcher Lab CellScope Is Ready for Scaling
By Lisa Bauer Nearly a decade ago, more than 80 global organizations came together to sign the London Declaration on
January 22, 2019
ZestBio Continues Innovation with Waste-based Products
By Tamara Straus Early in 2017, Ryan Protzko, then a doctoral student in biochemistry at UC Berkeley, was working on
December 4, 2018
The Future of Collaboration in the Future of Work
By Rachel Dzombak At the 2018 Autodesk University conference, a weeklong event bringing together representatives from the building, design, manufacturing,
December 3, 2018
SACEPI: Bridging College Food Insecurity and Waste
By Sara Tsai The UC system is often lauded for its ability to cultivate socioeconomic mobility. A 2015 New York
November 30, 2018
“Governments Don’t Want the Academic Paper, They Want Tailored Advice”: Daniel Kammen on Communicating Scientific Research
By Tamara Straus Daniel Kammen asserts that everything he has learned about communicating scientific research to a lay audience has
November 30, 2018
DOST— Fostering Early Childhood Development in India
By Veena Narashiman ’2020 Early years of childhood form the basis of intelligence, personality, social behavior, and capacity to learn
November 28, 2018
InFEWS Fellows Take on Sustainable Development Goals
By Tamara Straus The goal of the PhD is to do original research in a specific discipline. That means in-depth
November 26, 2018
Multiplicity Not Singularity: Ken Goldberg on the Future of Work
By Lisa Bauer Robotics Professor Ken Goldberg is the first to acknowledge the public anxiety about what automation and AI
November 26, 2018
Autodesk Foundation CEO Lynelle Cameron on Courage, Creativity, and Critical Thinking
Lynelle Cameron (Haas MBA ’01) has over 20 years of experience helping companies capitalize on market opportunities related to sustainability
November 26, 2018
Computer Science Has the Power to Impact the Lives of the 99 Percent
By Divya Nekkanti During high school, I looked unquestionably at technology leaders like Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, whose
November 9, 2018
Can There Be A National Security and Development Agenda for the U.S.? Michael Nacht at the Blum Center
By Tamara Straus On October 10 at the first Blum Center Faculty Luncheon devoted to “Digital Transformation of Development,” Michael
October 17, 2018
Big Ideas Judge Ryan Shaening Pokrasso: A Commitment to Social Impact and the Law
Ryan Shaening Pokrasso (JD ’13), a San Francisco Bay Area attorney who specializes in assisting social entrepreneurs, has been a
October 16, 2018
VIDI—Another Way to See Surgery
By Veena Narashiman ’20 Basic surgeries are far from basic. They require approximately 50 tools, which take about 2 minutes
October 15, 2018
Interdisciplinarity in the Age of Specialization? Some Thoughts on 21st-Century PhDs
By Sophi Martin When you get a PhD, you are the world’s expert in some narrow but incredibly deep scientific
October 3, 2018
MarHub: A Technology to Help Refugees Navigate Asylum
In 2016, as Sarrah Nomanbhoy was starting her MBA at the Haas School of Business, the refugee crisis in Europe
October 2, 2018
