By Sarah Bernardo, 4th Year English and Legal Studies Double Major, UC Berkeley According to the official International Women’s Day (IWD) website, IWD was first
By: Abby Madan, 2nd Year Political Economy Major March 21, 2014 – This weekend, twenty-eight UC Berkeley student innovators are headed to Arizona for the
Of the nearly 200 pre-proposal applications that were received in November from students across every campus of the UC system, sixteen projects were selected from a diverse portfolio of innovations spanning a variety of social impact tracks, including global health, food and agriculture, financial inclusion, energy and resources, education and literacy, cities and communities, data and AI, and art and social change. UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC San Diego, and UC San Francisco all have projects in the finals. Half of the team leads for the finalist projects identify as female. A quarter of the projects are led by undergrads.
An occasional series with Blum Center faculty, staff, students, visitors, and friends Ananya Roy is Professor of City and Regional Planning, Distinguished Chair in Global