
Why We Are Expanding the Field of Development Engineering
By Shankar Sastry This winter, the Blum Center was among the many groups in academia and development to celebrate the recipients of the Nobel Prize
By Shankar Sastry This winter, the Blum Center was among the many groups in academia and development to celebrate the recipients of the Nobel Prize
Using Mobile Phones to Alert Households Waiting for ‘NextDrop’ of Water
By Tamara Straus Laura D’Andrea Tyson likes to see herself as a communicator and translator of complex economic ideas. But the world tends to see
By Tamara Straus In 2006, when UC Berkeley Civil Engineering Professor Ashok Gadgil began researching the possibility of removing arsenic from drinking water using electrochemistry,
It is with a heavy heart and beloved appreciation that we memorialize the passing of Dr. Bertram Lubin, a groundbreaking pediatrician and children’s hospital leader. Bert, as he was widely known, was the kind of person the Blum Center dreams of having around—to mentor students, advise faculty, inspire ideas, and lend decades of knowledge about the fight for disease mitigation and healthcare equity.