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The problem
Bridging technology, scholarship, and practice
To tackle global poverty, design, development, and research need to work hand in hand.
The solution
An interdisciplinary hub for social impact
The Blum Center offers innovative courses and programs that marry human-centered design with experiential learning, development economics, and world-class science and engineering.
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The role of design
The Blum Center trains students and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley to marry human-centered design, experiential learning, development economics, and world-class science and engineering.
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Impact
The Blum Center offers an undergraduate minor in Global Poverty & Practice and a doctoral program in Development Engineering. Nearly 5,000 students have secured $55 million in funding through its Big Ideas innovation competition.
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Learn more about the Blum Center
Other Blum Center initiatives include the Social Innovator OnRamp incubator course and the Development Impact Lab, a global consortium of researchers, NGOs, and industry partners.
A world-class public university must be a force for tackling society’s most urgent and important problems.
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