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The problem
Bridging technology, scholarship, and practice
Design, development, and research need to work hand in hand to tackle global poverty.
The solution
An interdisciplinary hub for social impact
The Blum Center offers unique 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
Students at the Blum Center learn to consider economic, cultural, political, and environmental factors as they co-design products and services with people who need them.
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Impact
The Blum Center offers degree programs in Global Poverty & Practice, Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems, and Development Engineering. Winning teams in its Big Ideas innovation competition have secured more than $650 million in outside funding.
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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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