Big Ideas Team Heads to USAID’s TechCon

Grace Nakibaala, Isah Ssevume, and Molly Mbaziira Nannyonjo from Makerere University formed the PedalTap team to prevent the spread of infection at communal handwashing facilities in Uganda.

November 8, 2016

Calling Global Health Student Innovators and Experts for Big Ideas Contest!

The annual Big Ideas contest seeks both students with health-focused innovations and global health experts to participate in this year’s contest!

November 4, 2016

Sanivation: From Feces to Fuel

October 19, 2016

5 Questions with Māk, 2016 Big Ideas Winners

Berkeley undergraduates Ankita Joshi, Aubrey Larson and Michelle Nie met in a social entrepreneurship class at the Haas School of Business. Connecting over a common passion for economic empowerment as a solution to poverty, they decided to develop a project that would promote financial inclusion within the STEM field.

October 13, 2016

New Autodesk Foundation partnership strengthens impact design-centered problem-solving

The UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with the Autodesk Foundation, which includes launching a new Big Ideas contest category, “Hardware for Good,” and supporting project-based immersive learning experiences within the Development Engineering (DevEng) program.

October 5, 2016

5 Questions with Ryan and Hash from SPZ Legal, advisors to social impact enterprises

October 3, 2016

How do you grow an entrepreneur?

September 30, 2016

Calling all student innovators — What is your Big Idea?

As one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious social impact contests, Big Ideas provides up to $300,000 directly to students each year for their groundbreaking initiatives.

September 6, 2016

Big Ideas IT Finalists Put Apps to Work for Social Impact

In the last round of the 2016 Big Ideas Competition, finalists in the IT category presented their ideas for health justice, campus security, special education, and mental health.

May 5, 2016

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