Teachers as Agents of Conflict Resolution in Chile: Big Ideas Winners Kuy Kuitin
In May 2015, Cristobal Madero, a Chilean native and PhD student in UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education, invited 14 of Chile's most elite high schools to participate in a novel educational experiment.
Picture this: An app for blind photographers
Big Ideas Winners Aim to Digitally Track Vaccinations in Rural India
Despite India’s robust government immunization program—which provides 11 different vaccinations free of cost—immunization rates remain low, particularly among poor populations.
Calling All Changemakers: Big Ideas Turns 10
When the Big Ideas student innovation contest launched 10 years ago, it was a novel concept: give teams of students with potential breakthrough ideas small sums of money and a variety of supports and see what happens. Over the past decade, a lot has happened.
Big Ideas@Berkeley Winners Visualize an End to Cervical Cancer
Prompted by funding and recognition from the Big Ideas@Berkeley contest, a group of Cal students headed by Mechanical Engineering graduate student Julia Kramer is seeking to establish a sustainable training program called “Visualize” for midwives in Ghana.
The Berkeley Difference: Katya Cherukumilli’s Path to Problem Solving
The Ultimate Innovation Jam: Big Ideas@Berkeley Announces 2014-2015 Contest Winners
On May 5, the Blum Center celebrated the eight-month journey that was the 2014-2015 Big Ideas@Berkeley student innovation contest with an awards celebration recognizing 46 winning projects for social change.
2015 Big Ideas Winners Announced!
2015 Big Ideas People’s Choice Video Contest Commences
