DevEng pioneer and Prof. Ashok Gadgil is turning a breakthrough into a lifeline — and a new $13.5 million philanthropic investment is helping make…
Continue ReadingUsing Phone Data to Address Chronic Poverty
New research by DevEng Prof. Joshua Blumenstock and colleagues suggests that anonymized metadata from calls, texts, and data usage can be a promising way…
Continue ReadingPaige Balcom Wins Young Alums Achievement Award
Congratulations to alum Paige Balcom for being one of two recipients of UC Berkeley’s Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement by Young…
Continue ReadingRisper Rwengo Wins Alumni Impact Fund’s Grand Prize
Last week, Risper Rwengo, MDevEng ’24, won the Mastercard Foundation Alumni Scholars Impact Fund‘s $25,000 grand prize. The program — a collaboration…
Continue ReadingAlumni Spotlight: Karin Mason ’25
Karin Mason graduated from the MDevEng program in 2025. Where are you working nowadays? I currently work at GiveWell — a nonprofit that…
Continue ReadingAnnouncing the 2026 DevEng Photo Contest!
Grab your cameras — it’s time for the annual DevEng Photography Contest! Open to MDevEng students, PhD designated emphasis students, and…
Continue ReadingSeries Highlights Clean Energy as Health Determinant
Earth Day is Wednesday, but at Berkeley, we do Earth Week! Led by the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC), campus has packed the calendar…
Continue ReadingEarth Week at Berkeley
Earth Day is Wednesday, but at Berkeley, we do Earth Week! Led by the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC), campus has packed the calendar…
Continue ReadingApply Now for Fall GSI Positions
Now that we’re in the latter half of spring semester, departments and programs across campus are ramping up their hiring…
Continue ReadingTakataka Plastics—Quintessential DevEng Social Enterprise—Is Expanding
The College of Engineering recently profiled DevEng PhD alum Paige Balcom, who was recently awarded UC Berkeley’s Mark Bingham Award for Excellence…
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