Investment to Scale Gadgil’s Water-Purification Technology
DevEng pioneer and Prof. Ashok Gadgil is turning a breakthrough into a lifeline — and a new $13.5 million philanthropic investment is helping make
Using 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
Paige 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
Risper 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
Alumni 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
Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Floods: Meet the newest MDevEng professor who’s no stranger to disasters
A new member of the Graduate Group in Development Engineering, Ceferino and his team move in after disasters, working on the ground to understand how and why infrastructure fails — and how governments can build city systems that are better equipped to withstand the next one.
