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By Sarah White, DIL Competitions Coordinator Cellular phones provide vital communication service across the globe, but more than 1 billion people worldwide live beyond the reach of existing networks. As …

By Rachel Strohm, DIL Graduate Student Researcher Each year, over 1,400 scholars who have recently received their PhDs conduct research at UC Berkeley as postdoctoral fellows. Beginning in Fall 2013, …

By Abby Madan, Blum Center Student Writer UC Berkeley’s Development Impact Lab (DIL) is forging a new, interdisciplinary field of academic and applied research, called Development Engineering (DevEng). Development Engineering …

By Andrea Guzman, Blum Center Student Writer, and DIL Staff This past year, the Development Impact Lab (DIL) at UC Berkeley launched a grant program, DIL Explore, to jump-start new …

By Abby Madan, Blum Center Student Writer On March 7, 2014, DIL hosted its first conference, “Revealing Demand for Pro-poor Innovations,” which focused on lessons learned from both failed and …

By Rachel Strohm, DIL Graduate Student Researcher Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to foster innovation in international development. DIL promotes interdisciplinary collaboration through its Practitioner-in-Residence program, which brings experienced development practitioners …

By Anh-Thi Le, DIL Program Coordinator Kate Fenimore’s passion for international development was ignited while working as a video editor for socially-minded TV and Internet outlets. Her experience documenting various …

By Anh-Thi Le, DIL Program Coordinator The Big Ideas@Berkeley contest provides funding, encouragement, and yearlong support to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students who seek to create social impact. …

Concluding the Big Ideas@Berkeley Grand Prize Pitch Day event, at which six of the contest’s top teams pitched their ideas to the campus community, Dave Ferguson, deputy director of the …

Eight UC Berkeley graduate researchers are working with the Blum Center’s Development Impact Lab (DIL) to expand the avenues available for students from all departments to directly apply their ideas to pressing technology challenges …

At a recent one-day conference, the worldwide consortium of the Development Impact Lab (DIL) was launched with a blend of presentations, workshops, and conversations. These activities aimed to facilitate novel collaborations that will …

The Development Impact Lab at UC Berkeley (funded by USAID) is putting together a Designated Emphasis (“Ph.D minor”) in Development Engineering (DE2) that will spark collaboration between doctoral students from both STEM …