The Big Ideas@Berkeley Contest Is Open!
Believe in the Power of Your Ideas! Calling all Cal Students! Dust off the drawing board and prepare to think big! The Big Ideas@Berkeley contest is now underway — offering $300,000 to help you...
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Big Ideas Grand Prize 2022
"And this years’ Big Ideas Grand Prize Award Goes To…" Kap Stann BERKELEY, May 6, 2022 – In its annual Grand Prize Pitch Day and Awards Celebration on May 4, judges of the UC-wide Rudd Family...
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Undergrads Explore Financial Inclusion in Second Berkeley Changemaker Big...
Sam Goldman Xavier Aguirre Villarreal’s father is a farmer in Coahuila, Mexico. “We get to work with a lot of people from very different places in Mexico,” the senior exchange student says. That...
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Meet the 2023 Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Finalists
By Anehita OkojieLast summer, Louisa Keeler was in her home state of Texas researching ways the government could support survivors of intimate partner violence. Navigating available resources was...
View ArticleLessons Learned Building a Plastic Recycling Startup in Uganda
Since 2020, Takataka Plastics has transformed Uganda’s discarded bottles and packaging into tiles, face shields, flower pots, chairs, coasters and phone holders. (Engineering for Change)
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2023 Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day & Awards Celebration
Kira Erickson and Ivan Jayapurna were awarded the Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Grand Prize of $10,000. Following months of designing, workshopping, mentoring and pitching, High Tide, a student...
View ArticleRecent DevEng Grads and Big Ideas Winner Aim to Bridge Professional...
Master of Development Engineering students Victor Okoro, Daniel Huang, and Joshua Iokua Albano, teamed up to found Madojo, a platform that connects Nigerian university graduates with employers in the...
View ArticleMeet Ilana Lipsett: Big Ideas Mentor and Judge and a Champion for the Future
“I always love to be involved in the local community, but Big Ideas especially felt like a great fit with the skills I have to offer and how I want to be connecting with others,” Lipsett says.
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UC Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest Builds Student-Led Social Innovations
By K.J. Bannan Paige Balcom (2nd from left) and members of the Takataka Plastics teamPaige Balcom, the co-founder, co-CEO and CTO of Takataka Plastics, is changing Uganda — one plastic bottle at a...
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UC Berkeley Big Ideas Contest Finalists Announced
28 Student Teams Showcase Innovation and Diversity Berkeley, CA – February 1, 2024Following an extensive review involving over 100 industry and startup experts, 28 student teams (full list provided...
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