UC Berkeley – $15 Million Gift for Poverty Relief Center

University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
has announced a major new multidisciplinary campus initiative to
improve the quality of life for impoverished people by helping
them develop their full economic potential…
The Blum Center will have two purposes: 1) to educate UC Berkeley students about the world of foreign assistance, its potential and challenges; and 2) to draw on UC Berkeley faculty expertise from a wide range of disciplines including governance and law, affordable technology, agriculture, health care services, infrastructure and general economic development. It will also focus on encouraging and developing entrepreneurship. It will draw on the expertise from faculty at other University of California campuses to put together teams to work on projects in the field.

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