By Laura D. Tyson Philanthropy University, the global online training program for social sector leaders that is anchored at Berkeley-Haas, has achieved even more in its first six months than most of us dared hope….
By Edmund L. Andrews Katya Cherukumilli, a Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering at Berkeley, has won a prestigious prize for her work at the Gadgil research lab on a novel strategy to protect…
In their latest column for Project Syndicate, Laura D. Tyson and Lenny Mendonca outline the accelerating pace of pay-for-success pilot projects in Republican and Democratic states alike. The projects are testing promising new strategies to…
In a new column published by Project Syndicate, Laura D. Tyson and Lenny Mendonca argue that the rise of digital, on-demand work platforms – from Uber and TaskRabbit to Freelancer.com – requires new policies to…
Calling social entrepreneurs from around the world: the application deadline for the 2016 Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is coming up fast on Dec. 4. Offering a total of $50,000 in prizes, the GSVC…
By Edmund L. Andrews When people talk about “green” business, they often think about renewable energy and products that have a smaller carbon footprint. But there is also a burgeoning business interest in “green…
By Edmund L. Andrews For more than 30 years, the Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer has been preoccupied with the idea that healthy and delicious cuisine can be both an instrument of social change…
The New York Times offers an in-depth look today at Philanthropy University, the new Berkeley-Haas partnership that provides free-online training to social sector leaders around the world. Paul Sullivan, author of the Times’ Wealth…
When it comes to products that are “good” – healthier, safer for the environment, or produced by companies that treat workers fairly – what consumers say they want is often very different from what…
If the social impact arena at Berkeley-Haas seemed busy and ambitious last year, the months ahead will be turbo-charged. Here is a quick overview of major projects underway: Philanthropy University. We have already written at…