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Innovation Catalysts program boosts student innovations

This spring, ten diverse student teams…

Tools of the trade

Here at Jacobs Hall, students often enter the building with exciting ideas, looking for specific tools to turn these ideas…

A beginner’s guide to making

Menglong Guo is a third-year mechanical engineering student who is on Jacobs Hall’s team of advanced…

Alumni perspectives: Designing beyond Berkeley

Since the Jacobs Institute’s launch in 2015, it has served as a gathering point…

Building a team, building culture

“From the beginning, we’ve had the intention to create a culture through our staff.” — Joey…

Getting into the field

The Bay Area is a global center of design activity, from Silicon Valley innovations to the urban manufacturing projects…

A look at the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase

On May 3 and 4, students from 17 courses held in Jacobs…

48 Hours, 11 Innovations at TOM:Berkeley

On March 17, nearly 100 innovators gathered at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation…

A culture of skill-sharing

At Jacobs Hall, students play an active role in shaping and leading opportunities for learning about design…

Spotlight on: R I S ☰, Berkeley’s Solar Decathlon Team

Designing for Dialogue

On the morning after the election, post-its appeared in a Jacobs Hall studio. With Americans across the political…

Community spotlight: Reconstructing the past with 3D printing

Bringing cutting-edge 3D printing to Berkeley

An ecosystem of impact

“I just love the human aspect of it,” said Lily Nguyen as she talked about the process behind her team’s “solar box”…