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Big Ideas Winners

PairWalk (UC Berkeley)
2017, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

PairWalk (UC Berkeley)

BearCare: Comprehensive Student Mobile Health App (UC Berkeley)
2017, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

BearCare: Comprehensive Student Mobile Health App (UC Berkeley)

React!: A Board Game that Makes Organic Chemistry Fun (UC Berkeley)
2017, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

React!: A Board Game that Makes Organic Chemistry Fun (UC Berkeley)

CourseExplorer: Helping Students Uncover Hidden Gems
2017, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

CourseExplorer: Helping Students Uncover Hidden Gems

ULAB: Undergraduate Lab at Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
2017, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

ULAB: Undergraduate Lab at Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Luminavi App (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Luminavi App (UC Berkeley)

UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Campus Cooks (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Campus Cooks (UC Berkeley)

SafeSpace (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

SafeSpace (UC Berkeley)

Special Lessons in Neuroscience (UC Berkeley)
2015, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Special Lessons in Neuroscience (UC Berkeley)

SeedEd Capital (UC Berkeley)
2015, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

SeedEd Capital (UC Berkeley)

UC Berkeley Financial Literacy and Economic Justice Conference (UC Berkeley)
2015, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Financial Literacy and Economic Justice Conference (UC Berkeley)

sideProject (UC Berkeley)
2015, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

sideProject (UC Berkeley)

Catalyst@Berkeley Expansion Program (UC Berkeley)
2015
UC Berkeley

Catalyst@Berkeley Expansion Program (UC Berkeley)

The Phoenix Scholars (UC Berkeley)
2014, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

The Phoenix Scholars (UC Berkeley)

BEAM Box: Project-Based Learning (UC Berkeley)
2014, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

BEAM Box: Project-Based Learning (UC Berkeley)

CloudCreations (UC Berkeley)
2014, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

CloudCreations (UC Berkeley)

LuxWalk (UC Berkeley)
2014, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

LuxWalk (UC Berkeley)

Berkcycle (UC Berkeley)
2014, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Berkcycle (UC Berkeley)

Push Me, Pull You: O-Chem, the Fun Way! (UC Berkeley)
2013, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Push Me, Pull You: O-Chem, the Fun Way! (UC Berkeley)

UC Berkeley Science Shop: Connecting Communities to University Research (UC Berkeley)
2013, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Science Shop: Connecting Communities to University Research (UC Berkeley)

Free Ventures (UC Berkeley)
2013, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Free Ventures (UC Berkeley)

CleanTech Solutions
2008
Improving Student Life

CleanTech Solutions

The Interfaith Action Initiative
2007
Improving Student Life

The Interfaith Action Initiative

The Berkeley Project
2007
Improving Student Life

The Berkeley Project

Campus Insight (UC Berkeley)
2012, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Campus Insight (UC Berkeley)

Footstep Energy (UC Berkeley)
2012, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Footstep Energy (UC Berkeley)

Loccasion: Smartphone App for Effective Engagement between Organizations and Students (UC Berkeley)
2012, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Loccasion: Smartphone App for Effective Engagement between Organizations and Students (UC Berkeley)

PiE Fall STEM Mentorship Program (UC Berkeley)
2012, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

PiE Fall STEM Mentorship Program (UC Berkeley)

Crime Fighter: Mobile App That Prevents Crime (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Crime Fighter: Mobile App That Prevents Crime (UC Berkeley)

Berkeley City College Service Community (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Berkeley City College Service Community (UC Berkeley)

Youth Creating Change (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Youth Creating Change (UC Berkeley)

Students-Community Collaborative Design Challenge (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Students-Community Collaborative Design Challenge (UC Berkeley)

CAL Community Kitchen (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

CAL Community Kitchen (UC Berkeley)

Social Resources for a Healthy Community (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Social Resources for a Healthy Community (UC Berkeley)

Class Projects to Social Ventures (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Class Projects to Social Ventures (UC Berkeley)

Pinoleville Pomo Nation (TELUS) (UC Berkeley)
2009, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Pinoleville Pomo Nation (TELUS) (UC Berkeley)

Men’s Story Project (UC Berkeley)
2009, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Men’s Story Project (UC Berkeley)

Disability Awareness through Sport (UC Berkeley)
2009, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Disability Awareness through Sport (UC Berkeley)

CS0: Beauty, Awe and Joy of Computing (UC Berkeley)
2009, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

CS0: Beauty, Awe and Joy of Computing (UC Berkeley)

Berkeley Student Food Cooperative (UC Berkeley)
2009, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Berkeley Student Food Cooperative (UC Berkeley)

Cal Science Corps (UC Berkeley)
2009, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Cal Science Corps (UC Berkeley)

The Economics and Business Perspectives of Philanthropy (UC Berkeley)
2009, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

The Economics and Business Perspectives of Philanthropy (UC Berkeley)

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