The Medical Social Emotional Arts Project: Transforming Patient-Centered Care
The Art of Healing will train UCLA medical students and professionals to integrate creative arts programming in inpatient pediatric pain management. They will learn best practices established by the UCLArts and Healing Social Emotional Arts (SEA) Certificate Program for amplifying the innate 4 social-emotional benefits of the arts by using mental health practices. Training will … Continue reading “The Medical Social Emotional Arts Project: Transforming Patient-Centered Care”
- Team Members: Rathi Ramasamy, Hannah Leo, Gianna Raggio
- Art & Social Change
- UC Los Angeles
- 2016
Philippine “Labor Beat”
The Philippines is the “social media capital of the world,” but it is also a place where labor violations abound. Philippine “Labor Beat” is a social practice project to support Filipino unionists. Currently, unionists must rely on mainstream or indie media sources to report infractions. Pushing beyond the limitations of these forms of media, Philippine … Continue reading “Philippine “Labor Beat””
- Team Members: Daniel Rudin, Abram Sterm, Jim Libiran
- Art & Social Change
- UC Santa Cruz
- 2016
FITE Film and Resource Connection
The FITE documentary film will combat recidivism in the prison system by motivating currently incarcerated individuals to seek higher education and mentorship opportunities. To accomplish this goal, the film will feature the success stories of relatable, formerly incarcerated students at UC Berkeley. Screening the documentary in prisons and jails around the U.S. will allow currently … Continue reading “FITE Film and Resource Connection”
- Team Members: Skylar Economy, Tristan Caro
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
TIRO
TIRO is a hotline management system designed to give small NGOs serving vulnerable clients in China better record-keeping and reporting capabilities, ultimately improving the efficiency and sustainability of their services to create greater impact. TIRO’s approach is to equip NGOs that operate hotlines with better, lower-cost tools for record-keeping and report-making. Because phone-based consultations remain … Continue reading “TIRO”
- Team Members: Timothy Meyers, Faye Ip, Sophia Lay
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2015
OhMyCause!
OhMyCause! is a web platform that connects people with causes and non-profits. It is a one-stop shop that presents the curated information and stories about causes, who is doing what and where and match individuals to projects with non-profits that best suit their passions, skills and other preferences. It aims to redefine the world … Continue reading “OhMyCause!”
- Team Members: Shyam Kumar, Nicolas Ma, Durgesh Maru, Thomas Vignon, Valentin Waezlynck
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2015
India Smiles
India is currently experiencing rapid economic and industrial expansion, yet, is plagued by the poor health and nutrition of its people. Older approaches to addressing nutritional deficiencies are not as effective as “modern malnutrition” because one of the primary causal factors has only recently emerged: As India becomes a more developed country, its citizens have … Continue reading “India Smiles”
- Team Members: Abhishek Bhatia, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, Kristina Ronsin, Shampa Roy
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2015
Aqua Power: Feed Forward to a Secure Water Future
Water is a precious resource and is vital for all forms of life. In California, 34% of all non-farm use water is used for residential purposes, of which 40% is used in showers, baths and in faucets. Aqua Power aims to address these water shortage challenges by developing an easy to install, low cost device … Continue reading “Aqua Power: Feed Forward to a Secure Water Future”
- Team Members: Thulasi Narayan, Thuria Narayan, Jacob Tomy
- Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2015
Low Cost Scientific Data Drones for Enhanced Melon Productivity and Security
The SmartMelonDrone project will use low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to help manage both the quantity and quality of melon produce. The platform, capable of multispectral imaging, together with image post-analysis software, will support field management, including nitrogen stress detection, water stress detection, pest monitoring, yield estimation, small animal activities, etc. Firstly, real-time imagery with … Continue reading “Low Cost Scientific Data Drones for Enhanced Melon Productivity and Security”
- Team Members: Tiebiao Zhao, Brandon Stark, Jacqueline Clow
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Merced
- 2015
Amplify Impact
Amplify Impact raises global awareness about social innovation in the Middle East by providing an online platform for nonprofits and socially minded for-profits to produce and distribute story-driven, low-cost videos. The platform guides users through a process for identifying their core values and outreach objectives, building a compelling narrative, connecting with local filmmaking professionals or … Continue reading “Amplify Impact”
- Team Members: Ashley Lohmann, Blair Scanlan, Mohammad Abu Musa, Anupam Jindal, Emma Jones
- Art & Social Change, Creative Expression for Social Justice
- UC Berkeley
- 2015