More than one of the faculty members we spoke with said their proposals were originally intended to address instruction during the pandemic– but thinking through the affordances of new technology led them to permanently rethink how they will teach their courses.

The CTO Technology Innovation Program is establishing partnerships with student focused programs and organizations at Berkeley that foster innovation, encourage new ways of looking at the world, and promote positive change.

Berkeley Changemaker Technology Innovation Grants (2020) provide financial incentives to bring together individual ideas and excellence from across Berkeley’s decentralized campus, fostering connections and developing institutional awareness and support to expand positive impact.

Submissions have closed, and the review committee is evaluating the 2020 applicants to the Berkeley Changemaker Technology Innovation Grant program.

We are now accepting proposals for Berkeley’s first-ever CTO Technology Innovation program. The CTO is looking to support proposals that will enhance the University’s operations, bolster its research endeavors or help transform instruction and the classroom experience.

January 28th brings another Data Protection Day. Five years ago today we launched UC Berkeley’s “bConnected Transparency Report” to give our students, faculty, and staff a clear idea about how the University handles their personal information in services like Google, Box, and Sharepoint.