Blum Center Homepage

Blum Ambassadors Council co-founder Lydia Natoolo "delivers hope to hospital in homeland (Aug. 24)." Read full article in the news section.
The global food summit covered issues such as food security, sustainability, and development, and featured speakers such as Janet Napolitano, Nora Gilbert, and Paula Daniels. Learn more here: bit.ly/GFS2016-storify
Congratulations to Negocios and Etc for winning the Blum Center award at the 2016 Paul Merage School of Business – Business Plan Competition! To learn more, read on at: http://blumcenter.uci.edu/2016/05/19/blum-helps-sponsor-2016-business-plan-competition/
University of California's Blum Centers to tackle global poverty - "The University of California will deploy the collective power of its 10 campuses in a multidisciplinary effort to combat poverty in California and around the world, UC officials announced today (Feb. 8)." Read full press release in the news section.

Minor

A core course in global poverty will launch in 2016-2017. The minor:

Draws upon existing campus strengths
A variety of applied disciplines
Policy-oriented domains

More »

Research

The Center supports pioneering, interdisciplinary research to develop human-centered, contextually sensitive and sustainable solutions to poverty, including:

Community research projects
Seed grants for student research

More »

Internships

There are opportunities to participate both immediately, with upcoming events, and in the quarters ahead by:

Enabling students to engage with the issue of poverty in a practical way
Contributing to a body of research
Joining the Blum Ambassadors Council

More »

News

Current UCI Blum Center news:

Big Ideas Contest Launches for 2016-2017. Read more HERE.
UCOP calls upon the Blum Centers in efforts to tackle poverty in California and across the globe. Read the full press release HERE.

More »