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Home > News > With flexibility comes possibility

With flexibility comes possibility

Berkeley Engineer Spring 2022 cover
April 15, 2022
This article appeared in Berkeley Engineer magazine, Spring 2022
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Since its opening in 2015, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation has provided an interdisciplinary hub for learning — a place where engineers and makers can collaborate at the intersection of design and technology.

Thanks to philanthropy and support from the Berkeley Engineering Fund, the institute has grown and enriched its opportunities for hands-on learning. The goal now is to sustain its programs, which have become a hallmark of a Berkeley Engineering education. By securing ongoing funding for our current programs, we can look to a future that opens Jacobs to more students, both in engineering and beyond.

Flexible resources like the Berkeley Engineering Fund enable us to meet such challenges quickly. Annual contributions are put to use immediately in support of the college’s greatest needs. With your support, anything is possible.

To learn more about giving to the Berkeley Engineering Fund, email us at: bef@berkeley.edu

Berkeley Engineering
Student at Jacobs Design SHowcase
3D-printed miniature bicycle
“If you really want to teach students to exercise their minds in a creative way, I can’t think of another place on campus that allows that as much as Jacobs.”
— Jonathan Watkins
 Engineering undergraduate student
A trio of wheeled devices at the design showcase.
Student at Jacobs Design Showcase
“Jacobs Hall has been a game-changer because students can physically experience what their designs look like in the real world.”
— Brian Salazar
 Engineering Ph.D. student
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