Jacobs Institute Student Newsletter: January 10th, 2025
Jacobs Institute Student Newsletter
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Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalysts Grant Program Applications Open for Spring 2025
Every semester, students bring a wide range of innovative projects to life at Jacobs Hall and throughout Berkeley’s vibrant design ecosystem. The Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalysts, made possible by Deborah Weisser, Ben Gomes, and the Eustace-Kwan Family Foundation, is a student grant program that provides an avenue for these ambitious student innovators to unlock further potential in their projects. Berkeley students are invited to propose projects that they aim to develop over the course of a semester. Selected grantees will work on their projects with the support of resources from the Jacobs Institute and CITRIS Invention Lab, and as part of a cohort of fellow student innovators. Apply today!
Spring 2025 Dates:
Application Opens: Monday, December 9th, 2024
Application Closes: Friday, January 24th, 9AM PST
Program Kick-off: Monday, February 3rd, 10am-12pm
Mid-Term Check-in: Monday, March 17th, 10am-12pm
Program Wrap-up: Monday, April 28th, 10am-12pm
Jacobs Spring Design Showcase: May 5th-May 9th
For more information about our grant program, please visit our webpage and review our information slidedeck. For questions, please reach out to Janrey Javier, janrey...@berkeley.edu.
Rive Workshop: Learn Motion Design with a Cutting-Edge Tool
3 week workshop on 1/31, 2/7, and 2/14 from 10:30-11:30am in Jacobs 10
Dive into the world of motion design with Rive! In this 3-week workshop, we’ll break down animation fundamentals while guiding you through Rive’s powerful tools. You will have three fully completed Rive assets by the end of this course — great to present for your portfolio!
This is perfect for designers trying to expand their skill set, or for those who are interested in motion & animation.
Taught by Abe Yang, a Product & Motion Designer who uses Rive to create fluid animations for the web and other mediums.
RSVP here to participate!
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New Paper Offers Framework and Tools for Building Human-Centered AI
Dr. Stef Hutka, UC Berkeley instructor and design research practitioner, recently published her paper, Designing AI to Think With Us, Not For Us, at EPIC, the leading conference on ethnography in business and organizations. The paper describes how generative AI is challenging the foundations of how human-centered practitioners work, and offers a new framework and tools for building human-centered AI. Read the paper here: https://www.epicpeople.org/designing-ai-to-think-with-us/ For more content like this, check out Stef's Substack: https://sendfull.substack.com/
Please reach out to Stef Hutka, PhD, shu...@berkeley.edu for questions and concerns.
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