Before Break! A Few Reminders

[Lauren Ardis]

Dear Jacobs Community, 

Congratulations on wrapping up a wonderful semester, and an extra round of applause for all of our students who participated in our Design Showcase last week. It was exciting to have the Showcase back in person this semester—we hope you had fun, too! There will be a separate email announcement to the winners of our Showcase Raffle later today. We know it's been another semester full of adjustments, and we thank you for your resilience and hard work. 

This email contains important deadlines about our Makerspace and hours, as well as application deadlines for the Innovation Catalysts grant and the Berkeley MDes. Please note, today is the last day of Maker Pass access, as well as the last day to pick up a completed JPS submission. The Makerspace will be open until 7PM. 

Wishing you a wonderful, safe holiday break—we look forward to seeing you in the spring!

Lauren 

IMPORTANT DATES + UPDATES

SPRING 22 INNOVATION CATALYSTS GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 3, 2022

Just one final reminder before the end of the semester: if you have been working on a design project or idea this semester and need resources to take it further, then apply for an Innovation Catalysts student project grant! Grants provide up to $2000 of funding and other support to student projects. 

 

Applications are due January 3rd. Learn more on the grant program webpage, including an info session recording and contact information for members of the grantee review committee who are available to answer final questions.

 

Please feel free to share this opportunity widely; the program is open to all active Berkeley students!

THE BERKELEY MDES APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 3, 2022

The application due date for the Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) graduate program is rapidly approaching. Learn more about the application process on the MDes website. You can also reach out to Gwynne Keathley, the Academic Affairs and Executive Director of the Berkeley MDes, with any last-minute questions or inquiries.

MATERIALS AND PROJECTS REMOVAL

At the end of each semester, Jacobs teaching studios and storage areas are cleaned up so that the building is ready for a new semester of student and course activity. All students, instructors, and groups with projects or materials in the teaching studios must remove them by January 7, 2021. The building is open for materials pickup 8:30am - 7pm weekdays for the remainder of next week, December 20-22, and January 3-7. We are closed for winter curtailment and holidays December 23 - January 2.

As a reminder, there is a separate, earlier deadline for Maker Pass holders to clear out materials from the Makerspace—today, December 17 at 7pm.

If you are unable to retrieve your materials by the specified date, email amy...@berkeley.edu with an exact description of the materials to be saved and where in the building they are located so that we can extend the pickup window until the start of the semester. Any materials/projects in the teaching studios that are not removed or do not have a confirmed pickup deadline extension by January 7th will be recycled/discarded.

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT: DES INV 190, INNOVATION IN DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RESILIENCE

Dr. Vivek Rao will lead DevEng 290-1 / ME 292C / DES INV 190 next semester, on Fridays from 10 AM – 1 PM. This three-unit course, Innovation in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience is now in its third year. Hosted by the Blum Center for Developing Economies, this course applies design innovation methods in a semester-long project to real challenges at the intersection of disaster response and national security. Projects are sourced in collaboration with the National Security Innovation Network. Apply to the class using this link by December 23 for full consideration. Want to learn more? Check out last year's projects on BeHance.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING FUN!

Here are a few images from last week's Showcase, documented by Adam Lau.