Brenda Ogutu is the Associate Engagement Director at Busara, a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that uses social and behavioral scientific research to solve problems in development and poverty alleviation in the Global South. In her role, Brenda oversees and coordinates a diverse portfolio of governance-related projects. Her work at the firm began...
Thelma Rowell, a pioneering British primatologist, died on December 10, 2024, in Yorkshire, UK. She was 89 years old. Dr. Rowell joined the Berkeley faculty in 1974 as a member of the Department of Zoology and, later, the Department of Integrative Biology. She retired from the Berkeley faculty in 1994
On October 9, 2020, the promising young anthropologist, activist, and medical doctor, Sam Dubal, set off to hike the Mother Mountain Loop at the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park, and never returned.
Ravina and Rushika Pattni are two exceptional women making a difference in Tanzania and beyond on the African continent. Ravina earned her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, majoring in Development Studies and Economics. Although she then obtained a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from...