Grand Challenges Impact Lab


March 12, 2023

2023 Student Blog

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In Winter quarter 2023, 10 students traveled to Bangalore India to contribute ideas and solutions for issues of food security, clean water and climate change and also to write blog posts about their experiences. Get a sense of their journeys through these blogs.


March 10, 2023

Final Thoughts

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Night Street

The series of blog post finales began over a week ago, with all of you, my great classmates, sharing your final words about our time here in India. I loved all these posts. How nice it was to hear you summarize these weeks that seem to defy a summary in my head. Of course, at…


March 9, 2023

Last Blog

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I’m running out of interesting ways to open a blog. Maybe it’s just me but openers seem to spread like wildfire in a group that reads to each other each morning. I probably should have consulted with my favorite blog writer here, Jack, to get some tips. Eh, let’s see what we can do. As…


March 8, 2023

Time flies when you’re busy

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Study session

This week has all of us working to finish our class projects: writing reports, working on and practicing our presentations, figuring out a script for a two-minute video, and figuring out how to effectively communicate our ideas and what we’ve learned. In the midst of that, we’re also packing up our laptops to make impromptu…


March 7, 2023

Full Circle

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School

Today, Rachel and I gave a practice presentation of our project idea to the GCIL group and then finished wrapping up the work we needed to complete for Parikrma. With this representing the end of a large chunk of the work Rachel and I needed to do here, I felt a giant piece of the…


March 5, 2023

The 3 C’s in life

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Hostel

Hostel Rooftop on Kayt’s first day in Bangalore A little over two months ago, I made the choice to jump on a plane that landed me here in Bangalore. I remember starting that day by spending my morning at one of my favorite places in Bangkok, Thailand, Lumphini Park, a beautiful little oasis of nature…


March 2, 2023

Thank you, next

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Hostel

So, it’s finally my last blog post. Time sure flies. I could spend hours recounting all the nuances I experienced on this trip, but with this final post I’d like to share the heart of my journey here in Bangalore. It’s going to be raw and honest and a little on the longer side, so…


March 1, 2023

Wins and Lessons

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In almost a week, all four GCIL groups will present their projects in front of an auditorium filled with members of our organizations, BMS students, professors, and peers. Some will be presenting on projects they have been building on since our first round of iterations, while others have started from scratch in the past three…