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Designing with Purpose: Student Innovation to Support Youth Mental Health

In April, the Dana NextGen team visited the University of California, Berkeley campus to see the “Designing Tech Solutions for Youth Mental Health” course in action. The course, designed for undergraduate students to gain hands-on learning experience in entrepreneurship and technology, is not your typical classroom experience—rather, it’s a 16-week immersive program—known as a “Challenge Lab,” where students work in teams spanning different disciplines to explore complex challenges in the mental health landscape. During the course, students draw from diverse vantage points to prototype solutions and learn what it really takes to bring ideas to life.

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SonAura Wins Most Innovative Technology at Collider Cup

The SonAura team is part of the Neurotech Collider Lab's "Designing Tech Solutions for Youth Mental Health" course. SonAura redefines personal audio by creating an AI-powered, adaptive sound bubble that enhances nearby voices while minimizing background noise — delivering seamless, headphone-free conversations through ultrasonic beamforming technology. Read post
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Neurotech Collider Lab ENSURE Program Launches with Support from the Dana Foundation

With generous support from the Dana Foundation, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Equitable Neurotech Solutions for Underserved Regions Everywhere (ENSURE) program. The proposal is supported by the Dana Foundation’s NextGen program, which seeks to catalyze a new generation of interdisciplinary experts who will transform neuroscience and neurotechnology by prioritizing societal needs throughout their research and development. Read post
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Neurotech Collider Lab Announces Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging for Promoting Research and Innovation in Alzheimer’s Disease

We are thrilled to announce that the Neurotech Collider Lab has been honored with an award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA) REDI Program. This accolade recognizes our ongoing commitment to advancing research and training initiatives aimed at supporting individuals affected by Alzheimer's disease. Read post

College of Engineering Announces New Changemaker Course: Transforming Brain Health with Neurotech

Challenge Labs are 4 unit courses for students of all academic backgrounds who seek a rigorous, interactive, team-based, and hands-on learning experience in entrepreneurship and technology. These courses use a unique pedagogy, The Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship, that involves the use of games, industry guest speakers, team exercises, videos and labs to cover the early part of the startup lifecycle. In these highly experiential courses, students form start-up teams to create technology solutions or services to address a broadly-defined problem posed by an industry partner or social challenge. Read post