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Startup Law Initiative – Client Application Form Spring 2021

Through the Startup Law Initiative (SLI), law students team up with law firms to provide free legal incorporation services to local entrepreneurs. SLI’s services allow Bay Area founders to overcome…

Startup Fundamentals: FORM+FUND

Apply Now for Berkeley Law’s Startup Program! APPLICATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 Startup Fundamentals: FORM+FUND Applications for FORM+FUND Fall 2020 — Berkeley Law’s workshop series for Berkeley-affiliated entrepreneurs — close…

Have a startup idea? Bay Area I-Corps can turn this idea into a reality! Deadline – 3/26

The Bay Area Regional I-Corps Node offers a one-week course based on Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad (Business Model Canvas + Customer Discovery). The three evening sessions will teach you to…

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Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day

A blue-and-yellow flyer reading "Grand Prize Pitch Day & Awards Celebration: Wednesday May 7th 4pm-7pm PST | Blum Hall B100."

​The Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day and Awards Celebration brings together the Big Ideas community to honor and showcase our most outstanding student-led…

Collider Cup XVI

A group of SCET students, faculty, and guests smiling at Collider Cup XIII.

The Collider Cup is the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s showcase of the best student teams each semester. Come watch teams pitch to panels of professors, investors and industry…

Master of Translational Medicine Final Symposium

Join us to celebrate the Master of Translational Medicine (MTM) Class of 2025 as they showcase their capstone projects. In partnership with industry leaders, these students have worked to move…

TC Sessions: AI

TC Sessions AI

TechCrunch returns to the Bay Area, delivering insights into the cutting-edge world of AI through expert-led main-stage sessions, focused breakouts, and unparalleled networking opportunities.

TechCrunch All Stage – Ultimate Founder Summit

TechCrunch All Stage

TechCrunch is returning to Boston, MA with All Stage (formerly Early Stage), to bring you a full day of how-to, must-have founder knowledge, powered by Fidelity Investments.

US-Asia Health Innovation Networking in Silicon Valley

This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with leaders and innovators in health innovation– including participants in Taiwanese government-funded programs, biotech and health startups, professionals working across US and…

News

National Academy of Sciences adds eight from UC Berkeley to its ranks

May 2, 2025

The National Academy of Sciences has added eight UC Berkeley faculty members to its esteemed ranks of scholars and experts who advise governments and other organizations on subjects in academic…

Faculty and graduate student instructors honored with 2025 awards for teaching excellence

May 2, 2025

Cheit Award winners were honored at a reception in the Haas Dean’s Suite this week. Pictured, from left to right: Satish Ananthaswamy; Erika Walker, senior vice dean for instruction; Maura…

Learning by doing: UC students take on CITRIS Workforce Innovation internships

May 1, 2025

Learning by doing: UC students take on CITRIS Workforce Innovation internships

IE University Students Dive into Berkeley’s InnovationEcosystem During Immersion Week 2025

May 1, 2025

2025 UC Berkeley IE SCET Immersion Week 4/9 Earlier this month, a cohort of Data Science and Business graduate students from IE Universityin Spain, arrived at UC Berkeley for a…

CITRIS leaders speak about responsible, sustainable tech

April 30, 2025

CITRIS leaders speak about responsible, sustainable tech

SCET x Purpose Academy: Inspiring Global Youth Entrepreneurship

April 30, 2025

In mid-April, Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) welcomed a cohort of high school students from across India through the 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion) Purpose Academy.…

Berkeley Haas undergrads shine at Fashion Scholarship Fund gala

April 30, 2025

Two Berkeley Haas undergraduate students chosen as national Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholars were recognized this month for projects focused on the intersection of digital technology and fashion at the…

Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

April 30, 2025

Many successful drugs are based on medicinal plants used and stewarded for generations by Native communities. A UC Berkeley doctoral student says these communities should also benefit. As a descendent…

AI in the Classroom: Teaching MBA students to harness AI for business success

April 29, 2025

“Classified” is an occasional series spotlighting some of the more powerful lessons being taught in classrooms around Haas. MBA students enrolled in the new course “Harnessing AI for Business Success.…

Ramboll’s Cheryl Ginyard-Jones: Engineering a sustainable future with forward-thinking leadership

April 28, 2025

Decades ago, Cheryl Ginyard-Jones was working at oil giant BP when then-CEO John Browne famously admitted that oil and gas companies contribute to climate change. Browne switched the BP logo…

Donald Rio elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 28, 2025

UC Berkeley’s newest members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Clockwise from upper left, Donald Rio, Dawn Song, Philip Stark, Ian Agol, Leslie Kurke and Yang Dan. Marissa…

Three Ways to Kill an Electric Vehicle

April 28, 2025

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Berkeley Haas Cleantech to Market program renamed after gift from The Mosse Foundation

April 25, 2025

The flagship Cleantech to Market program at Berkeley Haas will be renamed The Strauch Cleantech to Market Program in acknowledgement of a generous gift from the co-presidents of The Mosse…

Newsletter – April 18, 2025

April 23, 2025

On Wednesday, 22 remarkable Berkeley SkyDeck startups took the stage to pitch bold innovations to an auditorium full of top Silicon Valley investors – and they delivered. From enterprise AI…

Markita Landry named Guggenheim Foundation fellow

April 23, 2025

Markita Landry named Guggenheim Foundation fellow

AI innovation dominates 2025 UC LAUNCH Demo Day competition at Berkeley Haas

April 23, 2025

Eight startup teams pitched during LAUNCH Demo Day. Photo: Parsa Mujadedy. Startup founders who pitched technologies ranging from an AI-powered wearable vest designed to improve balance to prevent falls to…

Crittenden offers AI insights to higher ed tech execs

April 23, 2025

Crittenden offers AI insights to higher ed tech execs

Innovation Hub director’s insights empower students in tech

April 23, 2025

Innovation Hub director’s insights empower students in tech

Leading the Charge: Cheryl Ginyard-Jones on Innovation, Leadership, and the Future of Green Energy

April 23, 2025

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Workers are getting a smaller piece of the pie. Here’s why.

April 22, 2025

Robots make auto parts at the production workshop of Zhenhua Zhende Auto Parts Co. in Ningde, China. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via AP) The portion of national income that goes into…

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