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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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Rural Health Hackathon

Calling All Berkeley Builders and Innovators! If you’re excited about building health solutions that actually matter, the moment is now. The federal government just launched a $50B Rural Health Transformation…

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Haas Voices: Ife Ojo, MBA 27, on leading through complexity across global systems

January 16, 2026

Haas Voices is an ongoing series that highlights the experiences of members of the Berkeley Haas community Ifeoluwa “Ife” Ojo, MBA 27, decided to get an MBA after working in…

Does your robo-advisor know you’re NOT a 30-year-old millionaire?

January 14, 2026

Photo credit: Eyecrave productions for iStock Artificial intelligence can successfully understand how different people think about investing—accurately capturing preferences across gender, age, and income, according to a new UC Berkeley…

Newsletter – January 14, 2026

January 14, 2026

Berkeley SkyDeck has officially opened applications for Batch 22, and we’re calling on our extended community of tech leaders, operators, and accelerator alumni to help spread the word – and to invite promising…

Newsletter – December 3, 2025

January 14, 2026

UC Berkeley hosted the statewide launch of Quantum California on November 7. This new private-public initiative announced by Governor Gavin Newsom aims to unite university researchers, national labs, industry leaders, and policymakers to turn…

Newsletter – November 13, 2025

January 14, 2026

It was a big week at Berkeley SkyDeck, with momentum building across the board as we kicked off Batch 21, hosted major thought leadership, and deepened ties across the Berkeley…

Newsletter – October 17, 2025

January 14, 2026

This week, SkyDeck was thrilled to celebrate the launch of Startup Campus: The Future of Innovation at Berkeley, a new book charting Berkeley’s rise as a global leader in entrepreneurship.…

“Professor Series” Part 2: Interdisciplinary Thinking, Innovation, and the Future of AI — A Conversation with Professor Greg LaBlanc

January 13, 2026

The post “Professor Series” Part 2: Interdisciplinary Thinking, Innovation, and the Future of AI — A Conversation with Professor Greg LaBlanc appeared first on Haas News | UC Berkeley Haas.…

This Nuclear Renaissance Has a Waste Management Problem

January 12, 2026

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Too dirty, too late? Why the economics of Venezuela’s oil don’t pencil out

January 10, 2026

View of the El Palito refinery of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA in Puerto Cabello. Photo by: Jesus Vargas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil reserves—a staggering 300…

How John Clarke’s Nobel Prize-Winning Research Paved the Way for Quantum Computing

January 8, 2026

Key Takeaways John Clarke, a former scientist at Berkeley Lab, shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering quantum tunneling in an electric chip. This research, conducted at Berkeley…

In Memoriam: Dado Banatao (1946–2025)

January 7, 2026

In Memoriam: Dado Banatao (1946–2025)

The Case for Trading Fuel Economy Compliance Credits

January 5, 2026

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Catching up with Bryson Ishii from the D.K. Kim Foundation

January 5, 2026

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Researchers uncover new rules for designing protein-like polymers

January 1, 2026

Findings could lead to eco-friendly plastics and other materials UC Berkeley professor Ting Xu has spent more than seven years trying to figure out how to design synthetic polymers with protein-like behaviors.…

Mark Cuban: Disrupting Industries, Finding Opportunities, and Navigating Your Twenties in an AI World

December 23, 2025

Meet Mark Cuban, owner of Dallas Mavericks, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs, and an investor (or “shark”) on “Shark Tank,” an ABC television series featuring entrepreneurs pitching their companies to…

Authenticity in the Age of AI

December 22, 2025

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Framing the Human–AI Fit: Matching Collaboration Strategies to Hybrid Problems

December 22, 2025

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CITRIS researchers named to National Academy of Inventors

December 19, 2025

CITRIS researchers named to National Academy of Inventors

CITRIS partners with state on responsible tech fellowships

December 19, 2025

CITRIS partners with state on responsible tech fellowships

California vs. the deepfakes: How a Haas faculty member helped write first-in-the-nation AI law  

December 18, 2025

Haas professional faculty member David Evan Harris (center) with (left to right): Ken Wang of CITED; California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks; Mariko Yoshihara of CITED; Shara Murphy of the Office of…

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