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Student Startup Roundup: IDbyDNA, Lendsnap, SapphirePine
This article is part of an occasional series spotlighting students and recent alumni who are working with Berkeley-Haas to start a new business or social enterprise.IDbyDNACo-founders:Guochun Liao,...
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Memorial for Prof. Emeritus Joseph W. Garbarino, Feb. 20
Labor economist and industrial relations expert Joseph William Garbarino will be remembered on February 20 at at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in El Cerrito, CA. He passed away on October 18, 2016, at...
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Former Google Social Impact Project Leader Joins Haas as Exec-in-Residence
/*-->*/ Matthew Stepka, a former vice president at Google whose work ranged from shepherding the company’s mapping business in Sub-Saharan Africa to launching a grant to fight Ebola, has joined...
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Haas Alumnus & Wife Make Major Gift to Support New Building, Student...
By Kim GirardUC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business announced today a gift of up to $25 million from alumnus Kevin Chou, founding CEO of mobile gaming firm Kabam, and his wife, Dr. Connie Chen.It is the...
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New FinTech Club Draws a Crowd at Haas
By Sam ZuckermanIf you’ve ever paid for a latte using your phone or taken out a mortgage from an online provider, then you’ve experienced fintech, a smoking-hot sector that attracted $13.6 billion in...
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Master of Financial Engineering Program Graduates 69 Students
By Kim GirardPhotos: Bruce CookAfter an intense program of research projects, global internships, and competitions, 69 students in the Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program graduated...
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New Certificate Focuses on Multidisciplinary Design & Innovation
By Maya MirskyA new certificate program launched this month provides undergraduates with a chance to learn how design and innovation are taught across the UC Berkeley campus.The Berkeley Certificate in...
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Sangeeta Desai Chosen as Undergrad Commencement Speaker
Sangeeta Desai, BS 98, a top executive at FremantleMedia—producer of the long-running hit vocal show “American Idol”—has been chosen as the 2017 undergraduate commencement speaker.Commencement will be...
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Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez to Speak at MBA Commencement
Joseph Jimenez, CEO of global healthcare giant Novartis, will give the commencement address at the combined Full-time and Evening & Weekend MBA graduation.Commencement will take place on Friday,...
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Farming & Education Startups Rise to Top at Global Social Venture Competition
By Krysten CrawfordSixteen teams of young entrepreneurs from around the world gathered at Berkeley-Haas Friday for the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)—launched by MBA students in 1999 and now...
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