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Two Alumni Make SF Business Times "40 Under 40" List
Kevin Chou, BS 02, and Sheldon Kimber, MBA 07, were named to this year's "40 Under 40" list of young professionals who "hit home runs," compiled by the San Francisco Business Times.Chou, 32, is...
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IDEO General Manager Tom Kelley to Headline Alumni Conference, April 27
From lessons on design thinking to a series of talks modeled after TEDx events, the Annual Alumni Conference on April 27 will feature a full day of teaching by more than two dozen alumni, faculty, and...
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Profs. Williamson, Yellen Named Berkeley Fellows
Haas Professors Emeriti Oliver Williamson and Janet Yellen were honored as Berkeley Fellows earlier this year by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.Williamson, the 2009 Nobel laureate in economics, and...
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Global Social Venture Competition to Host Record Number of Worldwide Finalist...
Reducing malaria in Africa via a mosquito-repelling soap, addressing the planet-wide plastics pollution crisis with pulp-and-paper packaging alternatives, and decreasing infant mortality rates in rural...
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Undergrad Program to Host First Women Empowerment Day, April 19
In her third year of lecturing in the Haas Undergraduate Program, alumna Krystal Thomas, BS 94, realized that 90 percent of the conversations in her office hours involved young women coming to her to...
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Watch YouTube Documentary on Sight-Impaired Alum's Polar Trek
At the end of 2011, Alan Lock and Andrew Jensen, both MBA 11, trekked 570 miles over 28 days from the Antarctic Shoreline to the South Pole. For Lock, the Polar Vision trek—now captured in a new...
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Tee Off May 13 at Haaski Golf Open
Mark French, MBA 98, will be the first to tell you he’s no good at golf.“I’m a complete hack as a golfer,” says French with a laugh. “I don’t think I’ve had a round under a hundred in a couple...
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Picturing Haas Culture
The walls have come to life at Haas with new posters that reflect our Defining Principles and showcase just a few of our many talented faculty, students, alumni, and staff.You’ll find them throughout...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneurs at Haas Opens Summer Academy to Students in Asia, Preps...
The Center for Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH) youth mentoring program is expanding its summer business academy to high school students in Taiwan.YEAH's UC Berkeley Business Academy (B-BAY) is...
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Celebrate Haas Courtyard Opening May 2
The newly transformed Haas courtyard has come alive, providing a more inviting space for alumni during reunion weekend Saturday and for new full-time MBA admits Friday at Days at Haas II.Faculty,...
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Center for Executive Education Welcomes New CEO
Derek Dean joins the Center for Executive Education (CEE) as its new CEO today (April 29), bringing more than two decades of experience in consulting at The Exetor Group and McKinsey & Co.Dean most...
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Undergrad, MBA, and PhD Students Bid Haas Farewell
Nearly 900 business school students are graduating this month, bringing to a close their education in the classroom but not their lifelong connection to Berkeley-Haas.PhD CommencementTwelve PhD...
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Berkeley Board Fellows Award $30,000 to Three Nonprofits
Berkeley Board Fellow Nonprofit WinnersBerkeley MBA and other graduate students awarded $30,000 to three nonprofit boards of directors at the first annual Berkeley Board Fellow Excellence Awards on May...
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Socially Responsible Investment Fund Launches Capital Campaign
Not many investment funds can boast a five-year return of better than 50 percent. Fewer still are run by graduate students. But the Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund (HSRIF) meets both...
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MBA Venture Aimed at Wine Aficionados Wins $100K
Raise a glass to Pristine, a Berkeley MBA startup that uses smartphone technology to enhance the wine-drinking experience—and is now $100,000 stronger thanks to a grant from Founder.org.Vik Thairani,...
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Berkeley-Haas to Boost its Efforts in Creating Social and Environmental...
The Haas School will significantly boost its efforts to inspire creative and effective business solutions to address some of the world’s most pressing problems with the launch of its new Institute for...
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Four Members of Haas Community Honored by Thinkers50 Global Ranking of...
Haas Adjunct Professor and alumnus Henry Chesbrough, PhD 97, and UC Berkeley School of Information Professor Morten Hansen made the 2013 Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers. Alumnus...
View ArticleBerkeley Entrepreneurship Week Brings Entrepreneurs, VCs to Campus, Nov. 18-22
The first Berkeley Entrepreneurship Week organized by Startup@Berkeley, an interdisciplinary club on campus, will bring nearly two dozen entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from such companies as...
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Alum's LED Lighting Startup Cuts Energy Costs in Haas Computer Lab
If you use the Haas computer lab, you may have noticed a subtle yet significant change in the overhead lighting. Haas Facilities recently replaced 78 fluorescent lights with 52 broader spectrum,...
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Wells Fargo Gives $100K to Cleantech to Market Program
Cleantech to Market, an interdisciplinary program in the Haas School of Business' Energy Institute, has received a $100,000 philanthropic grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. The grant is part of a...
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