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Social Entrepreneur Priya Haji, MBA 03, Passes Away
Haas alumna Priya Haji, MBA 03, the co-founder of Free at Last, World of Good, and SaveUp, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 14. She was 44.Born in Detroit, Haji earned a bachelor's degree in...
View ArticleKeeping Haas 'Haasome' Spurs MBA Giving
Graduating Full-Time and Evening & Weekend Berkeley MBA students raised some $43,000 as part of the 2014 graduating gift campaigns.Michael Larcher and Ryan Schultheis, both MBA 14, led the...
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Stephanie Fujii Named New Assistant Dean, Full-Time MBA Program and Admissions
Stephanie Fujii, MBA '04, has been named the first assistant dean of the Full-time MBA Program and Admissions, a newly created position at Haas.Fujii was appointed by Haas Dean Rich Lyons, effective...
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Leffler Named Among 30 Most Important Women in Tech Under 30
Libby Leffler, BS 06, a strategic partner manager at Facebook, was recognized this year by the online publication Business Insider as one of 30 most important women under 30 in technology.After joining...
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Centenarian Finally Receives Diploma
It may have taken Hugh D. Williams more than 70 years to earn a UC Berkeley degree. But at age 101, he finally did it.Williams received the diploma Sept. 22, surrounded by his family at the senior...
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Centenarian Finally Receives Diploma
It may have taken Hugh D. Williams more than 70 years to earn a UC Berkeley degree. But at age 101, he finally did it.Williams received the diploma Sept. 22, surrounded by his family at the senior...
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Antarctica Explorer Alan Lock, MBA 11, Featured in “Supersurvivors”
Alan Lock, MBA 11, the first visually impaired person to trek from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole and to row across the Atlantic Ocean, is a featured “Supersurvivor” in a new book that tracks...
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Haas Alumni Beam at Student Union’s Topping Out Party
Students, administrators, and city dignitaries, including Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, gathered at the Lower Sproul construction site Oct. 14 to sign the final steel beam for the frame of Eshleman Hall,...
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Haas to Honor Investment/Clean Tech Leader Stuart Bernstein at November 14 Gala
Stuart Bernstein, BS 86, a Goldman Sachs managing director and partner who has shaken up investment banking with his passion for clean energy and the environment, will be honored as Business Leader of...
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Haas to Honor Clean Tech Investor Stuart Bernstein at Gala
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Fast Tracked: Alumni-led Companies Named to Fast 100 List
Five firms led by Haas alumni recently made the San Francisco Business Times’ Fast 100 list of the Bay Area’s fastest growing private companies. The honored Haas-led companies include TubeMogul, New...
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Obituary: Barclay Simpson, alum, business leader, philanthropist
UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks issued the following statement on the passing of the university’s dear and trusted friend:The University of California, Berkeley, mourns the loss of Barclay...
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Big Give 24-Hour Fundraising Blitz, Nov. 20
A federal judge, a Cal linebacker, multiple CEOs, an Olympic swimmer, and a Nobel laureate are among the University of California-Berkeley luminaries getting the word out about the Big Give—Berkeley’s...
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Building With a Purpose: A Q&A With Dean Rich Lyons
What do you expect the impact of the new North Academic Building to be?There is a strong reputational case to be made for this new building. Over the past 20 years, our school has experienced a spike...
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New North Academic Building to Transform Berkeley-Haas Student Experience
The Haas School of Business has begun construction of a new six-story academic building devoted entirely to student learning and interaction, Dean Rich Lyons announced today.The $60 million structure...
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Haas Crowdfunds to Teach Good Hygiene to Underprivileged Children
Campaign reaches 50% of goal with days left to donateLearn more and donate to the campaign.On any given day, a child’s little hands touch hundreds of surfaces and other people – all laden with germs...
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Haas Entrepreneur Sells Startup Krave to Hershey
Jon Sebastiani and his team came into the 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class with several key observations, Haas Lecturer Steve Blank writes in Forbes:Snack foods were a large ~$35 billion, but the...
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