Berkeley engineers named to 30 Under 30
1/4/2017 - Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list for 2017, a compilation of the brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers across 20 industries, includes four Berkeley Engineering alumni.
Honors & awards
Jacobs Hall ranks platinum for sustainability
12/7/2016 - Jacobs Hall, home of the College of Engineering’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation , has won platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.
2 professors among the "7 over 70"
11/1/2016 A companion to Tech Review's annual 35 Innovators Under 35 list features a list of seven innovators over 70. The new list includes electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) professor Ruzena Bajcsy and professor emeritus Michael Stonebraker, now at MIT.
7 Berkeley engineers among 35 top innovators under 35
11/1/2016 Five alumni — among seven engineers in all from the college — were named the Top Innovators Under 35 of 2016 by MIT Technology Review .
Nobel (bike) parking
11/1/2016 Reserved parking for Nobel laureates won’t be limited to cars anymore. New, gold-colored bike racks were installed just outside of the Free Speech Café in recognition of Berkeley’s contributions to the 2007 Nobel-prize winning International Panel on Climate Change.
"Who is the Michael Jordan of computer science?"
11/1/2016 An April article in the magazine Science identifies Berkeley computer science professor Michael Jordan as the world’s most influential computer scientist.
DOE recognizes Berkeley, Jacobs Hall for energy innovations
10/26/2016 Energy.gov - The Energy Department’s Better Buildings Challenge program on Tuesday recognized UC Berkeley for its leadership in energy efficiency, citing in particular the 65 percent energy savings at Berkeley Engineering's new Jacobs Hall facility.
$1.5 million to study language development, via bats
10/26/2016 - Seeking insight into the neurobiological basis of language learning, the New York Stem Cell Foundation has granted a $1.5 million Robertson Neuroscience Investigator award to Michael Yartsev, assistant professor of bioengineering, for his novel studies involving bats.
Women in Tech conference Oct. 5
9/29/2016 - "Women in Technology: Recognizing Leaders, Inspiring the Next Generation," a daylong symposium on diversity in the tech sector, on Wednesday, Oct. 5 in Banatao Auditorium.
3 from EECS win CITRIS Athena Awards
9/29/2016 CITRIS - EECS professors Tsu-Jae King Liu and Claire Tomlin, and alumna Vidya Ganapati (M.S.'12, Ph.D.'15) , are among the inaugural winners of the CITRIS Athena Awards, recognizing the accomplishments of technology leaders and organizations fostering interest in computer science for the next generation of women and girls.