College news

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority partnership advances ‘future energy’ educational program

05/04/19 — UC Berkeley and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) are teaming up to establish a new educational program to accelerate infrastructure systems for sustainable energy.

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Engineering’s 2019 commencement speakers

05/03/19 — This year's commencement speakers are Elizabeth Hausler, Ikennah Browne, Jack McCauley and Gracielita Mendoza-Beginez.

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Spring Berkeley Engineer magazine is here

05/01/19 — The Spring 2019 edition of Berkeley Engineer magazine includes features on self-driving vehicles, machines that heal, the science of war games and more.

UC Berkeley expands responsible data and computer sciences curriculum

04/30/19 — The Responsible Computer Science Challenge, an ambitious $3.5 million initiative, has chosen UC Berkeley as one of its inaugural awardees. The award will support UC Berkeley faculty and students in computer science, social science, and humanities to develop and scale Berkeley's groundbreaking ethics curriculum for data science and computer science.

Master plan survey highlights hot – and less-than-hot – spots at Berkeley Engineering

04/26/19 — Berkeley Engineering is working with the architectural design firm Payette to update the college's facilities master plan. Results from a February 2019 survey of faculty, staff and students are a key part of that process.

Elwyn Berlekamp, game theorist and coding pioneer, dies

04/18/19 — Elwyn Berlekamp, professor emeritus of mathematics and of EECS, developed error-correcting codes that allowed spacecraft from Voyager to the Hubble Space Telescope to send accurate and detailed images back to Earth.

Jitendra Malik receives 2019 IEEE’s Computer Pioneer Award

04/02/19 IEEE — Jitendra Malik, Arthur J. Chick Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of California at Berkeley, has been named to receive the IEEE Computer Society's 2019 Computer Pioneer Award.

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Berkeley Engineering retains #3 spot for grad schools

03/12/19 U.S. News & World Report — UC Berkeley was again No. 3 in U.S. News & World Report's latest ranking of engineering graduate schools. All individual graduate programs were again among the top 10 in their field in the nation.

UC campuses celebrate National Engineers Week

02/21/19 — In honor of National Engineers Week, University of California campuses are presenting snapshots of exemplary UC engineers, many of whom excelled despite formidable barriers and challenging backgrounds.

UC Berkeley students Ben Truong, Surabhi Yadav, Erik Phillip, Zachary Chao and Andre Balthazard talk about solutions during "Hacking4 Local: Oakland"

Solve the housing crisis, fight climate change and more — all for credit

02/07/19 Mercury News — The 25 students enrolled in UC Berkeley's new “Hacking4Local” class are shooting for more than a good grade. They also intend to help solve the Bay Area's housing shortage, prevent wildfires in the East Bay hills and slow climate change. Those lofty goals, and more, are all part of the syllabus.

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Dean Liu chats with EngineerGirl

01/30/19 EngineerGirl — In an interview with Angela Zheng from EngineerGirl, Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu talks about her path to electrical engineering, her priorities as dean, and her advice to students from all backgrounds considering a career in engineering.

Berkeley launches accelerator to support blockchain startups

01/29/19 — UC Berkeley is launching a new blockchain-focused accelerator. The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator will help entrepreneurs pursue ventures in the blockchain space, tap into the vast resources of the campus and Silicon Valley, and receive expert industry guidance to create high-value blockchain startups.