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Montage of T-PREP students working on projects

Transfer student success

11/07/22 — The Transfer Pre-Engineering Program (T-PREP) has won the 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
Students networking at NextProf Nexus

NextProf Nexus: Cultivating a new generation of engineering faculty

09/27/22 — Berkeley Engineering hosts 3-day workshop to address diversity in STEM academia
Two students with math formulas in background. One child is looking at a book while sitting on an elevated area, while the second child, who appears Black, is standing below with hands on hips.

Jelani Nelson weighs in on state efforts to reform math education

09/08/22 — New Yorker: The EECS professor says proposed California Math Framework could worsen disparities in STEM
Lab technician in clean room holding a silicon wafer

CHIPS Act includes new support for workforce training, providing opportunities for higher ed

08/09/22 — Dean Liu weighs in on consequential new bill to re-shore semiconductor manufacturing in the United States
FIRE Foundry crew take a break from training at a Wildland Academy event

Fired up for the future

07/19/22 — FIRE Foundry aims to increase diversity among fire crews and accelerate the adoption of advanced firefighting technologies
Illustration of math books, ruler, calculator, etc.

California’s math education needs an update, but not the one proposed

05/12/22 — LA Times: In this op-ed, Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu and Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes say a proposal to change California's K-12 math framework will leave students unprepared for STEM in college.
Oakland high school students tour the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

New program looks to diversify next generation of civil and environmental engineers

04/07/22 — Partnership with Oakland schools, civic leaders and local practitioners aims to bolster workforce, improve engineering equity
Space Technologies and Rocketry Team

Berkeley Engineering launches aerospace major

10/06/21 — New discipline debuts in fall 2022
NextProf Nexus Workshop

NextProf Nexus workshop prepares next generation of engineering faculty

10/06/21 — Annual workshop seeks to diversify STEM academic careers by giving senior-level Ph.D. candidates, postdocs and young scientists the tools they need to thrive
ROAR Academy student with race car

High school students mark end of ROAR Academy with celebratory race

08/17/21 — Parts of the UC Berkeley campus were converted into a racecourse for high school students on Saturday (Aug. 14) as part of a Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR) competition. The event capped the summer ROAR Academy in which dozens of students worked with autonomous driving algorithms and tested them in Python-based environments. The ROAR competition […]
Freada Kapor Klein ’74 and Haile Shavers ’18

New gift will diversify next generation of STEM leaders

05/28/21 Light the Way — $5 million from Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor will fund scholarships for marginalized populations, to help science and technology “look like America”
Gloria Tumushabe at a laptop computer

Cultivating female coders in Africa

04/26/21 — Graduate student Gloria Tumushabe has launched Afro Fem Coders, a remote coding program for women in Africa.
Outdoor class on Blum Hall patio

Dean’s note: Next-gen engineering leaders

04/26/21 — The myriad challenges of the past year underscore the significance of better preparing our students to become engineering leaders.
EDGE in Tech Initiative

EDGE in Tech: New name showcases inclusive mission

03/15/21 — The Women in Tech Initiative at the University of California is now the Expanding Diversity and Gender Equity in Tech Initiative (EDGE in Tech)™
NSSC Executive Director Bethany Goldblum and NSSC Fellow Adriana Sweet writing on a glass board.

Berkeley-led consortium awarded $25M to advance nuclear security

02/16/21 — This is the consortium's third five-year, $25 million grant, allowing it to continue its mission of educating nuclear scientists and advancing nuclear technologies.
EECS graduate student Gloria Tumushabe using a laptop

Teaching young Ugandan women to code

02/03/21 — Gloria Tumushabe, a MasterCard Foundation Scholar in EECS, wanted to be more than an engineer; COVID gave her the chance
Anne Mayoral, Girls in Engineering program director, hosts campers on a virtual tour of a museum exhibit

Virtually engaging

11/05/20 — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Girls in Engineering camp shifted to an online format that completely reimagined the camper experience.
Fiona Doyle speaks to Girls in Engineering campers

Q+A on women in engineering

11/05/20 — Professor emerita Fiona Doyle discusses her experiences as a woman in the field of engineering.
WOman and man viewing research poster presentation

To help diversify STEM faculty, Berkeley-led model goes national

10/28/20 — Consortium of nine top research universities is 'confronting systemic practices that don’t advance equity'
Dan Garcia in his home studio

Computer science professor engages students through creative prerecorded lectures

10/20/20 Daily Cal — Berkeley Engineering faculty go to great lengths to create engaging remote lectures.
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