Education & outreach

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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.

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

Berkeley Engineering launches aerospace major

10/06/21 — New discipline debuts in fall 2022

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

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”

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.

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: 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'

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.

Four decades of WiCSE presidents at a reunion meeting

‘A network of our own’

07/21/20 — In celebration of 150 Years of Women at Berkeley, Sheila Humphreys tells the story of Women in Computer Science and Engineering, a student organization launched in the 1970s.

Anne Mayoral leads campers on a live Zoom tour

Virtually engaging

07/14/20 — During COVID-19, Girls in Engineering camp gets creative online

Transferring excellence

04/14/20 — A summer program for prospective transfers gives California community college students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley researchers.

COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium

03/26/20 — UC Berkeley and UIUC are the headquarters for the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, which announced a call for research proposals for AI technology to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Female students viewing a laptop screen as part of CS KickStart

Diversity initiatives help change the face of computer science

12/09/19 — Berkeley's population of burgeoning computer scientists has recently grown a lot more diverse, thanks in part to a series of programs that were launched to support women and underrepresented minorities in computer science.