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Education & outreach

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.
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
Kimberly Ferry in the lab

Transferring excellence

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

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.
Students share project demos during the CS KickStart program for incoming students interested in computer science

Hopper-Dean Foundation gift of $2M bolsters EECS diversity initiatives

11/20/19 — The Hopper-Dean Foundation has awarded $2 million over two years to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in support of diversity initiatives in computer science.
Students in classroom in Jacobs Hall

New master’s degree programs

10/25/19 — Berkeley Engineering is joining with other units on campus to offer a master of design degree and a joint MEng/MBA degree program.
Ribbon cutting

ESS turns 10, Bechtel becomes a welcome center

10/07/19 — New center will help visitors and students learn what the college has to offer
TTE class of 2019

Engineering research entices community college students to pursue STEM careers

08/12/19 — A program called Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates offers students from California community colleges the opportunity to work alongside Berkeley researchers.
students studying

Berkeley Engineering recognized for diversity commitment

07/29/19 — Berkeley Engineering has been recognized as an exemplar bronze medalist by the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE's) Diversity Recognition Program.
Student working on a design task.

College of Engineering and College of Environmental Design launch new Master of Design program

06/25/19 — The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation will play a key role in the new Master of Design (MDes) program, an innovative advanced degree in design for emerging technologies.
Cal Blueprint Handoff

Building tech solutions for social good

05/15/19 — Tech for social good - that's not just the motto of Berkeley's Blueprint club, but an accurate description of the work they're producing.
Participants in the Engineering 4 Kids event

Next-gen engineers

05/01/19 — Engineering for Kids is a one-day STEM event for fourth- to sixth-graders, hosted by Berkeley students.
Alexis Waller, a Meyerhoff Scholars Program affiliate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, working with postdoc Pengfei Ding

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launches effort to increase STEM diversity

04/09/19 — In an effort to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science, engineering and mathematics, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is partnering with UC Berkeley and UC San Diego to expand a successful program begun 30 years ago at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
PREP student present their cornerstone project designs

Prepping students to become Berkeley engineers

04/02/19 — Every summer, about 120 incoming Berkeley Engineering students from nontraditional backgrounds arrive on campus to participate in the Pre-Engineering Program (PREP) and Transfer Pre-Engineering Program (T-PREP), which aim to prepare students for a successful academic experience.
Ellen Ullman onstage with Dean Liu

Ellen Ullman on her life in code

04/01/19 — In a Berkeley Talks podcast, programmer and author Ellen Ullman chats with Berkeley Engineering Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu about digital technology's loss of innocence, and reckons with all that has changed - and so much that hasn't.
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