Events

frugal cast prototype, made from soda bottle and shoelace

An ecosystem of impact

05/17/16 Medium — After a semester in which nearly 30 courses took place in Jacobs Hall, the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase offered a look at how an interdisciplinary ecosystem at Berkeley is fostering a focus on design for real impact.

Build Change founder addresses CEE Academy Class of 2015

05/01/16 — Elizabeth Hausler Strand delivered the 2015 Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Lecture about Build Change's progress in providing safer, earthquake-resistant buildings in developing countries.

Broadening participation in STEM

05/01/16 — Georgia Institute of Technology engineering dean Gary S. May returned to campus in March to deliver the 2016 Kuh Lecture on broadening participation in STEM.

Participants in the annual Bioengineering Honor Society High School Competition

Early research

04/27/16 — Berkeley's Bioengineering Honor Society recently hosted 22 high school teams for an annual competition designed to make engineering and STEM more accessible.

Arduino Day: Underwater robots, R/C trains and more

04/08/16 Make — Arduino’s founders and fans gathered at Jacobs Hall on April 2 for Arduino Day, a worldwide celebration of the open-source electronics platform that allowed makers and enthusiasts to show off their projects, share ideas and participate in workshops.

Clintons, CGI University at Berkeley this weekend

04/01/16 — Engineering undergrads Ankita Joshi (B.S.'16 ME) and Anh-Thu Ho (B.S.'16 BioE) are among more than 1,000 students gathering at Berkeley this weekend for the Clinton Global Initiative University, a chance to discuss pressing global issues and dig deep for creative solutions.

Georgia Tech Engineering Dean Gary May delivers Kuh lecture on increasing diversity

03/15/16 — On March 10, 2016, Gary May (M.S'88, Ph.D'91 EECS), engineering dean at the Georgia Institute of Technology, gave the fifth annual Kuh Lecture about increasing participation and diversity in STEM fields.

Getting more women into tech careers (and why it matters)

02/16/16 — In an EECS colloquium, Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe talks about how to increase the number of women in technology.

Ben Horowitz talks honesty, failure and secrets

02/12/16 Sutardja Center — Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz shared life lessons with students - including the likelihood that your great discovery will spring from a big mistake.

Winter Design Showcase crowds in Jacobs Hall

Celebrating a semester of design innovation

01/15/16 Medium — Jacobs Hall was buzzing with the sounds of new creations as the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation welcomed guests to the Winter Design Showcase.

Students engineer solutions to industry challenges

12/16/15 — Three energy-related devices developed by students in the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership's Master of Engineering capstone project course are featured in a video from the Berkeley News team.

Roundtable tackles issues facing women in tech

12/07/15 — The lack of women in technology-related positions might seem like an overwhelming challenge. But that didn't stop a group of motivated women engineers, data scientists and senior tech managers from taking steps to tackle the problem in a summit held at Berkeley earlier this fall.

InDinero CEO Jessica Mah delivers Newton lecture

11/17/15 — At the October 27 Newton lecture, alumnus and InDinero co-founder Jessica Mah (B.S'10 EECS) talked about the experience of launching a multi-million-dollar business.

Build Change founder delivers CEE Distinguished Lecture

10/15/15 — Watch: Alumnus Elizabeth Hausler Strand, the founder and CEO of Build Change, is making homes safer, worldwide.

Welcoming new students

09/17/15 — The college community welcomes new students to campus with ice-breaking games, a showcase of student group activities and, of course, a Top Dog lunch.

A new campus hub for design

08/26/15 — On August 20, Berkeley Engineering celebrated the opening of Jacobs Hall, the new headquarters for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation.

Paul Jacobs speaks at the opening of Jacobs Hall

Grand opening for Jacobs Hall, the new hub for all things design

08/21/15 — With balloons, ribbon-cutting and four floors of student demos, the College of Engineering on Thursday threw open the doors of Jacobs Hall, where the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation will immerse students in hands-on, human-centered design.

Engineering graduate waving as she crosses the stage

Congratulations graduates!

05/18/15 — In case you missed it: Watch the 2015 commencement ceremonies.

Seismic song

05/01/15 — Sensors lying on the Hayward Fault, which runs under campus, were connected to lights and sounds for a mid-winter public art show.

UC grad students deliver solutions, startups

04/24/15 University of California — Grad students from across the UC system will descend on Sacramento April 28 for Graduate Research Advocacy Day. Among them will be Berkeley civil engineering grad student André Carrel, who is studying how bus service reliability affects ridership.