College of Engineering presents design plans for new Northside building
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The UC Berkeley College of Engineering presented designs for a planned building to be built next to Soda Hall at a community open house Thursday. Read More…
College of Engineering plans to implement design minor for fall 2014
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering is planning to create a new minor in engineering design aimed at giving students more opportunities for hands-on education and experience. Read More…
UC Berkeley receives $20 million for design innovation center
The UC Berkeley College of Engineering announced on Thursday a $20 million gift from the Paul and Stacy Jacobs Foundation to launch a new institute that will focus on incorporating design into engineering education. Former president Bill Clinton helped announce the launch of the design innovation institute at the annual Read More…
US News ranks three UC Berkeley graduate programs best in the nation
Three UC Berkeley graduate programs have been named best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Graduate School Rankings released Tuesday. Read More…
Berkeley boasts most degrees from top tech CEOs
Of the degrees held by the nation’s top tech CEOs, more come from UC Berkeley than any other school, according to a June report by Network World magazine. The magazine looked at the educational backgrounds of 50 CEOs that it ranked as the top in the tech industry in the Read More…
UC Berkeley engineering school appoints new dean to promote equity
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering is striving to increase gender and ethnic diversity among its students following allegations of discrimination last semester, although efforts are progressing gradually. The college garnered much attention last October when a California Watch article pointed out instances of sexism in the campus’s male-dominated engineering student Read More…
New UC Berkeley energy engineering major first of its kind in nation
Beginning next fall, UC Berkeley students in the College of Engineering will have the opportunity to earn a degree in a new major — energy engineering. The major was approved in December and is the first of its kind in the United States, the engineering college website states. It will Read More…