Keith McAleer

Data X Mentor Spotlights: Recognizing the Pivotal Role Mentorship Plays in our Programs

By Keith McAleer / December 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Data X Mentor Spotlights: Recognizing the Pivotal Role Mentorship Plays in our Programs

With the semester coming to an end, SCET would like to recognize the incredibly valuable role that mentors play in our courses. To help students develop cutting-edge venture projects, SCET recruits alumni and friends with industrial and startup roles to provide feedback and advice. Below we highlight mentors from the Fall 2021 Applied Data Science…

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UC Berkeley No. 1 public school for startup founders in Pitchbook rankings

By Keith McAleer / November 19, 2021 / Comments Off on UC Berkeley No. 1 public school for startup founders in Pitchbook rankings
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At Berkeley’s Alt: Meat Lab, some students learn to be CEOs

By Keith McAleer / October 21, 2021 / Comments Off on At Berkeley’s Alt: Meat Lab, some students learn to be CEOs
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CoinDesk Ranks UC Berkeley #1 Blockchain University in the US, #3 Overall

By Keith McAleer / October 7, 2021 / Comments Off on CoinDesk Ranks UC Berkeley #1 Blockchain University in the US, #3 Overall
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Ikhlaq Sidhu receives Best Paper Award at ICE-IEEE 2021

By Keith McAleer / June 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Ikhlaq Sidhu receives Best Paper Award at ICE-IEEE 2021
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Berkeley Alternative Meats X-Lab Partners with Thimus to Explore How Food Neuroscience can Transform Food Systems

By Keith McAleer / June 8, 2021 / Comments Off on Berkeley Alternative Meats X-Lab Partners with Thimus to Explore How Food Neuroscience can Transform Food Systems

The partnership will allow UC Berkeley faculty and students to collaborate with Thimus to investigate how to create healthy, affordable, and culturally aware foods that improve well-being The Berkeley Alternative Meats X-Lab is partnering with Thimus, a food neuroscience company with bases in Italy and the United States, to investigate how to create next generation…

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Jesse Dieker

Jesse Dieker receives the 2021 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Award

By Keith McAleer / May 7, 2021 / Comments Off on Jesse Dieker receives the 2021 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Award

SCET Operations Director, Jesse Dieker, has just been awarded the 2021 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Award. Jesse was nominated by her colleagues at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology for her superb leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this unprecedented event, Jesse helped the management team plan for different scenarios and outcomes that…

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Eric Schmidt

Berkeley Changemaker Profile: Eric Schmidt Visits Newton Series

By Keith McAleer / May 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Berkeley Changemaker Profile: Eric Schmidt Visits Newton Series

Dr. Schmidt discusses being tested as a CEO, near misses, why everyone needs a coach, and the most important leadership skill The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology was honored to welcome Dr. Eric Schmidt (PhD 1982, Computer Science) in conversation with Jessica Mah (BS 2010, Computer Science) to the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series:…

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Ikhlaq Sidhu

Ikhlaq Sidhu receives Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award

By Keith McAleer / April 19, 2021 / Comments Off on Ikhlaq Sidhu receives Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award

SCET Faculty Director & Chief Scientist, Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu has been awarded the University of California, Berkeley’s Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award for demonstrating his commitment to students and excellence in teaching, even under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Ikhlaq was nominated for his work on the SCET Data-X course, Applied Data Science with Venture Applications.…

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Purpose Academy Students

SCET Forms Partnership with Purpose Academy to Prepare High School Students to Become Responsible Business Leaders

By Keith McAleer / March 31, 2021 / Comments Off on SCET Forms Partnership with Purpose Academy to Prepare High School Students to Become Responsible Business Leaders

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at the University of California, Berkeley is excited to announce a new partnership with The Purpose Academy, a program by 1M1B (One Million for One Billion) in partnership with the Innovation Acceleration Group (IAG) to engage the brightest young minds to solve the world’s most complex problems,…

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