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In uncertain times, these UC Berkeley students are using tech to innovate democratic processes

The Building Bridges course encourages students to think like entrepreneurs and "see that technology can be used for good.”
May 15, 2025

Perplexity Decoded: Lessons from the Founder/CEO and his PhD Advisor

Aravind Srinivas is the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity, a rapidly-growing startup redefining how we…

May 13, 2025
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Collider Cup XVI Wrap-Up — Announcing the Winners!

From AI-powered research to civic innovation, Collider Cup XVI showcased creative solutions to real-world challenges—meet the teams behind this semester’s top projects.
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IE University Students Dive into Berkeley’s Innovation Ecosystem During Immersion Week 2025

Earlier this month, a cohort of Data Science and Business graduate students from IE Universityin…

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Left to right: Toby Lai, Trey Paster, Gabe Abbes, Jai Williams, Björn Seeliger and Kuany Kuany were among the Cal student-athletes who thrived in the “Sports Tech: Entrepreneurship & The Future of Sports” class, part of the Berkeley Changemaker suite of courses.

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August 10, 2023
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Berkeley Talks: Siri creator Adam Cheyer shares secrets of entrepreneurship

July 17, 2023
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Students of the ‘How to be a Futurist’ Course Publish Books on Startup Success and Failure

July 6, 2023
UC Berkeley's SCET and Cherwell College Oxford

UC Berkeley’s SCET and Cherwell College Oxford collaborate to enhance entrepreneurship training

June 23, 2023
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s Collider Cup XII at UC Berkeley’s Sibley Auditorium in Berkeley, Calif. on Friday, May 5, 2023. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Uncracked profile: a values-led startup takes on seafood sustainability

June 7, 2023
Course coordinators Rene Martinez Doehner and Aria Yang facilitating rotating mentorship with student product teams in Product Management course

SCET course coordinators put Berkeley Method into action

May 9, 2023

Collider Cup XII wrap-up – Winners announced and SCET recognizes its teaching staff

May 8, 2023
Indian high school students from The Purpose Academy visited UC Berkeley to pitch their social impact projects

High school innovators pitch social impact projects at UC Berkeley

April 27, 2023
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Disaster Lab Director Dr. Thomas Azwell honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Public Service

April 27, 2023
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Protected: Outside the Box; Kyle Giffin, Co-founder of LatchBio, the Non-Traditional Future of Biocomputing

April 24, 2023

SportsTech Profile: Jason Robinson – Why Athletes Make Great Entrepreneurs

April 18, 2023
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Berkeley’s new Neurotech Collider Lab to harness interdisciplinary synergy for breakthrough innovations

April 17, 2023
Collider Cup Announcement

Join us for Collider Cup XII – UC Berkeley’s Premier Technology Entrepreneurship Showcase

April 14, 2023
Andrew Laffoon, CEO at Mixbook

Mixbook Founder Andrew Laffoon; Entrepreneurial Success and the Growth Mindset

March 24, 2023

SCET Director Ken Singer discusses the rising popularity of entrepreneurship for Gen Z with Inc. Magazine

March 24, 2023
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Startup Semester Profile: Joan Buch Prades & Decoditive

March 24, 2023
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Alt: Meat Alumni Startup, Impact Tuna: A Plant-Based Alternative Making Waves in the Bay

March 10, 2023
From left to right: Mcebo Vincent Hlanze, Judercio Nhauche, Abigail Efua Tetteh, Sandra Nettey, and Styve Zeumo Lekane

New collaboration enables SCET to bring African student innovators to Berkeley

March 7, 2023

Amrita Bhasin: In the tech and startup world, female representation matters

March 2, 2023

Energized for Impact

February 23, 2023