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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…
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…
The On-Line Learning MOOC Is Not the Future of Higher Education
But it might be the New Interactive Text Book By Ikhlaq Sidhu and Esther Wojcicki There has been a lot…
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…
SCET students shine in Global Venture Catalyst Design Sprint
Berkeley SCET students distinguish themselves in global venture competition Ask anyone in the know, and they’ll tell you the University of California, Berkeley attracts some…
The Chinese Retail Ecosystem and the Influence of Social Media
With the largest population in the world along with a vast implementation of data and internet connectivity, China’s retail sector has seen exponential growth over…
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,…
Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible with Dr. Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods
In SCET’s Newton Lecture Series fireside chat, Dr. Pat Brown narrates the story of Impossible Foods, tying his professional journey into a narrative of his…
Predicting the Price of Bitcoin
How would you build a model to do this? Some great minds are not deterred by difficult questions. Alongside a multitudinous clan of hackers and…
How Design Thinking Can Help Create Affordable Meat Alternatives
SCET Alt:Meat Lab Director Co-Authors Chapter in ‘Design Thinking for Food Well-Being’ with Two Other UC Berkeley Professors and Launches New ‘Design of Affordable Plant-Based…
Stop the Recycling PSAs: Why Corporations Should Be Responsible for Plastic Waste
From the ‘Deplastify the Planet’ Class: A Circular Economic Solution to Plastic Waste In most states, plastic recycling is currently orchestrated by public and private…
SCET is Celebrating 15 Years with Ikhlaq Sidhu
SCET Faculty Director and Chief Scientist, Ikhlaq Sidhu, has created a new model for the academic innovation center that embraces innovation in both academia and…
The Creator of Siri: “Make your prototype magic”
“We launched a free app in the app store and 2 weeks later we get this call… ‘Heeeey it’s Steve, whatcha doin’? Wanna come over…