Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley

01/08/2025

Did you know that a Haas alum is one of the top civil rights attorneys in the nation?

John Burris, MBA 70, champions a world without discrimination and police brutality. He’s represented more than 1,000 victims of police misconduct, some of whom were high profile. He was also part of Rodney King’s legal team and helped him win a $3.8 million judgment.

Read more about this legal titan at: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/fall-2024/ive-always-wanted-to-be-helpful/

12/27/2024

Every ranked degree program at is a top 10 program. That’s a level of greatness nearly unrivaled among public institutions.

Our programs are globally renowned, and that doesn’t happen by chance—it takes a lot to sustain our top-ranked excellence.

Supporters like you provide the partnership our programs need to keep leveling up.

Make 2025 even better for your favorite Haas program with a year-end gift by December 31!

https://haas.berkeley.edu/giving/?ac=136205

12/23/2024

Discover ’s new meeting place for . 🚀 The Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub) at Haas provides space and programming to help entrepreneurs and those curious about it to connect, build, and be discovered. The eHub serves as an entry point, a gathering place, an incubator, and a launching pad, demystifying entrepreneurship and making it more accessible for all undergraduate and graduate students.

Take a tour: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/fall-2024/making-space/

12/20/2024

That’s a wrap, Haasies! We wish you safe travels and a restful break. See you next year!

12/19/2024

“In high school, I founded an entrepreneurship competition to go beyond the science fair and spelling bee and let elementary school students show off skills and think outside the box.

Both my siblings came to Haas as transfer students. I knew that by coming to the Haas Global Management Program as a freshman, I would take on a lot more debt, and that was scary. The scholarships I’ve received have taken pressure off of my mom trying to put three kids through college on her own.

Financial support has not only made a huge difference for me, but helped relieve anxiety about her future. That's incredibly important to me.

During our first semester abroad, we visited Goldman Sachs and Apple. That was my first exposure to what the corporate world looks like. Haas conversations with influential businesspeople have been so valuable for figuring out how to pursue a career.

I’ve already had three internships—in tech, venture capital, and investment banking. Next summer, I'm excited to be working at a private equity firm that only
invests in software companies.

After school, I want to break into tech private equity or tech investment banking. Long term, I want to create my own company. That is one of my biggest goals in life. I'm trying to acquire all the industry knowledge I can so I can create new innovations with large-scale impact.” —Shefali Breitbach, BS 27

Make your year-end gift to support Haas and students like Shefali here: https://haas.berkeley.edu/giving/?ac=136206

12/18/2024

🚨 News alert: The fall '24 issue of magazine is now available! 📖

Did you spot all four QR codes? Join us for an interactive experience to learn how our alumni entrepreneurs are shaping the future, Haas' new eHub enhances robust innovation and entrepreneurship offerings, how top civil rights attorney John Burris, MBA 70, champions a world without discrimination and police brutality, and more!

Read here: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/issue/current/

12/17/2024

In this archive edition of the podcast, Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, shares his insights on the future of digital biology and why he believes it will become the next transformative industry.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://berkeley-haas-deans-speaker-series.podbean.com/e/jensen-huang/

12/14/2024

The original polygraph was invented in Berkeley in 1921 based on a blood pressure test. Yet despite vast technological advances, each new tool has proved unreliable at detecting when someone is lying. Using bran scans and machine learning, a team of researchers from Haas, UC Berkeley, and UCSF has confirmed empirically for the first time that what lie detectors pick up may not be falsehoods themselves—and has brought the field closer to a scientifically valid lie detector.

The team includes Sangil “Arthur” Lee, postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, Berkeley Haas professor Ming Hsu, and UCSF neurology professor Andrew Kayser.

Ever since people began trying to use machines to detect lies, they’ve met with frustration. When a new technique emerges—polygraphs, brain wave tests, magnetic resonance imaging—scientists assume better technology will solve the problem. Yet inevitably, hype gives way to skepticism, as each n...

12/13/2024

Good leaders know business is an engine for ideas and innovation. 💡

Great leaders know how to ignite the spark. They leverage business to make a difference in our world. ✨🌎

The best leaders? They come from . Our graduates are making business – and our world – better every day.

What makes their impact possible? Supporters like you. To fuel Berkeley Haas excellence, make a year-end gift today. https://haas.berkeley.edu/giving/?ac=136205

12/13/2024

Congrats to ’s new mayor, Adena Ishii, BS 14. Ishii, who moved to Berkeley 15 years ago, said she fell in love with the city and has used her experiences to make life better for all.

12/12/2024

Congratulations to all participating teams and winners of the 16th annual Cleantech to Market (C2M) Symposium last Friday!

Since 2015, over 60 C2M companies have raised more than $1.2 billion in funding and created 1,200+ jobs, all working toward solutions to combat the challenges of climate change. These successes are fueled by our teams’ commitment to tackling pressing issues, guided by our Defining Leadership Principles: , , , and . 🌍✨

Read more: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/innovative-student-teams-pitch-at-2024-cleantech-to-market-summit/

12/10/2024

Google’s Quantum AI team just achieved a major breakthrough—a quantum computer capable of beating the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Did the team’s art-filled laboratory play a role?

In the season 2 finale of The Culture Kit podcast, Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava lead a fascinating panel discussion on how to use art in the workplace to unleash a team’s creativity and innovation—regardless of the industry. The discussion features:

✨ Erik Lucero, quantum hardware team lead at Google AI Quantum lab
🎨 Forest Stearns, principal artist and co-founder of the Artist-in-Residence program at the Google AI Quantum lab
💫 Nir Hindie, founder of @ the Artian training company
🎓 Léo Boussioux, assistant professor of Information Systems at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

This episode is based on the @ Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture & Innovation’s Culture XChange forum on Dec. 2, 2024.

🎧 Listen here: https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/

12/09/2024

How are students leveraging AI to help with their studies?

Find out in this piece by undergrad Ayushi Bhardwaj, from Poets & Quants.

From study help to essay editing, here is how ChatGPT is making one business major more effective

12/04/2024

Jess Smith, President of Golden State Valkyries, explores the evolving media landscape surrounding the in the latest Dean's Speaker Series podcast. 🏀

Tune in to the full episode here! https://berkeley-haas-deans-speaker-series.podbean.com/e/deans-speaker-series-jess-smith-ohemaa-nyanin/

12/03/2024

“My dad is from Afghanistan, and while I was at Cal I was involved in the Afghan student association,” says Susan Totten, BS 13. Now a senior director of product at Canopy, Susan appreciates the opportunities she had at Haas and at Berkeley to try leadership in low-stakes context. Students Always inspires her to try and be better tomorrow than she was yesterday or today, while Beyond Yourself inspires her philanthropy and that of her husband, Jeff Totten, BS 13.

Haasies have many important causes in their philanthropic mix—Susan’s include the Afghan Coalition, Berkeley Haas, and Bridging Virginia.

12/02/2024

Get to know class of 2026 MBA candidates Angel Tramontin, Hannah Longwill, Cory La Roe, Isabel D’Elia, and Vlad Silchenko in this Real Humans of piece from Clear Admit.

The Berkeley Haas School of Business MBA Class of 2026 is a vibrant and diverse group of individuals, each bringing a unique perspective, background, and ambition to the table. From entrepreneurs and brand managers to military veterans and sustainability advocates, this cohort exemplifies the Haas s...

11/27/2024

So many factors draw students to Haas to study finance—from the vibrant West Coast investment banking scene to the vast opportunities in entrepreneurial investing and private equity. We asked a few of our 2024-25 Finance Fellows why they chose . 💙💛